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History of Redlining
Former Oregonian reporter Nikole Han-
nah-Jones and radio producer Nancy
Updike won the prestigious Sidney award in
December for House Rules, a radio story for
the program This American Life. The pair
collaborated on the story, which looks at
the history of racial profiling in housing.
The story explains how government
redlining created extreme segregation in
cities across America.
“House Rules tells the little-known histo-
ry of one of the most important pieces of
civil rights legislation in U.S. history,” said
Sidney judge Lindsay Beyerstein, “The pro-
gram exposes a legacy of official housing
discrimination and documents the ongoing
efforts to reverse it.”
Hannah Jones reported for the Oregonian
until moving to the investigative reporting
nonprofit ProPublica in 2011. You can find
the story online at This American Life’s
website.
The Sidney Award is given once a month
to an outstanding piece of journalism about
social or economic injustice, by the Sidney
Hillman Foundation, which also awards the
annual Hillman Prizes every spring.
Free Haircuts for Youth
For some families, giving their kids a
great haircut is a treat that may happen a
couple times a year. Imagine a child who
has never had a good cut or style because it
is too expensive? Every child deserves to
feel special at Christmas, and a new haircut
makes you feel like a whole new person. So
The Salvation Army is partnering with local
stylists to give kids confidence and a special
treat. If you are a stylist, the Salvation Army
would love your help.
What: The Salvation Army and local styl-
ists are providing free haircuts to underpriv-
ileged youth in the community for
Christmas. When: Monday, December 23,
2013 from 10am-3pm Where: The Salvation
Army Moore Street Community & Worship
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Center, 5325 N. Williams Ave. Portland.
For more information contact: Teresa
Steinmetz at The Salvation Army at
503.794.3283.
Licensed stylists can volunteer, by con-
tacting Nin Dickinson at Perfect Image Plus
Salon 503.283.4905.
Sunshine Volunteers
Holiday Basketball
Teen Force will hold its Second Annual
Basketball Tournament during winter break.
There will be a 6th-8th grade bracket and
9th-12th grade bracket. Last year, Montavil-
la brought home the championship. Will
they do it again? Teams of up to six can reg-
ister for $10.00 total. Sign up at any com-
munity center or call Charles Jordan
Community Center 503-823-3631 to get
signed up. Ask about Course #421155.
Black Parent Initiative
Holiday Parent Fair
The Black Parent Initiative will hold a
holiday parent fair from 11 a.m.—2 p.m.
Dec.21, at McCoy Village Community
Room, 4430 NE Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd. Childcare will be provided ages 3-12.
The event will include two workshops: Lit-
eracy Traditions in the Black Community
and Balancing Home, Life, and Academic
Parenthood.
Helping Kids: Toy n’ Joy
Makers and Sunshine
Division
When East Precinct officers responded to
a call about a disturbance at a home in
Southeast Portland’s Centennial neighbor-
hood, they expected trouble. But when the
officers arrived they learned no crime had
occurred. They did find a problem, howev-
er. The mom who lived in the home was
struggling to provide a nice Christmas for
her three children, ages 2, 5 and 12.
There was no Christmas tree or gifts in the
home, and the family was clearly in a diffi-
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More than 100 volunteers, staff, and Portland police officers gathered at
the Sunshine Division Warehouse Dec.16 to pack 3,500 holiday food boxes
for local area families.
Pictured are some of the volunteers, including Bud Lewis a former Portland
Police Bureau Commander at Sunshine Division and current board
member who has a volunteered for 50 years.
Also in the photo are fellow board members John and Pam Hren and
George Hoyt.
Police officers and volunteers will deliver the boxes to community
members in need, Dec. 21 The boxes are delivered from North Precinct,
East Precinct, Southeast Sub-precinct and the Sunshine Warehouse,
beginning at 9 a.m. to homes of 3,500 families.
cult situation. So when they left they went
out to buy a Christmas tree, lights, stockings
and stocking stuffers for the family.
The officers then went to the Portland Fire
& Rescue Toy n’ Joy Makers. With their
help, the officers got several boxes of toys
for the kids for Christmas. Next stop was
the Portland Police Bureau’s Sunshine Divi-
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sion where Weseman and Jackson got a
food
box
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the
family.
Learn more about Toy n’ Joy Makers or
make a donation through www.toynjoy-
makers.org. To donate or volunteer with the
Sunshine Division visit: http://www.sun-
shinedivision.org
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Delta Community Center, 5940 N. Albina St.
Friday December 27
HOLIDAY PARENT FAIR: Gifts, music, food and fun,
balancing home, balancing life. 11 a.m. – 2
p.m. McCoy Village Community Room, 4430 N.E.
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Sunday December 22
COMMUNITY MEETING AT KING SCHOOL: The
Department of Dual language Immersion would
like to invite the public to a community meeting
at the school to explore the possibility of starting
a Mandarin Immersion program next year. 6 p.m.
4906 NE 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97211
FAMILY CHRISTMAS WORSHIP: Dynamic Worship!
Inspirational Singing! Powerful Preaching!
Fellowship! Free gift bags. 11 a.m. Bethel AME
Church, 5828 NE 8th Ave. Portland, OR 97211
KWANZAA CELEBRATION: Free and open to all.
Libation ceremony, music, food, entertainment
and spoken word. 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. City Hall, First
Floor, 1221 SW 4th Ave. Portland, OR 97204
Saturday – Sunday December 21 – 22
Saturday December 28
SPARKLES AND SWEETS: Participating shops and
restaurants will be providing “sparkles”
(effervescent beverages) and “sweets” to holiday
shoppers. Cost is free. All day event. Alberta
Street Business District. Portland, OR
KWANZAA WILL BE CELEBRATED AT THE NORTH
PORTLAND LIBRARY: Noon – 2 p.m. The theme of
the day is UJIMA: Collective work and
responsibility. Passion Art Theater will do a
presentation and Mama Maklin (Joyce Harris) will
lead the Kwanzaa ceremony. This is a family
Saturday December 21
FRESH START SEMINAR, HEALTHY MIND, BODY &
SPIRIT: Naturopathic doctor Steven Bailey explores
the wisdom of our traditions of various culture
diets. Bring your children 7 – 13 to participate in
the kids club. 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. June Key
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