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Volume LII • Number 03 ‘City of Roses’ www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • February 07, 2024 Committed to Cultural Diversity Community Grieves Children’s Author and Mentor Trimet President and supporters celebrate Rosa Parks on birth anniversary We Ride With Rosa! A Tribute to a Civil Rights Icon On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Al- abama. Her act of defiance and resulting arrest sparked protests from the streets of Montgomery that inspired change across the United States. Rosa Parks’ brave act became a cornerstone of the civil rights movement and the catalyst for a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court affirming transportation equity as a civil right. TriMet did not collect fare on Sun- day, Feb. 4, in honor of Rosa Parks, on what would have been her 111th birth- day. The TriMet Board of Directors passed a resolution in 2020, declaring Parks’ birthday as a day of remembrance across our 533-square-mile service dis- trict. Outgoing District 5 Director Keith Edwards, a leader in the local Black community and a lifelong community activist, proposed the annual observa- tion. “Rosa Parks revealed to the nation the inequities borne from ignorance. She said no more,” said Edwards “As TriMet’s first Black General Man- ager and a person of African American heritage, Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a bus affects me personally,” said TriMet General Manager Sam De- sue Jr. “I am humbled and beyond proud to lead an organization that provides a public service where all are welcome. TriMet connects people — all people, no matter the color of their skin or where they came from — with opportunity.” 37-year-old Montrell “Trell” Goss. A Portland community is grieving after police say a man was shot in a south- east Portland bar. No Suspects Wanted or Charged in Shooting A man has died after a shooting in a Centennial Neighborhood Bar, and all people who are believed to be directly involved have been interviewed. On Fri- day, February 2, 2024 East Precinct and Focused Intervention Team (FIT) officers were dispatched to a report of a shoot- Continued on Page 9
