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April 27, 2016
Commission Candidate Sets Priorities
Childs’ emphasis
on children, seniors
and the displaced
by C ervante p ope
t he p ortland o bserver
With the May 17 Primary Election rapidly approaching,
voters are fervently looking at candidates to prove their worth.
For those that live within the conines of Multnomah County
District 1, which encompasses the west side of Portland, inner
southeast Portland from I-84 to Sellwood and east to Cesar
Chavez, Marisha Childs just may be the answer needed.
Childs is an attorney and member of the black community
in Portland for the last 11 years. She is running on a platform
primarily focusing on three speciic priorities – improving
mental healthcare for senior citizens, food insecurity (espe-
cially concerning children) and culturally-relevant affordable
housing.
Childs points to her experience on housing issues in the
operation of her own family and senior based law irm in Van-
couver and having worked on community projects such as
inding housing for seniors and foster youth.
Understanding the importance of properly representing
communities of color and other disadvantaged populations,
she makes a pledge of working with minority-based orga-
nizations like Portland Community Reinvestment Initia-
tives (PCRI), the Native American Youth and Family Center
(NAYA), the Urban League of Portland , the Asian Paciic
American Network of Oregon (APANO) and the Center for
Intercultural Organizing on solidifying housing for those who
have been forced out.
“Recognizing the signiicant impact created by the city in
displacing many communities of color, I will work to bring
people back to the neighborhood they were displaced from.
Living in housing that meets your cultural and emotional
needs is uplifting and when you’re uplifted, your whole out-
look on life can shift,” says Childs.
Having quality and healthy food is another important facet
of life not everyone experiences and Childs seeks to change
that. With the somewhat recent cuts to SNAP (food stamps)
beneit qualiications and the steadily increasing prices of
nutrient rich foods, many are left in food deserts, starved by
food insecurity.
“I have yet to understand the disconnect between a city that
has such an abundance of ‘great restaurants,’ yet has a food
shortage,” Childs says. She hopes to see county buildings and
schools brightly livened by the colors of healthy treats. “I en-
vision fruits and veggies being biked around like SoupCycle
to area food deserts. Think of ice-cream man music, but a
new tune.”
Marisha Childs
Black Families Talk Madison Rebuild
p.m. with the community meeting kicking off at 6:30 p.m.
Childcare will be provided.
The school district is asking for the community’s
thoughts on what a future Madison should look and feel
A community conversation with the African American
families in the Madison High School cluster will take
place on Tuesday, May 3 at the Highland Christian Center,
7600 N.E. Glisan St. Dinner will be provided starting at 6
The
Remembering Prince
in
Week Review
a pellet gun outside a recreation center.
nounced last week.
Tubman to Face $20 Bill
Intel Workers Face Layoffs
Harriet Tubman, an African-American
abolitionist who was born a slave, will
stand with George
Washington, Abra-
ham Lincoln and
Benjamin Franklin
among the iconic
faces of U.S. cur-
rency. The $20 bill
will be redesigned
with
Tubman’s
portrait on the
front, becoming
the irst African-American on U.S. paper
money, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew an-
Prince, one of the most inventive and in-
luential musicians of modern times was
found dead at his home on Thursday in
suburban Minneapolis. His longtime law-
yer called the death a complete shock and
said Monday that the 57-year-old singer
lived a clean and healthy lifestyle, disput-
ing suggestions that he had a drug addic-
tion.
Tamir Rice Family Settles
The city of Cleveland has reached a $6 mil-
lion settlement in a lawsuit over the death
of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot
by a white police oficer while playing with
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Intel has notiied Oregon oficials it plans
to lay off nearly 800 workers in Portland’s
western suburbs. The company announced
last week it is shedding 12,000 jobs world-
wide. The move is part of a restructuring
caused by declining personal computer
sales. Intel is Oregon’s largest private em-
ployer with 19,500 workers in Washington
County.
Diverse Workforce Threats at Intel
Intel executives have faced unspeciied
“threats” from their own employees over
their push to diversify the company’s work
force, according to the company’s CEO.
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“We’re not bringing in women or Afri-
can-Americans or Hispanics in exclusion
to other people. We’re actually just trying
to bring them in and be a part of the whole
environment,” Brian Krzanich said at a
Friday conference in San Francisco.
PSU Viking Pavilion Construction
Portland State University broke ground
Saturday on the new Viking Pavilion and
Peter W. Stott Center. It marks the begin-
ning of a $50 million renovation of an out-
dated athletics facility.
Earth Day SOLVE IT Cleanup
Folks came out in force Saturday to make
a difference in communities across Or-
egon for the 27th annual SOLVE IT for
Earth Day clean up. Over 41 tons of trash
and debris were collected from 173 sites
including neighborhoods, parks, school
grounds and natural areas around the state.
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