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February 27, 2019
Honoring Unsung Women
The community is invited to
celebrate Women’s History Month
and explore the complex and in-
spirational roles black women
play as positive role models when
the empowerment group Sistas
hosts its second annual “Visibly
Invisible: Honoring Our Unsung
Sheroes award ceremony.
The event will be held Satur-
day, March 9, from 5 p.m. to 9:30
p.m. at The Old Church Concert
Hall, 1422 S.W. 11th Ave. Admis-
sion is a suggested $10 donation
and all are welcome.
Special honors will be give to
local women who through their
resilience, perseverance and com-
mitment to speaking truth to pow-
er are empowering warriors fight-
ing for justice and equality for our
society and families.
The evening will also feature
the photo exhibit Albina Queens
from the Portland African Ameri-
can Leadership Forum (PAALF).
Shalonda Menefee, founder of the
Sistas group, will present her spir-
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it art dolls, and a marketplace with
black women entrepreneurs will
be included along with the serving
of light refreshments. There will
also be a creative cultural expres-
sion of African dance, a libation
ceremony honoring ancestors and
an African inspired print fashion
show.
You can reserve a seat to the
Sistas celebration online at em-
poweredsistas.com/events.
Week in Review
Listening Session Chaotic
Fire Damages Rail Bridge
R. Kelly Posts Bail
Diversity at the Oscars
A listening session hosted by Port-
land Police Chief Danielle Outlaw
and Mayor Ted Wheeler at Ma-
ranatha Church in northeast Port-
land drew concerns over police in-
teractions with right-wing groups
and perceptions of bias against lib-
eral groups. But the session before
a packed crowd also resulted in a
lot of yelling, stomping and hissing
as people from various political
perspectives aired grievances.
Established 1970
Shalonda Menefee
A large fire on the Burlington
Northern rail bridge that spans the
Columbia River between north
Portland and Hayden Island was
extinguished Tuesday by Portland
firefighters who called in a fire
boat to stop the fire which was
caused by railroad maintenance
workers, officials said. The bridge
is used for freight and for Am-
trak’s north-south route between
Oregon and Washington.
“Green Book,”
a film about
a black musi-
cian and his
white chauf-
feur driving in
the segregated
South,
won
best picture at
the 91st Acad-
emy Awards
on
Sunday.
The Queen bi-
opic “Bohemian Rhapsody” took
home four awards, while “Roma”
and Marvel’s “Black Panther”
won three. Director Spike Lee
won his first Oscar for best adapt-
House Passes Rent Control
ed screenplay award for “BlacKk-
A statewide rent control policy Klansman.”
and new eviction protections was
passed by the Oregon House on LGBTQ Community Rallies
Tuesday sending the bill to Gov. Hundreds gathered Sunday for a
Kate Brown who plans to sign it. town hall at the Q Center in north
The bill would cap annual rent in- Portland to support each other
creases to 7 percent plus inflation and talk about personal safety
throughout the state. It exempts amid rumors of escalating vio-
new construction for 15 years, and lence against people in Portland’s
landlords would be free to raise LGBTQ community. A trans
rent without any cap if renters woman was hospitalized after an
leave of their own accord. Subsi- alleged assault in southeast Port-
dized rent would also be exempt. land on Feb. 10.
R. Kelly walked
out of a Chi-
cago jail Mon-
day after post-
ing
$100,000
bail on charges
that he sexual-
ly abused four
people dating
back to 1998,
including three underage girls.
The recording artist has been
trailed for decades by allegations
that he violated underage girls and
women and held some as virtual
slaves. Kelly has consistently de-
nied any sexual misconduct.