December 27, 2017
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Healing from the Trauma
Foster Provider Charged
May 17 – Mary Holden Ayala, the former director of a foster home that served many children of
color over the years, is charged with the theft of monies intended to support foster care services.
The Rodney Avenue home was purchased by the neighborhood to keep it from being demolished.
June 7 – Rev. Jesse Jackson visits with local government officials
and church leaders to help Portland heal after a double murder on
public transit committed by a man making racist and anti-Muslim
taunts.
Deadly Blast Levels House
Good in the Hood Threats
June 14 – Good in the Hood organizer Shawn Penney did not let racial and
violent threats stop him or his community when the multicultural Good in the
Hood Festival received a letter warning of a blood bath. Refusing to buckle to
fear and intimation, the annual festival went on with increased security, added
support and no incidents.
July 26 – A drug making operation is blamed for causing an explosion that completely
flattened a house on North Kerby across from Peninsula Park, killing two people at the
home, causing extensive damage to surrounding homes and sending glass shards and
other debris across the street and into the park.
The Great Solar Eclipse
Police Chief Named
Aug. 9 – Danielle Outlaw, an experienced assistant
police chief from Oakland, Calif., becomes Portland’s
new police chief and the first black woman to lead the
bureau.
Aug. 23 – The hustle and bustle of Portland’s streets
come to a pause as the moon passed over the face
of the sun. It was an amazing sight to view a nearly
complete solar eclipse and for folks who traveled just
south of the city, a total eclipse.
Trauma and Justice
Oct. 11 – Parole and
probation caseworkers in
Multnomah County begin using
trauma-informed practices
to help rehabilitate people,
recognizing how long term
stress from racism and poverty
can adversely affect the
development of the brain.
Health Matters
Sept. 27 – Volunteers from congregations of all faiths
sign up to help Worship in Pink, a Susan B. Koman
public service campaign to help with breast cancer
awareness in the African American community.
Albina Visionaries
Nov. 8 – Community advocates Zari
Santer and Michael Alexander grow
momentum for a plan to remake the Rose
Quarter district into a fully functioning
neighborhood, embracing and rebuilding
its diverse past and a landscape that can
accommodate much more than its two
sports and entertainment venues.
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