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Page 2 June 15, 2016 Rey Espana Nic Phillips Justice Progress and Struggles Wells Fargo Presents the 2016 Good in the Hood Music and Food Festival June 24, 25, 26 The environmental justice and civil rights group OPAL (Orga- nizing People, Activating Lead- ers) has set the table for its annual Voices of a People’s History event to honor the successes in the jus- tice movement on a local front and acknowledging the struggles still left to face. “Roots, Resistance, Revolu- tion” is the theme for the June 22 celebration as a response to the growing issue of housing dis- placement in Portland. OPAL Community Engage- ment Coordinator Shawn Fleek says the aim is to showcase, con- nect and inspire leaders in the so- cial justice and civil rights move- ments. Performers at the event are cho- sen based on their contributions to the social justice movement. Sev- eral OPAL allies young and old will be honored, like Ramon De Luna of the Youth Environmental Justice Alliance, Rey España of the Native American Youth and Family Center, Nancy Haque of Basic Rights Oregon and Nic Phil- lips of Bus Riders Unite. Hors d’oeuvres and refresh- ments will be provided as well as a chance to win prizes, have your photo taken and network with oth- ers ighting for low-income com- munities and families of color. For a full list of who is per- forming and ticket purchase, visit the OPAL website at opalpdx.org. Juneteenth Weekend Celebrations The Juneteenth Oregon Com- Clara Peoples. mittee invites you to attend its an- The “Clara Peoples Freedom nual celebration this weekend and Trail Parade” will begin Saturday, has named its annual parade in June 18 at 10:45 a.m. at Bethel honor of the woman who brought C ontinued on p age 4 Juneteenth to Oregon, the late The Saturday June 25th, at 11 AM, starting at King School Web—www.goodnthehood.org; GITH hotline 971.302.6380 Volunteers needed—volunteers@goodnthehood.org Want to be a sponsor—shawnpenney@goodnthehood.org Festival Participation—feedback@goodnthehood.org Established 1970 ---------------------- USPS 959 680 ------------------ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 he 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. 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. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin P ublisher : e ditor : Ofice Manager/Classiieds: Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt c reAtive d irector : 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 Week in Review Portland Joins Brother’s Keeper Wilson Dean Phelps. It happened Portland is one of 20 new cities who have joined the White House and Department of Education’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative striving to reduce chronic ab- senteeism in schools by connect- ing students with trained school- linked adults, the Obama White House announced last week. First Rose Festival Queen after oficers responded to a do- mestic assault call from Phelps’ girlfriend. He was wielding two knives which he refused to drop, causing oficers to ire at him 12 times, police said. LA Pride Terror Scare A man was apprehended by Santa Monica police on his way to the Pride celebration in Los Angeles Sunday. Cops discovered James Wesley Howell was carrying three assault ri- les, high capacity ammu- nition and magazines and a ive-gallon bucket illed with explosive chemicals. Grace Rams- tad, the Metro East Princess and a senior from Gresh- am’s Centenni- al High School, was chosen as Not Male or Female the 2016 Queen A Multnomah County Cir- of Rosaria Sat- cuit Court judge ruled on urday. Ramstad Friday that a Portland res- is the irst Rose ident can legally identify Festival queen to come from Cen- as non-binary, meaning neither tennial. male nor female. James Shupe Gresham Shooting Justiied surgically transitioned from male A Multnomah County Grand Jury to female but wished to legally be last week found two Gresham of- known as neither. The irst case icers justiied in the May 24 fa- like this in history, Shupe hopes it tal shooting of 22-year-old Bodhi sets a national standard.