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December 21, 2016 Page 5 50 Years of Kwanzaa C ontinued froM P age 5 the Matt Dishman Community Center, 77 N.E. Knott St., when an Umoja or Unity celebration will take place between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. The Okropong Af- rican Dance and Drum Group from Ghana will be performing. A candle lighting ceremony will be held, along with events for children, poetry, food and an Af- rican marketplace. On Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 6 p.m. the North Portland Library, 512 N. Killingsworth St., the value of Kujichagulia or Self Determi- nation will be observed with the historic black theater Passinart performing. On Wednesday, Dec. 28, fes- tivities honoring Ujima or Col- lective Work and Responsibility are celebrated from 6 pm. to 8 p.m. at the Maranatha Church Multipurpose Room 4222, N.E. 12th Ave., with participants en- Today’s Little Scholars Childcare The importance of screening and early detection of breast cancer is addressed during Worship in Pink event at Community Fellowship Church in northeast Portland. Worship in Pink Congregations and organiza- tions in Portland are celebrating another completed campaign for Worship in Pink, a unique pro- gram for all faith-based and com- munity groups to provide mes- sages of hope, inspiration, and education about breast health in order to increase the number of women receiving mammograms. Worship in Pink activities are mostly held during the month of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Equity Pledge at TriMet C ontinued froM P age 3 racial bias, officials said, but found a growing percentage of riders who avoid paying fares, mostly on TriMet’s MAX light rail lines, from about 10 percent two years ago to about 14 percent today. The group with the highest percentage of riders and fare eva- sion incidents was white. But fare evasion and repeat fare evasion for black riders was at a higher percentage rate than other groups. African Americans were also more likely to receive harsher penalties for not paying fares, in- cluding a higher number of exclu- sions which ban riders for up to 90 days from riding the MAX. Members of the black commu- nity were also more likely to re- ceive harsher penalties from law enforcement than TriMet fare en- forcement. Overall, the numbers are significantly low, but Renauer recommends in his report: “In par- ticular, future research should ex- plore economic, health and other hardship factors that may trigger repeat violations.” TriMet officials say they will be exploring a number of initiatives with the intent of getting riders to pay their fares, instead of put- ting them in the judicial system. Worship in Pink is a mission program of Susan G. Komen Or- egon and Southwest Washington, and coordinated by Kathy Kend- rix of the Empowerment Group. For more information, email wor- shipinpink@komenoregon.org. Some of these options include looking into the feasibility of a new regional Low Income Fare program, evaluating community service options instead of the pay- ment of fines, increasing TriMet fare enforcement staff, and giv- ing TriMet staff more training on de-escalation techniques, cultural competency and understanding mental health issues. “With the findings of our in- depth evaluation into past fare en- forcement practices and with the new initiatives underway, I am confident we will continue to en- sure TriMet’s fare enforcement ef- forts are both effective and as fair as possible for all of our riders,” said Doug Kelsey, TriMet chief operating officer. Tenant Shoots Housing Managers uals from the property’s manage- ment team were threatened and statement about the incident: injured by a resident. The resident “We’re extremely saddened to was in the process of being legally hear that two exceptional individ- evicted due to behavioral issues. C ontinued froM P age 3 tering on Skidmore Street. Festiv- ities include activities for children and drumming. On Thursday, Dec. 29, the Bil- ly Webb Elks Lodge, 6 N. Tilla- mook, Kwanzaa festivities honor the value of Ujamaa or Cooper- ative Economics, presented be- tween 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. by Di- verse and Empowered Employees of Portland featuring spoken word artists, music, and dancing with the 503 Sliders. On Friday, Dec. 30, the Umoja Center, 4941 N.E. 17th Ave., hon- ors the value of Nia or Purpose with a Kawanzaa celebration to include educators, historians, and live jazz from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. You can round out the sev- en-day observance Saturday, Dec. 31 and Sunday, Jan. 1 at home by joining other family, friends and other community members to cel- ebrate the Kwanzaa values of cre- ativity and faith. We are pleased that the suspect is in police custody. 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