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Page 2 The Skanner December 30, 2015 Challenging People to Shape a Better Future Now Bernie Foster Founder/Publisher Bobbie Dore Foster Executive Editor Jerry Foster Advertising Manager Christen McCurdy News Editor Patricia Irvin Graphic Designer Arashi Young Donovan M. Smith Reporters Monica J. Foster Seattle Office Coordinator Susan Fried Photographer 2015 Opinion Happy New Year — and Thank You — From The Skanner L ooking back at 2015, I want to say a big Thank You to all of our readers and friends. This year, our 40th year of service to the Northwest community, you have been behind us in so many ways. Many of you came to The Skanner Foundation’s Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Break- fast to hear Ben Chavis speak about voting rights and edu- cation. We hope you’ll join us in January for the 2016 Break- fast and hear from a brilliant lawyer and a legend in his time: Charles Bonner. We have been humbled by the generosity that has seen us recognized in ways we never expected. The Oregon Bernie Foster Publisher Historical Society indexed our photos. Our awards also belong to all of you. Without you we would not be here. So, please, keep contributing your stories and sharing your views. They are important. The Skanner celebrated its 40th birthday. And you cele- brated with us. On the political stage we made some progress. It was the year of Black Lives Mat- ter and Don’t Shoot Portland. MERIT AWARDS WINNER It was the year of Black Male Achievement and Ban the Box. President Obama did his best to humanize prisoners and reform the justice sys- tem. But this year was tough too. Thank you to all the activists “ ple. And thank you to those working for justice reform. From Ferguson to Chicago to Baltimore and Charleston, we wept and raged. We lost good people. We lost some illusions. But we did not lose our fight. And we do not lose our hope and faith in a better future for all people. If 2015 was eventful we can expect 2016 to bring just as many changes. Let’s help each oth- er make those good changes. So from everyone here at The Skanner we wish you and your loved ones all the very best for 2016. Happy New Year. A big Thank You to all of our readers and friends and the nonprofits working to help weather the renters state of emergency. Thank you to those working to take guns out of the hands of young peo- The Skanner has received 20 NNPA awards since 1998 The Skanner Newspaper, es- tablished in October 1975, is a weekly publication, published every Wednesday by IMM Publi- cations Inc. 415 N. Killingsworth St. P.O. Box 5455 Portland, OR 97228 Telephone (503) 285-5555 Fax: (503) 285-2900 info@theskanner.com The Skanner is a member of the National Newspaper Pub lishers Association and West Coast Black Pub lishers Association. All photos submitted become the property of The Skanner. We are not re spon sible for lost or damaged photos either solicited or unsolicited. PHOTO BY JERRY FOSTER www.TheSkanner.com Trayvon’s Mom ©2015 The Skanner. All rights re served. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission prohibited. PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED PHOTO BY KATE WILLSON A packed house came to Maranatha Church in Portland in April to hear Sybrina Fulton, mother of the late Trayvon Martin, speak on her advocacy work and youth empowerment. Friends Reunited Sanders Interrupted Black Lives Matter activists Marissa Johnson and Mara Jacqueline Willaford took over the stage during a speech by Bernie Sanders in Seattle in July. Hiab Ghebregherghis and Filmon Elyas attended grade school in the East African country of Eritrea; both their families escaped war there to become refugees in different parts of the world. Earlier this year they bumped into each other again at the Multnomah County Rockwood Library Computer and Homework Helper program. Check out the Computer and Homework Helper program online at www.multcolib.org/events/ computer-homework-helper. Rockwood Library is at 17917 SE Stark St., Portland.
