February 19, 2020
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Black History Salute
Marcia L. Taylor
Congratulations to Marcia L. Taylor of
Portland for her decades of support to im-
prove the quality of life of those suffering
with the life-threatening and painful dis-
ease of sickle cell anemia.
As founder of the Sickle Cell Anemia
Foundation of Oregon, Taylor has been a
champion of improving health outcomes
for countless Afro-Americans and others
impacted by the medical disorder since
1982. She has been instrumental in getting
doctors to routinely test newborns for sick-
le cell in Oregon, educating both the com-
munity and medical providers about the
disease, and building resources through a
foundation with other partners to provide
assistance to patients and families in need.
photo Courtesy p ortland C ommunity C ollege
Combining early childhood education and support for adult student parents can help kids succeed
and give current college and career-path students the ability to stay in school and graduate.
New Support for Head Start Families
Program to focus on
balancing work, careers
Portland Community College and Albina Head Start
will have more resources to connect low-income resi-
dents and students to human services and educational
pathways to future careers as they balance work and
childcare needs thanks to a new grant of $495,000
from the Kresge Foundation.
The funds will expand existing career-focused PCC
education programs and support an additional 200 Ear-
ly Head Start and Head Start parents. As part of this
effort, staff will identify and reform organizational bar-
riers, and develop better approaches to serve low-in-
come communities of color.
“We will look at how we can use student-cen-
tered design to improve the way we communicate
C ontinued on p age 12