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Page 2 Week in Review The St. Mary’s Reverses Ban The St. Mary’s Academy board of directors changed their equal employment policy last week to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and mar- riage, after receiving backlash for withdrawing a job offer to a gay woman because of the Cath- olic Church’s objections to same- sex marriage. In a statement, the board said it wanted to bring its employment policies in line with the high school’s mission and be- liefs. September 2, 2015 steps to address the concerns of Alaska Native tribes. Street Murals Promote Art The Portland non-profit group Forest for the Trees brought 29 artists together in the past few days to create a series of 19 street murals promoting public art. The group has released images on twitter through #ffttnw for those who would like to discover the new works scattered across Port- land. Man Charged with Luring Girl A Multnomah County grand jury indicted a man for attempted rape and for multiple sex abuse charges involving a 10-year-old girl. Michael Bowen, 22, plead not guilty to the nine-count in- dictment that accused him of hav- ing lured the girl into having sex with him earlier this month. Suspect Pleads Not Guilty A man accused of being involved in a May shooting in northeast Portland and wearing a ballistic vest while driving through the city pled not guilty Monday. Billy Troy Ballastressi, 56, is charged in connection with the critical wounding of Tyroni Deshawn Burns, 39. Native Name for Alaska Peak President Obama announced on Sunday that Alaska’s Mount McKinley will be renamed Mt. Denali to restore an Alaska Na- tive name with deep cultural significance to the tallest moun- tain in North America. The move came as Obama visits the state to promote action to combat climate change, and is part of a series of Wildfires Respond to Rain Firefighters took advantage of lower temperatures, higher hu- midity, and slack winds to make progress on the worst fire burning in eastern Oregon. The weather changes allowed crews to reach areas of the Canyon Creek Com- plex fire that previously been too hot or too dangerous. Established 1970 P ublisher : Mark Washington, Sr. E ditor : Michael Leighton E xecutive D irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M anager : Leonard Latin Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin C reative D irector : Paul Neufeldt R eporter /P hotographer : Olivia Olivia photo by J ustin N orton -K ertson Ibrahim Mubarak, co-founder of downtown homeless camp Right 2 Dream Too, protests at City Hall Friday demanding an end to sudden street sweeps that target homeless and unsheltered Portlanders. Protest for Rent Control and Higher Wages O livia O livia T he P ortland O bserver Activists demanding rent control and higher living wag- es converged on Portland City Hall Friday, marching across the Hawthorne Bridge and bringing traffic to a standstill. Activists from 15 PDX Now, an organiza- tion pushing for a $15 minimum wage in the city, along with rent- ers hoping to secure city assis- by tance in stopping an exponential rise in Portland rents, carried signs showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter and other so- cial justice movements. Currently, Portland is report- ed to be the fastest gentrifying city in America, with many of its neighborhoods seeing people not being able to afford higher costs for housing. The local Af- rican-American population has been bearing the highest brunt of the housing crisis. According to a Multnomah County survey released in June of this year, there has been a 48 percent increase in unsheltered African Americans from 2013 to 2015. Activists at the rally noted that these vulnerable populations are just the beginning of a ma- jor crisis for working class Port- landers. ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015 news@portlandobserver.com • ads@portlandobserver.com • subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137, Portland, OR 97208
