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Chicken and
Vegetables
4 Servings, about 1 cup each
Ingredients
Margarine 1-1/2 tablespoons
Garlic powder 1 teaspoon
Onions, chopped 1/2 cup
Chicken thighs, boneless, skinless 1
pound + 4 ounces
Cut green beans, frozen 10-ounce
package
Pepper 1/4 teaspoon
preparation time: 6 minutes,
cooking time: 25 minutes
1. Melt margarine in heavy skillet.
Add garlic and onions; stir until blend-
ed. Cook over medium heat, until ten-
der, about 5 minutes. Remove from skil-
let.
2. Place chicken in the skillet. Cook
over medium heat, until chicken is thor-
oughly done and no longer pink in
color, about 12 minutes. Remove chick-
en from skillet; keep warm.
3. Place frozen green beans, pepper,
and cooked onions in same skillet.
Cover and cook over medium-low heat
until beans are tender, about 5 minutes.
4. Add chicken to vegetable mixture.
Continue cooking, stirring occasionally,
until heated through, about 3 minutes.
per Serving:
Calories 190
Total fat 11 grams
Saturated fat 3 grams
Cholesterol 57 grams
Sodium 109 milligrams
(note: To remove bone from chicken
thighs do this: place chicken on cutting
board; remove skin from thigh;, turn
chicken thighs over; cut around the
bone and remove it.)
Foundation’s Drum Major for Justice in 2010.
The award recognized his immense contribu-
tions to the city’s youth outreach program.
After receiving the award Ingram wrote about
his reaction.
“An award I received today, but am still try-
ing to understand in its totality. You see, the
award signifies Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s
proclamation that he would always be a drum
major for justice. And for me this is both sig-
nificant and overwhelming because I do, and
have always, looked at Dr. King as one of the
most significant people to walk this earth,
immediately below Jesus (at least on my list).
I do what I do because I believe in us. I have
faith that as a people we can and will achieve
justice; true justice where poverty, racism, sex-
ism, and disparity do not exist.
“I have a very simple philosophy: I try to use
every day as an opportunity to do something to
improve myself, my family, my community
His experience fueled
his determination to
help young people
escape those traps
and thereby my society. In doing so, I know
that I am changing the future for the better. I
embody my purpose on this planet as one who
exists to make things better for those who will
take the reins next. I take that philosophy very
seriously, but myself seldom. I laugh at myself
because, well, why not?”
A gifted writer, Ingram blogged for the
Skanner news and was a columnist with
Portland Family magazine. His subjects were
the challenges of parenting, ordinary life and
building compassionate community.
“Many people hold positions of power, but
sadly, for too many, it infre-
quently translates into true
community action,” said
Rochell “Ro Deezy” Hart.
“Rob Ingram was different.
He did not just hold posi-
tions
which
signified
change, nor did he simply
work for change, he was the
change.”
Ingram intimately under-
stood the pressures on
young people, and the rea-
sons why marginalized
youth gravitate to gangs.
After moving to Portland
from Fresno, Calif., he
struggled as a youth to be
both true to his friends and
free from gang allegiance.
He never forgot what it felt
like to be that struggling
kid, and his experience
fueled his determination to
help young people escape
those traps.
After working with Em -
manuel Community Ser -
vices, he dedicated his life
to being a positive force in
the lives of young people.
He worked for the Boys and
Girls Clubs of America,
touching the lives of thou-
sands of children over his
career, and personally men-
toring many youth.
“When he was a kid he
was a little brother (in the
Big Brothers Big Sisters
mentoring program) and
when he grew up, he decid-
ed to pay it forward and be a
Big Brother,” says Chabre
Rob Ingram
Vickers, director of commu-
nity relations and diversity
programs for the nonprofit.
“He thought about how to
support the agency all the
time.
“Who is going to do all
that work? He was doing the
work of 10 men. And his
work impacted people in a
way that no other person’s
did. The loss is just monu-
mental.”
Through his studies at
Warner Pacific College,
Ingram earned a degree in
Business Administration.
He also served on the Big
Brothers Big Sisters of
Columbia NW African
American Advisory Board,
as well as on the site council
of Woodlawn Ele men -
tary, and with The Safe
Place, a faith-based non-
profit. He was a proud
member of the Omega Psi
Phi fraternity.
Ingram was an active
member of his church, The
International Fellowship
Family, 4401 NE 122nd
Ave. Bishop Stephen Holt is
handling communications
for the family. Bishop Holt
was one of several church
leaders who organized
Portland’s faith community
this year to support strug-
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