January 30, 2019
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Members of the Parkrose girls basketball team faced racist taunts during a recent game at St.
Helens. (KPTV photo)
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Team Faced Racist Taunts
M ETRO
Apology not
enough for
Parkrose girls
An apology wasn’t enough for
members of the Parkrose High
School girls basketball team
which faced racist taunts during a
game at St. Helens High School.
The Parkrose girls and coach
spoke out last week after a let-
ter was sent out to parents by the
Parkrose superintendent, saying
that an “unfortunate incident”
happened to the girls during a Jan.
15 game in St. Helens.
The Parkrose coaches and play-
ers say while the team was play-
ing, the St. Helens fans were mak-
ing monkey noises and calling
them the n-word.
The fans started yelling slurs
during the junior varsity games
and then it trickled into the varsi-
ty game, Parkrose Coach Krystal
Fortham told KPTV. The students
said it wasn’t the first time it’s
happened.
A statement issued by the St.
Helens superintendent apologized
for the incident and said the school
district would take “appropri-
ate action.” The Oregon Schools
Activities Association released a
statement saying, “This type of
behavior is unacceptable at high
school events.”
The Parkrose girls, however,
feel too little is being done and
want St. Helens High School
sports to face disciplinary action.
The Parkrose superintendent says
he’s also asked the St. Helens
School District to provide more
security, including school re-
source officers at games.
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Homelessness and Mental Health
Arts &
Housing rights champions
to lead panel discussion
ENTERTAINMENT
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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Ibrahim Mubarak, a renowned activist and leader
from Portland’s African American community and a
champion of housing rights for more than 25 years,
will lead a panel discussion on the link between
houselessness and mental health struggles.
The community is invited to hear and join the
discussion which will offer concrete, innovate and
proven solutions to this human rights crisis. The
event will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.
at the Montavilla United Methodist Church, 232
S.E. 80th Ave., sponsored by the group Rethinking
Psychiatry.
Mubarak helped create short term and long term
strategies for helping the homeless as co-founder of
three sites for overnight camping on vacant parcels
of land, Dignity Village, Right 2 Survive and Right
2 Dream 2. He will be joined on the panel by Right
2 Survive co-founders Lisa Fay and board member
Sarah Louise Allen.
There is no cost to attend the discussion with do-
nations welcome. Refreshments will be provided.
Ibrahim Mubarak