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Lutheran Church in northeast
Portland at the invitation of Mult-
nomah County Commissioner
Loretta Smith, the only elected
member in city or county gov-
ernment from Portland’s African
American community. About two
dozen local religious leaders of
all faiths and races joined them at
the podium along with some 50
other attendees.
Jackson suggested that lo-
cal leaders organize a massive,
peaceful, and multicultural march
to help deliver the message that
the Portland will not allow vio-
lence to be the brand of the city.
He described the passengers who
sacrificed their lives to protect the
young girls as very brave.
“There is a challenge today
and we must rise to the occasion,”
Jackson said. “The vicious killing
of the martyrs reminds us how
deep the wound is, how much
sickness there is and how much
work there is to be done. In the
face of it all, we must turn to each
other and learn to live together.”
The national civil rights icon
went on to describe the many se-
rious struggles ahead for people
of color, workers, women and
children across America, calling
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out issues such as education cuts,
criminal justice rollbacks and
states limiting voting rights.
“We must not fight fire with
fire, it makes the fire hotter. Fight
fire with water,” he said.
On the current political cli-
mate in Washington, D.C., Jack-
son pointed to a “counter-cultural
revolution,” which seeks to un-
dermine the founding principles
of democracy.
“America’s revolution is give
me your tired, your hungry mass-
es. To lock out the immigrants, to
lock out the refugees, to lock out
all of Central and South America,
this is a counter-cultural revolu-
tion,” he said. “To privatize jails
and close public schools, this is
is a counter-cultural revolution.”
Jackson called for unity in the
struggles ahead.
“Regardless of whether our
skin is black, white or brown we
need each other and we must turn
to each other,” he said.
Jackson took an overnight
flight from San Francisco to ar-
rive in Portland for the breakfast
meeting at Augustana Lutheran.
The guests included many lo-
cal activists as well as members
from several religious traditions,
including leaders from Christian,
Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh,
and Native American groups.
A small gospel-jazz duo played
Sam Cooke’s Civil Right’s an-
them “A Change is Gonna Come.”
Several faith leaders spoke to the
trauma of the attacks and how to
move forward in the current na-
tional political climate.
Commissioner Smith, Augus-
tana Pastor Mark Knutson and
Dr. Rev. T Allen Bethel, senior
pastor at Maranatha Church and
president of the Albina Ministe-
rial Alliance introduced Jackson.
“The tragedy that happened
here a week ago today is so un-
thinkable. People are still try-
ing to reconcile what they think
about it,” said Smith
Before taking questions from
members of the press, the gos-
pel-jazz duo returned with a
heartfelt performance of “Keep
Your Eyes on the Prize” with
Jackson, Smith and the faith lead-
ers joining together in song.
Jackson’s next stops were
meeting with Portland Mayor Ted
Wheeler and with Micah Fletch-
er, the 21 year old Portland State
University student hero who sur-
vived the tragedy.
The victims killed were retired
Army veteran and city employee
Rick Best, 53, and recent Reed
College graduate Taliesin Myrd-
din Namkai Meche, 23. Jeremy
Joseph Christian, 35, of north
Portland has been charged with
aggravated murder in their deaths.
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ly-owned Terry Schrunk Plaza,
which faces both City Hall and
the Edith Green – Wendell Wy-
att Federal Building. In response
to the alt-right’s demonstration, a
loose collection of labor unions,
immigrant rights groups and an-
ti-fascist organizations showed up
to protest the presence of white
nationalist groups in Portland. The
counter-demonstration took place
in neighboring Chapman Square,
and was permitted by the City of
Portland.
Officers from the Portland
Police Bureau, the Oregon State
Police and the Department of
Homeland Security’s Federal
Protective Service were present
at the opposing rallies. Police
made 14 arrests throughout the
course of Sunday afternoon, and
deployed crowd control muni-
tions include flash-bang gre-
nades, pepper spray and rubber
bullets into Chapman Square.
Police also seized dozens of
weapons, including brass knuck-
les, make-shift shields and sev-
eral bricks.
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