February 6, 2019
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A community market featuring a bevy of locally-owned black businesses, food, and live music kicked
off a series of Black History Month events at Self Enhancement, Inc. Saturday, the nonprofit serving
hundreds of local black families. Pictured are Bryan Walden (left), CEO of Black Mannequin clothing
line, and Daunte Devon Paschal, the organizer of the Junction Avenue Black Owned Business Pop-up.
Black History Month at SEI
The Center for Self Enhancement on 3920 N.
Kerby Ave. has begun a series of free community
events this month in honor of Black History Month.
The kickoff was held Saturday when SEI hosted
the Junction Avenue Black Owned Business Pop
Up featuring and supporting a lineup of products
and services offered by locally-owned black busi-
nesses.
This Friday, Feb. 7, the educational and family-re-
source nonprofit will welcome the community to
hear special guest speaker Dr. Jason Okonofua give
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
a talk on “Bias Impeding Academic Achievement,”
presented by the community group Kúkátónón,
which is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On Saturday, Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., SEI
will host its 5th annual Community Day of Service.
The film “The Hate U Give,” presented by Black
Mental Health of Oregon, will screen on Friday Feb.
15 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and an African American
women’s luncheon, We Are Overcomers, which has
sold out, will take place Thursday, Feb. 28. For more
information, visit selfenhancement.org.
State Panel Adopts Diversity Rule
Giving guidance
to $100 billion
in investments
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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S PORTS
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The Oregon Investment Coun-
cil has amended its overarching
management values and beliefs to
highlight its commitment to diver-
sity and inclusion.
The six-member Council es-
tablishes policy and determines
asset allocation for the investment
program managed by the Oregon
State Treasury, which as of Dec.
31 totaled more than $100 billion
and includes the $75 billion Ore-
gon Public Employees Retirement
Fund.
To help guide day-to-day deci-
sion-making and investment pri-
orities, the council occasionally
revises its investment and man-
agement beliefs to articulate its
primary investment philosophy,
Oregon Investment Council
Chair Rukaiyah Adams
from managing risks to seeking
cost efficiencies to improving cor-
porate governance practices.
At its meeting Thursday, the
council explicitly articulated that
diversity and inclusion are aligned
with its imperative to pursue posi-
tive, risk-adjusted and sustainable
investment outcomes – officially
Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read
reflecting in policy what has be-
come an increasingly standard
business practice at the Oregon
Treasury department.
“Finding returns means see-
ing things that others don’t,” said
State Treasurer Tobias Read, a
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