February 1, 2017
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photo by Christa McIntyre/The Portland Observer
When it became clear that Maranatha Church wasn’t big enough to seat the thousands of people who
attended Saturday’s march, “Advancing Justice and Equality for All Through the Strength of Love,” the
final chapter of the day’s event was moved to the lawn outside the northeast Portland church.
No Retreat on Civil Rights
C ontinued froM f ront
Portland photographer and
journalist Julie Keefe had a pho-
to booth where marchers could
have instant photos printed, write
a message to Donald Trump, and
have the photo and statement
mailed to the White House.
The organization “Showing Up
for Racial Justice” served up sand-
wiches, soup, small deserts, coffee
and hot tea.
When it became clear that Ma-
ranatha wasn’t big enough to seat the
thousands who marched, the final
chapter of the day’s event was moved
to the lawn outside the church.
Hardesty greeted them, “I see
multi-generations, I see multi-rac-
es, I see very gender, every ethnic-
ity recognized here today. I am so
grateful every one of you came to
be part of this movement. Let me
be clear, it’s not just about being
on the street today, because all is
not well in our city.”
A former state representative,
Hardesty urged her fellow citizens
to put pressure on new mayor Ted
Wheeler to make police reforms
a priority; to support citizen vol-
unteers on a panel to correct ra-
cial profiling, excessive force and
other police issues; and to join
the civil rights groups in Portland
working on the frontlines demand-
ing better police accountability.
More than a dozen speakers
followed, including people from a
tapestry of different backgrounds:
military veteran, Arab-American,
Rabbi, Imam, Lutheran and Asian
American.
Francisco Aguirre, a South
American immigrant who now fac-
es deportation, spoke, as did James
Chasse Sr., the father of a man who
suffered from mental illness and
who died in Portland police custo-
dy in 2006. Activist Joyce Harris
led a moment of reflection as she
read a list of other young people
who have fallen to police violence
with a call to “Say Their Names.”
In between, Dr. Haynes would
signal to the crowd in his distin-
guished and practiced voice: “No
Justice! No Peace! Continue the
battle, until we finish the course!”
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