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November 13, 2019
Seeking Help for Thanksgiving Meal
The Walnut Park Shelter on
Northeast Martin Luther King
Jr. Boulevard is not scheduled
to serve a meal on Thanksgiving
Day, according to Bora Harris,
community liaison for the shel-
ter, but she hopes those plans will
change with a new plea for volun-
teer help.
Harris was sad to hear that
Walnut Park was one of only two
shelters run by Transition Proj-
ects, Inc. that will not have a meal
on Thanksgiving, so she’s trying
to raise awareness in hopes that
people and businesses from the
community will step up by pro-
viding food, funds and their time
to provide a meal for about 80
people when the nighttime shelter
opens at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.
28, Thanksgiving Day. The shelter
has no facilities for meal prepara-
tion, she added.
On Monday before Thanksgiv-
ing, the shelter will have a holiday
meal provided for them by the
Daniels Memorial Church of God
in Christ, Harris said, but she fears
residents will be disappointed
with no observance on Thursday.
“We like for them to have an
actual Thanksgiving meal on that
day,” she said.
Anyone who wants to help can
call Harris at 503-936-8020 or
email bora.DHLI@gmail.com.
b everly c orbell /
t he p ortland o bServer
Bora Harris, community liaison
for the Walnut Park nighttime
shelter for homeless people,
is trying to gather resources to
provide a Thanksgiving meal for
about 80 people. Businesses,
individuals or groups who
want to help can call Harris at
503-936-8020 or email bora.
DHLI@gmail.com.
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Noose Found at OHSU
Oregon Health and Science University
was investigating the placement of a noose
found looped over a construction cone in a
secure area of the Portland hospital Thurs-
day. In a statement, OHSU officials said
the noose was abhorrent, saying the sym-
bol associated with lynching can be trau-
matic to members of our community.
Jail Term for Racist Attack
A posting on Twitter shows a Portland Police vehicle window with the political
“Blue Lives Matter” flag attached to the bottom left corner.
Political Message Draws Fire
A political “Blue Lives Matter” sticker
on the window of a Portland police squad
car has drawn the ire of a local citizen
and appears to violate regulations for po-
litical messaging by displaying private
decals or makings on city vehicles.
Lindsey Burrows posted a photo of the
police car with the thin blue line sticker
on Twitter last week, calling it unaccept-
able, recognizing that the symbol has
been used in opposition to the Black
Lives Movement and by white suprem-
acists.
Burrows pointed out in her tweet that
Multnomah County, for example, paid
$100,000 to a black employee last April
who claimed distress by allowing a blue
lives matter flag in the workplace.
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Voters strongly approved the renewal of a
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