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Volume LII • Number 04 ‘City of Roses’ www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • February 21, 2024 Committed to Cultural Diversity The Restoration through Storytelling Breathing Life into the Community through Social Action Sorority Sisters pose with the Chris Poole-Jones Memorial statue in front of the Delta House. Photo courtesy of ECO Trust A Land Stewardship Storytelling Series of East Multnomah County is a series of gatherings designed to elevate Black, In- digenous, and people of color (BIPOC) ancestral agricultural wisdom, restore and preserve cultural traditions along with up- lifting storytelling as a meaningful knowl- edge system. This series focuses on show- ing how the intersections of place based storytelling and opportunities to restore cultural and community traditions are in- terwoven with and related to lands and wa- ters stewardship. This third gathering of the series will take place at the June Key Delta Commu- nity Center (JKDCC), located in the Albina Neighborhood of North Portland February 22nd at 5pm. Come hear the women of Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated tell the story of how the legacy of their commitment to public service, vision and strategic partner- ship have provided a safe, nurturing envi- ronment for Black communities of Port- land. Learn how JKDCC, an innovative community green building project, contin- ues to breathe new life into the community through sustainability and social action. Black History on the Go Retired Coach Spreads Word on Black History By Beverly Corbell After 39 years as an award-winning high school coach, Dennis Carline could have become a college coach, but he want- ed to continue teaching younger, especially underprivileged, kids. Carline had one focus: Black history, which he today teaches through his Afri- can American Mobile Display that he takes from school to school all over the state. Carline could easily be retired, but he has approached his latest endeavorwith the same enthusiasm and compassion that he showed in the classroom and gym for decades. For all his work, Carline, an alumnus of Pacific University of Oregon, was recent- ly honored with the school’s Outstanding Achievement Award. According to the school’s website, Carline had a long career “coaching sports and counseling kids at all levels of Port- land-area school systems, focusing on schools with underserved students.” He coached and taught at Tubman and Glen- haven elementary schools, and at four area high schools, including Benson, Fort Vancouver, Roosevelt and De La Salle North Catholic. “For Carline, working with kids in- volved a lot more than sports,” the school’s Continued on Page 11 Dennis Carline surrounded by the art of his mobile Black hisotry exhibit
