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December 26, 2018
in
2018 Year Review
History Making
With Honor and Integrity
Jan. 3 – Citing “a widely respected civil rights champion whose
perspective on the bench will move us closer to a shared vision of
justice for all,” Gov. Kate Brown selected Multnomah County Judge
Adrienne C. Nelson to fill a seat on the Oregon Supreme Court, the
first African American to serve on the state’s highest court.
Jan. 24 – With the backdrop of a new civil rights exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society and support-
ers from her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, new Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw championed the
long worn path to civil rights progress and challenged the city and law enforcement community to
address racial inequities during her ceremonial installation as the city’s first African-American female
police chief.
Dynamic
Pastor Dies
Feb. 7 – Rev. W.G. Hardy Jr., a humble
spiritual leader from Portland’s African
American community who inspired so
many others with his dynamic sermons
and lifelong service to his Highland
Christian Center church and commu-
nity, succumbed to a three year battle
with kidney cancer on Feb. 2. Hardy,
60, was a third generation preacher
from a family that included his father
and grandfather.
Tubman’s Revival
Jan. 31 -- Deep community ties
and a personal connection to the
neighborhood helps Natasha Butler
understand the needs as she plans
for the reopening of Harriet Tubman
Middle School, part of a larger effort by
Portland Public Schools to bring equal
access and quality academic programs
to schools across the district.
And in
This Corner
Feb. 28 -- Portland actor
La’Tevin Alexander takes on
the role of a lifetime as the
legendary boxer who became
Muhammad Ali. The play “In
This Corner: Cassius Clay,”
an Oregon Children’s Theater
production, tackles issues of
racial inequality and bullying
during segregated Jim
Crow-era Louisville, Ky.
Inspired to Keep
Others Out of Gangs
Feb. 14 -- Nicole Taylor, a Portland
author of the young adult book ‘Ask
Nicky,’ transformed her personal story
about the consequences of gangs to the
production of a new documentary, ‘The
Nicole Taylor Story.’
Generals
Take
State!
Music and
Activism Intersect
Feb. 21 – Longtime Portland civil rights
leader Kathleen Saadat fronts a new
CD of jazz standards “Love for Sale” in
association with Portland singers Storm
Large, Thomas Lauderdale and the
band Pink Martini.
March 14 -- In a
game that was
neck and neck
throughout,
Grant High
School won
their first state
championship
in basketball in 10 years by making two free throws with only 7 seconds left and
scoring a 63-62 victory against cross-town rival and defending champion Jefferson
in the final of the 6A Boys tournament.
Students Declare
‘Enough’
March 21 – Students from at least 45
Portland area schools joined hundreds
more across the nation to declare
‘enough’ with gun violence and walked
out of classes in solidarity with students
and victims of the mass school shooting
in Parkland, Fla., one month ago.