September 20, 2017
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Participants warm up for the MLK Dream Run. The sixth annual event honing Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. and his “I Have a Dream” speech returns on Sunday, Sept. 24.
Dream Run on Starting Blocks
Sixth annual event honors Martin Luther King
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There’s still time to sign up for the MLK Dream
Run coming to northeast Portland on Sunday, Sept.
24.
The sixth annual event, sponsored by the Soul
District Business Association, formerly the North/
Northeast Business Association, will take off and
finish from a new location this year at 6431 N.E.
MLK Jr. Blvd. This is a vacant Lot on the corner
of MLK and Rosa Parks Way and the future site of
a new King Park affordable housing complex con-
structed by way of the nonprofit Portland Commu-
nity Reinvestment Initiatives, inc.
This year’s MLK Dream Run theme s equity, uni-
ty and harmony
“In these heightened times of stress and unrest, it
is important that our narratives continue to work in
equity, unity and harmony if we are to have healthy
and thriving communities,” said MLK Dream Run
officials. “We are asking all volunteers, runners,
supporters and friends to demonstrate this year’s
theme by wearing gold wrist bands.”
On Sunday’s Race Day, events will begin at 6
a.m. and 7 a.m. staggered starts featuring 5K, 10K
and 15K courses. There will be food and entertain-
ment associated with all the events from 7 a.m. to
11 a.m.
County Faces Claims of Racism
Investigation to
follow ouster of
black director
D ANNy p etersoN
t he p ortlAND o bserver
Multnomah County Chair
Deborah Kafoury says she will
address charges of racism and
unfair employment practices fol-
lowing a report last week that for-
mer Multnomah County Health
Department employee Tricia Till-
man, the county’s first non-white
public health director, was dis-
missed unfairly.
Kafoury announced that she
will hire an outside employment
consultant to review and make
recommendations to improve
Multnomah County’s hiring and
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Deborah Kafoury
Tricia Tillman
retention practices in regards to
the discrimination claims.
She said Multnomah County
would also escalate any com-
plaint of offense or discrimina-
tion an employee alleges to the
county’s Chief Operating Officer
and Department Director.
Tillman alleged in a Sept. 7
letter to Kafoury that she was
asked to step down by health de-
partment director Joanne Fuller,
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