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January 30, 2019
Black Panther Earns Top Prize
(AP) – “Black Panther” took the
top award at Sunday’s 25th Screen
Actors Guild Awards, giving Ryan
Coogler’s superhero sensation its
most significant awards-season
honor yet and potentially setting
up Wakanda for a major role at
next month’s Academy Awards.
The two leading Oscar nomi-
nees – “Roma” and “The Favour-
ite” - were bypassed by the actors
guild for a best ensemble field
that also included “BlacKkKlans-
man,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Bo-
hemian Rhapsody” and “A Star Is
Born.” Although “Black Panther”
wasn’t nominated for any individ-
ual SAG Awards, it took home the
final award at the Shrine Auditori-
um in Los Angeles.
Before a stage full of actors,
Chadwick Boseman tried to put
into context the moment for the
trailblazing “Black Panther,”
which also won for its stunt per-
former ensemble. “To be young,
gifted and black,” he said, quoting
the Nina Simone song.
“We know what it’s like to be
told there isn’t a screen for you to
Chadwick Boseman in a scene from the Marvel superhero juggernaut “Black Panther” (Photo courte-
sy Marvel Studios-Disney)
be featured on, a stage for you to And that is what we went to work world that exemplified a world we
be featured on. ... We know what’s with every day,” said Boseman. wanted to see. We knew that we
like to be beneath and not above. “We knew that we could create a had something to give.”
Public Health Advocate Hired
A leader from Portland’s Af-
rican American community has
been promoted to president and
chief executive officer of the
Northwest Health Foundation, an
organization advocating for health
policies that give every person the
opportunity to lead a healthy life.
Jesse Beason
Beason has worked at North-
west Health since August 2013.
He previously served as executive
director of the affordable housing
provider Proud Ground; as a se-
nior policy director for then-City
Commissioner Sam Adams; and
as a public affairs officer at Metro.
He was a 2014 cohort member
of the Portland African American
Leadership Academy.
“I believe strongly in North-
west Health Foundation’s vision
of health. I am honored and hum-
bled to further this vision in my
new role, alongside a staff of such
integrity and a board that is un-
abashed about ending inequity,”
said Beason.
Jesse moved from Denver to
Portland to attend Lewis & Clark
College two decades ago. He and
his partner live in north Portland.
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