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Page 2 September 21, 2016 Youth Leader Welcomed Back Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes free- lance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All creat- ed design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or person- al usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERV- ER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRO- DUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIB- ITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representa- tive Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt Reporter/Web Editor: Cervante Pope P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. 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 Distinguished youth leader Useni Perkins. His tenure in Portland was just a couple of years, but the impact he made starting a local organization to connect local black youth to adult men who can mentor them with a positive influence is being felt today. Useni Eugene Perkins, a distinguished youth worker, poet and playwright from Chicago, started Portland’s Coalition of Black Men in 1988 when he served as chief executive officer of the Urban League of Portland. Perkins had started a similar group in Chicago before arriving in Portland and The later went on to become an esteemed Afri- can American History Maker. Perkins will be a guest of honor when the Coalition kicks off a drive to encour- age new mentors at a “Power of Pres- ence-Mentoring our Youth” conference, Saturday, Sept. 24 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Legacy Emanuel Medical Cen- ter Lorenzen Conference Center, 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave. For information about attending the ses- sion, contact Cheryl Thompson at 503-919- 6804 or cthompson@cobmportland.org. in Week Review Suspected Terrorist Attacks Eastern states were rocked with suspected terrorist attacks over the weekend. It started with a pipe bomb going off during a military charity event in New Jersey on Fri- day, a pressure cooker bomb going off in Manhattan later that day, and with a series of stabbings in a Min- nesota mall on Saturday. Ahmed Kahn Rahami, the suspect in the bombings, is currently in custody, while the stabbing suspect Dahir Adan was killed on site. and athletics administrator Mitch- ell Whitehurst to remain employed for years despite a history of sexual misconduct complaints by students and other staff. ACLU Blasts Tulsa Police The Oklahoma ACLU is demand- ing that the Tulsa Police be held responsible for the Friday death of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man. The group said police lied saying Crutcher failed to com- ply with police commands and died in route to a hospital, citing Celebrity Death Responsibility videos showing him with his hands A new development regarding in the air as he was shot and with the tragic and mysterious deaths two minutes going by before offi- of Whitney Houston and Bobby cers checked on his lifeless body. Brown’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Teen Shot and Killed Brown. A judge ruled Friday that An 18-year-old man was shot to Nick Gordon, Bobbi Kristina’s ad- death near Cesar Chavez School opted brother and former boyfriend, in north Portland Monday eve- is legally responsible for her drug ning. Police did not have any overdose death. He may also have information regarding the man’s to pay upwards of $50 million in identity or who shot him, as there damages to Bobbi Kristina’s estate. were no witnesses to come for- PPS Settles Whitehurst Case ward. Police say they don’t be- Portland Public Schools voted lieve the shooting occurred at Monday to pay $250,000 to settle the location where the body was an employee’s lawsuit claiming found. Anyone with information the district allowed former coach is asked to call police.