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Page 10 August 18, 2021 C LASSIFIEDS /B IDS Cash Incentives for Vaccines SUB BIDS/SUPPLIER QUOTES REQUESTED Terrace Glen Apartments 9650 SW Greenburg, Tigard, OR 97223 Bids Due: Sept 14, 2021 @ 2:00 PM Terrace Glen Apartments will create 144 affordable housing units spread across two four-story slab-on-grade, wood-framed buildings ranging from studios to 4-bedrooms. The project will also contain several support offices and amenity spaces for the residents including an exterior play area, art center, multi- purpose room, and support offices. Trades Included: All Trades* EXCEPT: Fire Protection, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, & Low Voltage *MWESB Select Bid Scopes: Demo, Excavation, Asphalt, Landscaping, Site Concrete, Rebar, Steel, Siding/WRB/Window Install, Doors / Hardware, Drywall, Painting, Accessories, Signage, Window Covering, & Cleaning Plans are currently available at: Walsh Construction Co., contractorplancenter.com, iSqFt.com, mcip-pdx.org, oame.org, and pbdgweb.com. Special Notes: COBID Goals – Certified businesses are encouraged to bid. 2905 SW First Ave • Portland, OR 97201 (503) 222-4375 FAX (866) 446-0681 Contact: Brian Ames ORCCB # 147267/WALSHCC962LD Walsh Construction Co. is an equal opportunity employer and requests sub-bids from Minority, women, disadvantaged and emerging small business enterprises. 5010 NE 9th Ave Portland, Or 97211 Phone: 503 284-2989 We specialize in a variety of cuts for men and women, hot towel razor shaves, braiding, hair extension, Shampoo, blow dryer and Platinum fade. C ontinued from P age 3 ics. According to the website, peo- ple getting their first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can get a gift card for $100 for their first vaccine and $50 for the second. Those who get the Johnson&- Johnson one-time dose can get a gift card for $150. People who bring someone else to get a vac- cine can also get $50 for bring- ing in up to eight people, but that doesn’t apply to adults accompa- nying minors who are not their own children. Vaccine gift cards are just one way the county is working to im- prove vaccines in communities of color, Clarke said. “We are trying to be inten- tional,” she said, by engaging in community events like the recent Black and Striving Fair. “We really try to offer multiple opportunities and convenience, because in the end, your best pro- tection against Covid, regardless of the variant, is getting vacci- nated, and that’s what we need to keep the numbers down,” she said. The county health department is constantly looking for new op- portunities, she said, to educate folks around the “efficacy and ef- fectiveness” of the vaccine and to answer questions. When they have questions about the vaccine, people should call their health provider or call 2-1-1, the city and county resource line, she added. “It’s important to get questions asked so that people can have the information they need to be com- fortable being vaccinated,” she said. “The pandemic is not over. It’s critical that folks get vaccinat- ed.” Dr. Reed Tuckson, co-found- er of the Black Coalition Against Covid, in an Aug. 15 article in Slate.com, said there’s been some progress in breaking down distrust of the white medical establish- ment, but some harder-to-reach people might be entrenched be- cause of the politics. “Because of the politization of the pandemic and the vaccine in particular by former President Trump — who has hurt us in ways that are almost incalculable — we The Right to Vote is Sacred C ontinued from P age 9 munities of color in the crosshairs. In just the last six months, over a dozen states have enacted 22 new voter suppression laws and are ac- tively considering hundreds more. These proposals are Jim Crow 2.0, plain and simple, and the American people deserve better than power-hungry lawmakers and their blatant attempts to dis- mantle the Voting Rights Act. Let’s be clear: Our democracy will be that much stronger when more people can participate, not less. That’s why a majority of Americans, from across the polit- ical spectrum, support the For the People Act and its aim to establish automatic voter registration, ex- pand early voting, get dark money out of politics, and take redistrict- ing power away from partisan of- ficials. Politicians shouldn’t pick and choose their voters. The pow- er must be with the people. It will take everyone — from concerned citizens to civil rights or- ganizations to activists — to ensure every American’s voice is heard. It is not enough to only have Black and Brown leaders as the faces of one of the most important bills of our lifetime. Communities of color need to see more of our white allies in Congress, in state legislatures, in our cities, and in towns nationwide putting them- selves on the line because this is Call Today or Walk in !!! COACH JOHN OF TEAM 1 WON Is “NOW” interviewing men/women interested in conducting “SHG GOOD PARTIES” (Getting Out Of Debt) With the potential to earn $50--$100 per hour Interested, phone Coach John 503-358-9655 • or email: Team1won@gmail.com STAGEONEINACTION.ORG The non-profit org committed to help youth, between the ages of 10-24, to be their best. We are ASKING business owners to HELP US, to HELP youth to go into business for themselves. Businesses can help us by getting a “FREE” NO OBLIGATION quote, to get their bills lowered, paying their same providers. “SHG” bill negotiators work for businesses to pay less on their bills. For “FREE QUOTE” phone coach John @ 503-358-9655. We are Open! 3901 N. Mississippi Ave. • Portland, OR 97227 P: 503.281.0453 Fax 503.281.3408 He will put you in contact with the bill negotiators N/Ph of the person who gave you this promotion Name:___________________________ Ph. _________________ are also being targeted very delib- erately by people pushing misin- formation,” Tuckson said. Misinformation pushed on so- cial media has also hurt the effort, he said. The historical impact from the “Tuskegee Syphilis Study” where for 40 years, starting in the 1930s, the federal government let hun- dreds of Black men go untreated for syphilis for research purpos- es, also hurts efforts at building confidence with people of color today. The medical malpractice was only exposed when Associated Press reporter Jean Heller broke the news in 1972, and the program ended three months later, “but the chilling effects of the study longer to this day — it’s routinely cited as the reason some African-Amer- icans are reluctant to participate in medical research, or even go to the doctor for routine check-ups,” the AP reported in 2017. The worst thing about Tuske- gee, even though survivors were compensated, is that nothing con- crete has been done to atone for that travesty, Tuckson said. Web: www.sunlanlighting.com • E-mail: kay@sunlanlighting.com truly an issue of life or death for millions of people. We need voices who are un- afraid to tell the hard truths, willing to be arrested like Con- gresswoman Joyce Beatty, bold- ly speaking out with passion like Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and standing up with sincerity like Congressman Jim Clyburn to en- sure this bill passes. It is everyone’s democracy that is at stake, Democrats and Repub- licans. Let’s re-imagine the rules of engagement and make the “hon- orable” Mitch McConnell and his gangster colleagues uncomfort- able non-violently. Take the fight to the “suits,” using legislative processes like rules and reconcili- ation to stop the foolishness. Any- thing less than that will be a death sentence, effectively cutting the heart out of our democracy. Call your member of Congress today and let’s pass the For the People Act 2021. Together, we can strengthen our country from the bottom up. Loretta Smith is a former Mult- nomah County Commissioner and current candidate for U.S. Congress. Learn more at loretta- forcongress.com. Advertise with diversity in The Portland Observer Call 503-288-0033 email ads@portlandobserver.com
