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C HALLENGING P EOPLE TO S HAPE A B ETTER F UTURE N OW
Irma McClaurin to
speak on the impact
of the digital divide
I
rma McClaurin Ph.D., who has blazed
trails as an anthropologist, an author,
poet and a university administrator, will
give the keynote address at The Skanner
Foundation’s 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Breakfast.
“We are delighted to have a speaker of her
caliber come to Portland to talk to us about
the impact of broadband and what is hap-
pening in other parts of the country, and the
world,” said Bernie Foster, publisher of The
Skanner News.
McClaurin’s storied career includes stints
as a university administrator, academic and
nonprofit administrator.
Among her many publications are: three
books of poetry; The Civil Rights Move-
ment &The Future of Black America; and
Women of Belize: Gender and Change in
Central America. McClaurin also edited the
landmark anthology: Black Feminist
Anthropology: Theory, Politics, Praxis and
Poetics.
As culture and education editor for
www.insightnews.com of Minneapolis she
has written about everything from Michelle
Obama to her travels in Paris.
She's also got more degrees than you have
room to hang on your wall. She earned her
bachelor’s degree in American Studies from
Grinnell College, then went on to study for
a master's degree in English followed by a
master's and a doctorate in Anthropology,
from the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
McClaurin plans to talk about Dr. King
and the struggle for equality in the age of
broadband technology, at The Skanner
Foundation’s 27th Annual Martin Luther
King Jr. Breakfast at the Hilton Hotel in
Portland, Jan. 21. The Skanner News spoke
to her Dec. 3.
TSN: You are on the road a lot. But where
are you based?
IM: I’m based in Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh is
a very modern city, while Durham is a little
more old-fashioned. They both have their
See MCCLAURIN on page 3
INDEX
News ...........2,3,8,9,12
Opinion ..................4,5
A & E ......................6,7
Bids/Classifieds ...10,11
KING
HEDLEY
Portland Playhouse’s string of Afro-
centric theater hits continues with King
Hedley II by August Wilson, opening
Dec. 8. Emmy Award-winning Oregon
Shakespeare Festival actor Peter Macon,
at right, will make his Portland debut as
King, headlining an extraordinary cast
that includes beloved actors Victor
Mack, Ramona Lisa, and Vin Shambry,
as well as film and television actor John
Cothran. The play tells the story of an
ex-con in Pittsburgh trying to rebuild his
life after incarceration and is widely
considered the production of the year in
Portland theater. The show runs through
Dec. 30 at Portland Playhouse, 602 NE
Prescott St. Ticket information at 503-
205-0715 or go to
www.portlandplayhouse.org.
PHOTO COURTESY PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE
M.L. King
Breakfast
Speaker
Myths on HIV/AIDS Still Affect Lives
Getting tested early is key because of new, life-saving treatments
T
welve things to know
about HIV/AIDS in Mult-
nomah County on World
AIDS Day 2012
We asked Michael Anderson-
Nathe, director of prevention
and education at Cascade AIDS
Project, and Kim Toevs, Mult-
nomah County manager for
HIV, STD and adolescent
health, to tell us what everyone
needs to know on World AIDS
Day, 2012.
Q. What does Multnomah
County look like on World
AIDS Day 2012?
Kim: The epidemic is not
over. More than 5,000 Oregoni-
ans are living with HIV/AIDS,
about 76 percent of them in the
Portland metro area.
Q. Are people still becoming
infected?
Michael: Sadly, yes. Nearly
275 people are diagnosed with
HIV in Oregon each year. Near-
ly 40 percent of them go on to
develop AIDS within the first
year because they delayed get-
ting tested for the disease.
Q. Why does the timing of
the test matter?
Kim: If you learn your HIV
status, within the first few years,
you can start early treatment.
HIV medications now are very
effective at keeping people from
getting sick with AIDS-related
illnesses. You’ll live a longer,
healthier life, and you’ll also
help keep your partner safer. A
very important study last year
showed antiviral drugs can
reduce the risk of transmitting
the virus to someone else by 96
percent!
Q. So why are people waiting
to get tested? What’s going on?
Kim: Some people (including
some doctors) think that the
only people who need to get
tested are individuals in “high-
risk groups.” Because of fear of
judgments about sex or drug
use, many people naturally hes-
itate to label themselves that
way. Other people don’t realize
that their partners have HIV, and
most often the partners them-
selves don’t know it either.
See HIV on page 3
Racial Tensions in Robbery, Attack
Family and friends question emphasis on Black suspects
Bruce Poinsette
Of The Skanner News
A
mother is speaking out after she says
her son was wrongly arrested for a
Hillsboro home invasion robbery.
Kei-Jian Buckley, 18, along with Xavier
Mitchell, 18, Stanley Armitage, 18, and
Dylan Trotter, 20, are being held in Wash-
ington County custody for their alleged
involvement in a robbery at the apartments
on NW 185th Ave. and NW Rock Creek
Blvd on Nov. 23. The victim, Chad Smith,
20, was knocked unconscious, suffered a
broken jaw and reported having marijuana
and electronics stolen.
Buckley’s mother Kimberly says she has
evidence to prove her son wasn’t there and
that racial bias has played a role in the cov-
erage of the case.
Washington County Sheriff public infor-
mation officer Bob Ray contends that they
have a strong case against Buckley but says
information on the specifics of the investi-
gation isn’t available yet.
A friend’s mother and Buckley’s girlfriend
say he was with them throughout the
evening.
See TENSIONS on page 3