August 7, 2019
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INSIDE L O C A L N E W S
Week in Review
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Shanice Clarke is
the new director
of community
engagement for
Portland Public
Schools.
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Former Candidate Hired by District
Clarke to lead community
engagement team
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Shanice Clarke, one of the two African American
community leaders who ran for the Portland School
Board last May, has been hired as the district’s new
director of community engagement.
Clarke, who lost to long time resident and Port-
by
land city employee Michelle DePass in the election,
accepted the new job last week, continuing a com-
mitment she expressed during her campaign to ele-
vate the power and voices of students, families and
community to advance student achievement.
Clarke will leave her current position at Portland
State University to take a lead role in forming the
Portland School District’s strategic direction for
public dialogue as part of a Strategic Partnerships
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PSU Athlete Shot Dead, Sister Charged
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
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Following the shooting death
of 22-year-old former Portland
State University basketball star
Deante Strickland Friday after-
noon, Deante’s sister, Tamena
Strickland, has been charged with
three criminal counts related to the
death and wounding of two other
family members.
30-year-old Tamena Strick-
land is charged with one count
of murder with a firearm and two
counts of attempted murder with a
firearm, Multnomah County Dis-
trict Attorney Rod Underhill an-
nounced Monday.
According to court documents,
Portland Police responded to re-
ports of a shooting at approxi-
mately 2pm on Friday in the 6200
block of Northeast 42nd Avenue.
When officers arrived, they lo-
cated Deante Strickland suffering
from a gunshot wound to the chest
and died just north of the resi-
dence.
Two others, a 25-year-old
woman and a 67-year-old woman,
who were also Strickland’s rela-
tives, were also transported to the
hospital after being found by po-
lice with gunshot-related injuries.
PSU athlete Daunte Strickland (left) and sister Tamena Strickland.
The 25-year-old, who is Strick-
land’s cousin, told police she heard
gunshots while in the bedroom of
her residence, where the 67-year-
old woman and Deante and Tame-
na Strickland were located. When
the 25-year-old approached the
living room, she saw her cousin,
Tamena Strickland, direct a silver
handgun in her direction and shoot
her.
Tamena Strickland surrendered
to Portland Police with her attor-
ney at around 7pm that evening
and officers also found a black
gun box on the front passenger
seat floorboard in a vehicle associ-
ated with the alleged suspect.
Deante Strickland was slated to
play for PSU’s football team after
playing two seasons of basketball
with the Vikings. He earned a de-
gree in June and was preparing
to compete in football in his fifth
year, for graduate school.
“We are all deeply saddened
and grieving about this tragic
news,” said Viking Basketball
Coach Barret Peery, who recruited
Strickland back to his hometown
in 2017, a statement from PSU
said.