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September 21, 2016
Youth Leader Welcomed Back
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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.
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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.