December 28, 2016
Page 5
in Review
Right to Return Home
Vanport Mosaic Festival
May 18 -- Damaris Webb, Laura Lo Forti and S. Renee Mitchell promote the inaugural Vanport Mosaic
Festival, a series of events, including a reunion of former residents of a community that brought a mix of
races to Portland to work at the shipyards during World War II.
April 27 -- Attempting to fix a troubled housing history in the city,
Portland Community Initiatives, Inc. (PCRI) and the Portland Hous-
ing Bureau pioneer a new campaign to build 1,000 affordable housing
units to help mostly people of color and low income residents of north
and northeast Portland who have been displaced by gentrification.
Lofty Dreams and Aspirations
Gender Barriers Hold True
June 1 -- Sekai Edwards, a graduating senior at Jefferson High School
and a student enrolled at Self Enhancement, Inc., is accepted to attend
the prestigious Julliard School in New York to pursue a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree in acting.
May 25 -- A new effort between the state of Oregon and Oregon
Tradeswomen will attempt to bring more diversity to construction
work by increasing apprenticeship retention rates of women and peo-
ple of color.
Roadblocks at
the Courthouse
Horror, Anger and Healing
Third Death at Strip Club
June 15 -- Hundreds of people gather in front of the Embers, a histor-
ic gay nightclub in the Pearl District to show solidarity with Orlando,
Fla., just hours after the worst shooting massacre in U.S. history left
50 dead at Orlando’s Pulse LGBT nightclub.
June 22 -- A dancer is killed during a confrontation with a female ac-
quaintance at the Skinn strip club, reviving community concerns over
a Cully Neighborhood establishment that has now experienced three
murder in the last five years.
May 11 -- David Rogers, exec-
utive director of the American
Civil Liberties Union of Oregon,
authors a new report showing how
uncontested district attorney races
are a factor in tapping down crimi-
nal justice reform in the state.
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