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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PER- MISSION IS PROHIBITED. he Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and he National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and he West Coast Black Publishers Association Mark Washington Sr. e ditor : Michael Leighton P ublisher : e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin Ofice Manager/Classiieds: Lucinda Baldwin c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt r ePorter /P hotogrAPher : Olivia Olivia Racial Equity Progress Report inds success but more work ahead Racial equality legislation moved at a record pace in Oregon last year, but more engagement will be needed to advance civ- il rights bills in the future, according to a new annual report by a coalition of racial and social justice organizations. “Facing Race: the 2015 Oregon Legis- lative Racial Equality Report,” was issued last week by a group that included the Ur- ban League of Portland, Coalition of Com- munities of Color, Basic Rights Oregon, Center for Intercultural Organizing and others. According to Rev. Joseph Santos-Ly- ons, executive director of the Asian Pacif- ic American Network of Oregon, and one of the other groups that participated in the study, lawmakers were involved with com- munity members early and more often in 2015 than in past sessions. Some of the accomplishments included Police Relations Suffering A new study commissioned by the may- or to improve police training shows that over half of the Native Americans polled in Portland distrust police. The study found that most whites found the police “trust- worthy” while slightly less than half of African Americans agreed. Only about a third Native Americans said the same. Suspect Caught in Hit-and-Run 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 The driver in a hit-and-run that critically injured a pedestrian on Friday night sur- rendered to authorities Monday. The vic- tim, who was struck at the intersection of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Jarrett Street, is expected to survive. Planned Parenthood Files Lawsuit On Thursday one of the biggest nonproits in the United States iled a federal lawsuit alleging extensive criminal misconduct by anti-abortion activists who produced a Nkenge Harmon Johnson the passage of laws to end racial proiling, giving workers paid sick leave, and ban- ning questions about prior criminal records on job applications until after an applicant is considered a job inalist. The Week in Review misguiding video targeting the handling of fetal tissue at some Planned Parenthood clinics. The organization says they have had to up their security since the footage with false allegations came out, and that the groups targeting them committed fraud. Wage Increase Proposed Gov. Kate Brown announced a proposal Thursday to increase the minimum wage throughout Oregon. The plan calls for a two-tiered minimum wage increase gradu- ally over the next six years. Wages would be higher in Portland than in other areas, with the metro area having a minimum wage of $15.52 hourly by 2022. Nkenge Harmon Johnson, president and chief executive oficer of the Urban League of Portland, cautioned that there was still more work to do to fully advance racial equity in the state. “We need folks to champion racial equi- ty legislation,” she said, before presenting the report’s recommendations to lawmak- ers and the public. The document included calls for increased representation of people of color among elected representatives, greater engagement from legislative lead- ership, and good implementation and fund- ing for the civil rights bills that passed in 2015. Andrea Miller, executive director of Causa, another group involved in the study, stressed that helping communities of color and other disadvantaged groups was ulti- C ontinued on p age 4 Solidarity Against Hate A solidarity rally was held Saturday at Portland City Hall to support members of the community who have been the victims of hate speech and violence. #StandFor- Love and #InterruptHate” was organized by groups with a range of religious, eth- nic, and community viewpoints. Speakers included civil rights leaders, like Jo Ann Hardesty, president of Portland’s NAACP chapter, and others. Sentenced for Killing Girlfriend A Portland-area man was sentenced Fri- day to 20 years in prison in the 2015 death of his girlfriend, whose body was found in the Willamette River off Kelly Point Park. Nicholas Estrada, 23, plead- ed guilty to manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon as part of a plea bargain while Monica Taylor, the mother of the victim Elyesicia C. Payton, addressed the court and looked on.
