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Page 2 April 11, 2018 Annual Spring Revival D. Bora Harris is joined by friends, family and supporters to formally announce her campaign to run for chair of the Multnomah County Commission at a campaign rally Friday outside the Multnomah County building in southeast Portland. Running for County Chair Dr. Johnasen L. Pack April 25, 2018 - April 27, 2018 7:00pm Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church 4009 N. Missouri Ave., Portland, Or B less A utos 3234 S.E. Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202 • No Credit OK • Bankruptsy OK • Bad Credit OK • Credit Rehab!! 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Bora Harris Pearl Homeless Shelter Proposed Portland real estate developer Homer Williams and Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle an- nounced a partnership Tuesday to build a homeless shelter in the Pearl District to bring100 beds to a city-owned lot near the west side of the Broadway Bridge. Oregon Harbor of Hope, a nonprofit that Williams founded, will be funded in part from a $1.5 million dona- tion from Boyle. Week in Review The neighborhoods transformed by displacement and gentrification has fallen short, according to a report before the Portland City Council last week. The monies were set aside in 2014 to fund the North/Northeast Portland Housing Strategy, but only a small number of low-income households were Housing Goals Fall Short actually able to access the pro- A $20 million initiative to help gram to stay in their neighborhood black residents stay or return to or move back to their original lo- cation. Mayor Wheeler called the The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Man- results an “abject failure.” uscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be Buy Here, Pay Here www.blessautos.com D. Bora Harris sets priorities in campaign returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All creat- ed design display ads become the sole property of the newspa- per and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, RE- PRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PER- MISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Pub- lishers Association. Danny Peterson P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffice A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington news@portlandobserver.com • ads@portlandobserver.comn • subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 Facebook CEO on Data Use After privately assuring senators his company will do better, Face- book’s Mark Zuckerberg faced a joint hearing of the Senate Judi- ciary and Commerce Committees Tuesday to testify on the use of and protection of Facebook user data in the wake of the Cambridge tors and has been active in politics and various community organiza- tions for decades. She is president of D. Harris Leadership Institute, a limited liability corporation where she developed the “Move Beyond Your Walls Initiative.” “The race is about us,” Harris said, in a news erlease announc- ing her candidacy in the May Pri- mary Election. “We the people of Multnomah County are in desper- ate need of a county chair who re- flects good and fair government. Multnomah County is a shining county, yet there are so many places and spaces where that glit- C ontinued on P age 6 Analytica scandal and Russian in- terference in the 2016 U.S. presi- dential election. Trump Lawyer Offices Raided FBI agents raided the offices of President Trump’s personal lawyer on Monday looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump, and information related to the publisher of The Na- tional Enquirer’s role in silencing one of the women, several people briefed on the investigation said. PPS Won’t Fire Teacher An African American teacher who was placed on leave for a student walk out will not face termina- tion by Portland Public Schools after a rally of support from par- ents and students. Social studies teacher Chris Riser was placed on leave from Ockley Green Mid- dle School in March for leading a Feb. 9 demonstration in the streets that involved students lying on the ground in protest after an assem- bly involving the activist group Don’t Shoot Portland. June Key Delta Center Forum The June Key Delta Community Center, 5940 N. Albina Ave., will host a public candidates forum with Portland City Council candidates on Wednesday, April 11 at 6 p.m. We regret that the address was wrong in last week’s issue.
