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June 8, 2016
Working for Racial Justice Parent Leader
Two women received special
recognition from the YWCA of
Clark County last week for ad-
vancing the organization’s mis-
sion to eliminate racism, empower
women and promote peace, jus-
tice, freedom and dignity for all.
Felisciana Peralta received the
annual Val Joshua Racial Justice
Award for her work as Multicul-
tural Retention Manager at Clark
College, as well as her role as
president of the Washington State
Multicultural Student Services
Diversity Council, and her lead-
ership in developing best practic-
es for implementing Washington
“Dreamer Act” within institutions
of higher education throughout
the state.
Young Visionary
Felisciana Peralta
Astrid DuBois, a graduating
senior from Vancouver iTech Pre-
paratory, was the recipient of the
Val Joshua Youth Social Justice
Award and Scholarship. DuBois
Astrid DuBois
was cited for consistently striv-
ing to educate her peers on the
importance of diversity in ields
related to science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM).
Wells Fargo Presents the
2016 Good in the Hood
Music and Food Festival
Ecumenical Ministries of Ore-
gon recently named Charles Mc-
Gee III, founder and president of
the Black Parent Initiative, as its
irst “Young Visionary” in recog-
nition of leadership that inspires
hope for future generations.
McGee founded the Black Par-
ent Initiative at age 19. As presi-
dent and CEO of the nonproit or-
ganization, he works to transform
the lives of children one parent at
a time by creating stable, engaged
adults by instilling a new ethic
of self-reliance, empowerment,
voice and determination within
their family culture.
McGee was born in Liberia
and led a violent civil war at age
ive with his family. He grew up
in northeast Portland. While a
student at Franklin High School,
he began a career of activism and
community organizing, presenting
the school board with a petition
calling for race sensitivity training
Charles McGee III
for Portland Public School teach-
ers that led to a district-wide con-
versation on race.
As a student at Portland State
University, he ran for a seat on
the Portland School Board on a
platform of increasing student
involvement in district deci-
sion-making.
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Clinton Locks Down Nomination Runaways Steal TriMet Bus
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Democratic candidate Hillary
Clinton basically sealed the deal
Monday to become her party’s
presidential
nominee
and
irst woman to
head a major
presidential tick-
et. Heading into
the last leg of the
primary showdown with Bernie
Sanders, she’s put herself over the
top with superdelegates. The pri-
mary process won’t be inal until
Washington, D.C. votes on June
14.
Two 15-year-old runaway boys
were arrested in Clackamas Coun-
ty last week after stealing a TriMet
bus parked in the transit agency’s
Center Street garage at 4012 S.E.
17th Ave. They were detained
about 5 miles away, dressed in
TriMet attire.
Oil Train Derails in Gorge
A Union Paciic train carrying
crude oil derailed off its tracks,
crashed and exploded, spilling
42,000 gallons of oil Friday in
the Columbia River Gorge. While
most of the explosive debris has
been cleaned up, oficials were
Weed Expands with Edibles
still working on containing oil and
THC containing concentrates, a subsequent sheen on the nearby
topical and edibles became legal Columbia River.
June 1 in Oregon. Under Oregon’s
new recreational marijuana law, Fatal I-5 Freeway Crash
THC containing products will The I-5 freeway heading south-
be at much lower potencies than bound from Hayden Island was
those sold to medical marijuana backed up for hours Sunday when
a semi tractor and trailer was in-
patients.
volved in a iery crash with three
Park Facilities to Test for Lead other vehicles. A Vancouver man
Portland Parks and Recreation de- was killed in the crash.
cided Thursday to begin testing all
of its faucets and drinking foun- Hitch Turns to Terror
tains for lead. It comes after high An eastern Oregon woman is in
lead levels were found in 2013 but custody after slicing the throat of
never ixed at the Multnomah Arts a man that offered her and her four
Center in southwest Portland. The children a ride to a hospital. Uma-
irst priority will be given to sites tilla County charged Vanessa Log-
where a high likelihood of young man, 30, with attempted murder
children and expecting mothers and assault. The driver survived
may drink the water or where the with only 11 stitches. Logman’s
building or plumbing dates back four children have been placed
to 1970 through 1985, a period in the custody of social workers
when lead was sometimes used in from the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
plumbing.