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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
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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.