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
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