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Page 4 June 23, 2021 CAREERS Special Edition Juneteenth Established as Holiday C ontinued FroM p age 2 June 19, 1865, when Union sol- diers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Gal- veston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. That was also about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclama- tion freed slaves in the Southern states. It’s the first new federal holi- day since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983. One of the federal holidays, Inauguration Day, happens every four years. Biden noted the overwhelming support for the bill from lawmak- ers in both parties. He signed the legislation surrounded by members of the Congressional Black Caucus as well as the lead sponsors of the legislation in the Senate, Sens. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and John Cornyn, R-Texas. He was introduced by Vice President Ka- mala Harris, the nation’s first Af- rican-American vice president. “We have come far and we have far to go, but today is a day of celebration,” Harris said. The Senate passed the bill un- der a unanimous consent agree- ment that expedited the process for considering legislation. Portland Community College flight teacher Sheri Fisher, PCC Aviation Science Chair Larry Altree and student Ivette Alonso Garcia, showcase a new aviation curriculm for high school students interested in careers as aviation maintenance technicians, avionics technicians or professional pilots. Aerospace Careers for Everyone New pathway for under- represented students A new education pathway is giving under-repre- sented high school students a chance at flying high in the field of aviation. Portland Community College has partnered with the Hillsboro School District on its new Oregon Aerospace Careers for Everyone (O-ACE) Program. This is a training pathway program for high school students interested in careers as aviation mainte- nance technicians, avionics technicians, or profes- sional pilots. A big goal of the effort is to diversify the aviation industry by introducing more nontradi- tional and under-represented candidates, like wom- en and people of color, to the field. PCC’s Aviation Science and Aviation Mainte- C ontinued on p age 8 Advancing Equity in the Courts Judge honored for leadership CHRIS GUINN III WWW.DWELLREALTYPDX.COM 5265 NE MLK Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR 97211 503.208.3797 Oregon Supreme Court Justice Adrienne Nelson is being honored for distinguished leadership for her work to eliminate structural barriers to the courts and advanc- ing procedural fairness for histori- cally marginalized constituencies, including people of color. Nelson, the first African Amer- ican to sit on the state’s highest court and on any appellate state Oregon Supreme Court Justice court, was recently presented the Adrienne Nelson equity achievement award from the National Consortium on Ra- cial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts. The award recognizes a dis- tinguished lifetime or an excep- tional contribution to the goal of advancing and preserving a court system that is free of racial and ethnic bias and is fair to all court clients. Nelson was given credit for leading efforts to educate judges, court staff, lawyers, jurors, and C ontinued on p age 8