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November 6, 2019
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Seraw Musical Tribute Coming
New work a push
back against hate
The classical music nonprofit Fear No
Music reflects on the first 30 years since
the murder of Ethiopian student Muluge-
ta Seraw on the streets of southeast Port-
land with an extraordinary multimedia
performance coming two days prior to
the anniversary of his horrific hate crime
death.
Coming to The Old Church, down-
town, on Monday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m.,
the concert will feature Portland-born,
Egyptian-American composer Ryan
Francis’ new work “Nightwalk,” high-
lighted by a film and performances on
clarinet, string quartet, piano and percus-
sion.
The visual component takes you on a
walk from Southeast 31st and Pine, the
site of Seraw’s murder, to the doors of
The Old Church, reinforcing the proxim-
ity within which we all live to ongoing
Ryan Francis
Mulugeta Seraw
divisions within our community. Francis
created the film component in collabora-
tion with his sister Tracy Cameron Fran-
cis, the artistic director of Boom Arts and
the festival director for the Cascade Fes-
tival of African Films.
The concert also is in conjunction with
a display of The F Word exhibit, a touring
exhibit from The Forgiveness Project, a
UK-based organization that uses story-
telling to promote personal and commu-
nity healing and restorative justice.
Health Care Marketplace Opens
Open enrollment for Affordable Care
Act health insurance coverage in 2020
started on Nov. 1 and runs through Dec.
15. Residents can sign up for a health
insurance plan at healthcare.gov.
The marketplace provides access
to private insurance for residents who
don’t have health insurance through
their employer and also provides access
to the Oregon Health Plan — the state’s
version of Medicaid — to families and
individuals that meet certain income re-
quirements.
According to the state website health-
care.oregon.gov, the Oregon Health Plan
provides free coverage to people who
meet income and residency requirements
as well as factors such as age and disabil-
ity status. Coverage includes doctor vis-
its, hospital care, mental health services,
dental and some vision care.
The
to endorse the impeachment inquiry into
President Trump, setting up a critical new
public phase. It was only the third time in
modern history that the House had taken
a vote on an impeachment inquiry into a
sitting president.
in
Week Review
Sportswear Matriarch Dies
Gert Boyle, the longtime
Portland resident and chair-
woman of Columbia Sports-
wear, and a national icon
for her image as “one tough
mother” in advertising the
multi-brand company, has
died at age 95, the company announced
Monday. Boyle was a pioneer for women
in what was a male-dominated industry.
Twitter to Reject Political Ads
Reacting to growing concern about misinfor-
mation spread on social media, Twitter an-
nounced last week that it is banning all politi-
cal advertising from its service. Its move sets
it apart from Facebook, which continues to
defend running paid political ads, even false
ones, as a free speech priority.
Sentenced 10 Years for Attack
A Portland man, Jerry Des-
sources, 40, was sentenced
to10 years in prison last
week for kidnapping and
sexually abusing a yoga
studio business owner in
downtown Portland last
year. Prosecutors called the attack partic-
ularly heinous with the victim having to
fight for her life.
Impeachment Inquiry Approved
A bitterly divided House of Representa-
tives with Democrats on one side and Re-
publicans on the other voted on Thursday
Fund for Slave Descendants
Georgetown University announced last
week will create a fund that could gen-
erate close to $400,000 a year to benefit
the descendants of slaves once sold by the
university, the latest in the school’s efforts
to address the historical legacy of slavery.
In 1838, the university sold 272 slaves
to pay off debts and ultimately keep the
school open.
Diplomat Now Admits Quid Pro Quo
In a significant reversal, top US diplomat
and former Portland hotelier Gordon Sond-
land revised his testimony to impeachment
investigators Monday to admit there was
a quid pro quo linking US aid to Ukraine
with an investigation into President Don-
ald Trump’s political rivals.
Blues Scene Voice Dies
Steve Pringle, long a
key voice in the Portland
blues scene, died Sunday
at age 56, of cancer. A
message posted to A Go-
FundMe page dedicated
to helping raise money for costs associ-
ated with his care said that Pringle died
“surrounded by friends and family in the
comfort of his own home.” Pringle spent
years hosting blues shows on KINK-FM
and KGON-FM.