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May 19, 2018
A bout the
P ortlAnd o bserver :
Eleu8 Hoops girls huddle during a timeout at the 2017 Joyce Washington Classic.
In 1989, Joyce Washington purchased the
Portland Observer, a northeast Portland
weekly serving diverse communities. Joyce
Washington studied sociology at Portland
Community College and Portland State
University. She passed in March 1996 but
her legacy lives on today with Mark and
Rakeem Washington overseeing the daily
operations and publication of the paper,
and who are both heavily involved in
supporting the youth of Portland.