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photo by c hrista M c i ntyre /t he p ortland o bserver
Red Hamilton of Don’t Shoot PDX leads a Reclaim Martin Luther King March Sunday down Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to the King statute at the Oregon Convention Center.
Reclaiming the Dream
c ontinued froM p age 3
Karen Haberman Trusty kept
her arms deep into her pockets
and shuffled her feet to stay warm.
A member of the Student Non-Vi-
olent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) during King’s civil rights
era, Trusty participated in lunch
counter sit-ins for desegregation
for which she was arrested and
spent some time in jail. A lifelong
activist engaged in social justice
work, she was awarded the Martin
Luther King “Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award” in 2010 by Port-
land’s World Arts Foundation.
“To me, Black Lives Matter is
the new SNCC,” she told the Port-
land Observer.
Her friend, Margaret-Ann Jones,
a retired social worker and long
time queer advocate who teams
with other individuals and groups
to build bridges and empower peo-
ple across boundaries of color, age,
and gender, gave a shout out to a
black woman with a tiny jeweled
crown and a silk sash which read
Miss Idaho 2015-2016.”
“I can’t believe that a woman of
color was made Miss Idaho,” she
exclaimed.
The Portland Observer asked
the title holder, Tamika Jefferson
,what brought her to the march
and she confidently replied that
the event was a perfect opportuni-
ty for her to help keep Dr. King’s
legacy alive.
Teressa Raiford, founder and
lead organizer of Don’t Shoot Port-
land, announced on a red and white
bullhorn: “Mic check, mic check.
We’re going to begin the march at
2 p.m.” Quiet and composed, Rai-
ford’s presence was a surprise to
some of the folks gathered, as she’s
been contending with some health
issues in the recent week.
Raiford unveiled a 3 by 5 foot
multicolored banner with images
depicting a group of black people
who have been killed in deadly
force police incidents, such as Mi-
chael Brown of Ferguson, Mo. and
Sandra Bland of Waller County,
Texas. The banner was designed
by a young student named Mia at
De La Salle North Catholic High
School.
c ontinued on p age 15