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Community in Shock Knife wielding man killed in confrontation ‘City of Roses’ Volume XLVII • Number 15 See Local News, page 3 Voices from the Riots Portland actress fronts ground- breaking play See Metro, page 9 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • April 11, 2018 Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Photo by d anny P eterson /t he P ortland o bserver Celebrants and community members join Portland NAACP President and Pastor E.D. Modainé for the grand opening of a new office and headquarters in Lloyd Center. Located on the second floor near Marshall’s, it’s the first physical location for that the local civil rights organization in 30 years. Civil rights group opens first office in 30 years by d anny P eterson t he P ortland o bserver The Portland NAACP is celebrating the opening of an office in Lloyd Center mark- ing a milestone for increasing public out- reach and building on the local civil rights group’s 104-year-old history. At 1,836 square feet, the new headquar- ters will help continue the legacy of the Portland chapter of the National Associa- tion of Colored People advocating on is- sues like fair housing, mass incarceration, poverty and education. NAACP Strong “Having an actual location that people can come to is going to give people a hands on, right now, ability to talk to somebody face to face about what’s going on with them,” said Portland NAACP President and Pastor E.D. Modainé, at last Wednes- day’s ribbon cutting ceremony. “We have a space that we can do training, seminars and all types of different community engage- ments that benefit our community.” A large group of dignitaries, elected of- ficials and members of the black commu- nity joined together to mark the opening which occurred on the same day as Port- land and the world remembered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his death. Charlotte Rutherford, the daughter of former Portland NAACP leaders Verdell and Otto Rutherford were among those in attendance. The Rutherfords were integral to passing the Public Accommodations Act in Oregon, a civil rights bill that became law in 1953. The Rutherford family home in north Portland once served as a NAACP office more than 30 years ago. C ontinued on P age 4