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A Year in Pictures 2011 Health Coalition Mayors on criMe Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn traveled to Portland to sign a “statement of support” for regional collaboration on gang violence, human trafficking, and weapons trafficking along the Interstate 5 corridor. McGinn joined Vancouver, Wa., Mayor Tim Leavitt, left, and Portland Mayor Sam Adams, right, as well as police chiefs and members of the FBI. He took the opportunity to call out Village Voice Media’s www.backpage.com commercial website where, he said, pimps are prostituting under-aged girls via the Seattle Weekly. In Portland, the Willamette Week sponsors backpage.com – but the issue has not yet reached the public’s radar. The African American Health Coalition held its 7th annual Health Disparities Luncheon last weekend, bringing together health professionals, organizations, and community members. The luncheon is also a kick-off event to the annual Wellness Village which takes place the following day. Pictured are Steve Bullock, AAHC board chair; keynote speaker Steve Pemberton, divisional vice president of Diversity and Inclusion for Walgreen’s; Corliss Mc Keever AAHC president and CEO; Nate Miles, corporate director of State Government Affairs, Northwestern U.S., for Eli Lilly and Co. occupy portland PHOTO BY liSa lOving Protests against wealth inequality have spread across the country with Portland and Seattle joining the national campaign, Occupy Wall Street What do you think? Post your comment on articles in The Skanner News at www.theskanner.com december 28, 2011 The Portland/Seattle Skanner Page 5
