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January 13, 2016 The Skanner Page 3 News Obituary: Garfield DeBardelaben February 19, 1946 – December 7, 2015 W jazz, and enjoyed cook- ell-known Port- ing. His work took him land psychologist to countries throughout Garfield Debarde- the world, and he was es- laben died at the age of pecially interested in his- 69, following a lengthy ill- torical sites and learning ness. He was the first Af- how people interact. rican American licensed He served on the Ore- clinical psychologist in gon State Commission on the state of Oregon, and Black Affairs and on the served as the first Black president of the Oregon Garfield DeBardelaben De La Salle North Catho- lic High School Board of Psychological Associa- tion. A member of the NTL Institute Trustees. He was a board member of of Applied Behavioral Sciences, he Cancer Care Resources and the Afri- has provided consulting services to can American Mental Health Com- Fortune 500 clients throughout the mission, in addition to many other U.S., Asia and Europe. Clients in- organizations. He was a consultant cluded The World Bank, Motorola, for many departments of the state Intel, Dupont and Portland’s Bureau of Oregon as well as Portland Public Schools. of Police, to name a few. He held a PhD in clinical psycholo- He was founding principal of In- terpersonal Relations Internation- gy from Wayne State Univ. He is survived by his wife Marian, al, LLC, a multi-ethnic organization development consulting firm. His brothers Robert Lee (Gail), San Fran- firm specializes in helping business- cisco; David (Eartha), Pittsburgh; es solve interpersonal and produc- Ande (Karen), New Castle, Pa. and tivity issues, and develop effective sister Deborah Jacoway (Michael), leaders. In addition to his private Charlottesville, Virginia; an aunt, practice, he worked on the Good Ida Belle Northington, Pittsburgh. Samaritan Hospital rehabilitation He was preceded in death by his par- team, and was a clinician at Oregon ents, Robert and Georgie Mae, and Health & Science University. Debar- brother, William. delaben also specialized in diversity A memorial service will be held and inclusion. His influence fos- Feb. 21, 2 – 4 p .m., at the Agnes Fla- tered racial dialogue with constitu- nagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College. ents and citizens. Interment will be at Lone Fir Ceme- Debardelaben was a big fan of Or- tery in Portland. A private homego- egon Public Broadcasting and loved ing service will be held in Pennsyl- watching old movies. He enjoyed vania at a later date. Youth cont’d from pg 1 night of the summit will feature an ar- ray of workshops aimed at youth and adults alike on topics ranging from becoming an emcee to healthy living. There will also be a youth talent show- case. Event founder Imani Muhammad said by structuring the event around five major aspects of hip-hop culture -- emceeing, graffiti, DJing, b-boying, and graffiti-writing -- she is able to equip young people with life skills in a way she may not be able to using more con- ventional methods. “ the shooting death of one of her for- mer pupils, 14-year-old Davonte Light- foot, who was shot at the intersection of North Killingsworth and Albina in 2007. The first Youth Summit took place a few weeks later. In the years since, the summit has brought out big names like Professor Griff, of the legendary rap group Pub- lic Enemy, and popular hip hop activist Jasiri X. “Davonte is one name,” Muhamed said. “We can run the names down in our city, but [also] of course national- We’re going to give them the knowledge of why you need to know how to write and put thoughts to paper “We might address how a young per- son can be an emcee, and teach them how to write lyrics -- but at the same time, we’re going to give them the knowledge of why you need to know how to write and put thoughts to pa- per,” Muhammad said. “It’s taking them where they’re at in terms of the music. But then once we have them hooked in, then we can unlock a lot of their minds and give them some real knowledge that they may not be getting in the pub- lic school situation or at home.” Other presenters for this year’s sum- mit will include rapper and social en- trepreneur Mic Crenshaw, journalist Jesse Muhammad, teacher Sebastien Elkouby and Devin S. James, author of the book Inside Ferguson. Muhammad said watching the sum- mit enter its 10th year is an accomplish- ment. She started the event in response to ly, of young men and women who have been in killed, in — I wouldn’t call it senseless violence, because there is a reason behind it -- but I would call it foolishness. “ She said through the years, the type of violence affecting youth has changed from organized crime to becoming more random. But the root is largely the same: disen- franchisement. “It’s just lack of opportunity for those that aren’t part of the ‘haves.’ We have a huge divide of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have- nots’ in the city so if you’re hustling day-to-day trying to make it, and you’re not able to make it, then you’re natu- rally going to resort to some criminal or dysfunctional activity,” Muhammad said. “So I think a lot of what we’re see- ing today is that the young people don’t have hope, and they also don’t have any guidance or direction.” March cont’d from pg 3 ity materials for the demonstration. In addition to Don’t Shoot, VOZ and Right to Dream Too, Sisters of the Road, Hazelnut Grove and Western Regional Advocacy Project are all named as co-organizers for the rally. Publicity materials for the linked demonstrations say groups are join- ing together in solidarity to address economic, racial and housing injus- tice. A press release from Portland Tenants United said the final portion of the rally will focus specifically on “ tenancy without cause, and that the rights and protections that are afford- ed to tenants are unenforceable -- par- ticularly those designed to protect tenants from illegal discrimination and retaliation.” Facebook groups for events planned during earlier parts of the day use broader language, saying they want to join together to address the inter- sections of different types of oppres- sion, including racial, housing and economic injustice. The city’s ‘renters protections’ passed in October do not adequately address this crisis housing and displacement issues. “The city has not done enough to solve the housing crisis it declared in September 2015. Full rights and pro- tections for tenants are the only long term solution to this current crisis, not simply extended notice periods for exorbitant rent increases and un- just no-cause evictions,” PTU’s release reads. “The city’s ‘renters protections’ passed in October do not adequately address this crisis nor acknowledge or mitigate its impact. Organizers from Portland Tenants United (PTU) will raise awareness and galvanize ac- tion around the fact that our housing crisis is rooted in weak tenant rights and protections, such as the statewide preemption against rent control and the ability to issue terminations of “This is a collaboration of organi- zations, movements, and individuals that work in our communities to en- gage and resist legalized oppression,” reads the Facebook event page for an event organized by Don’t Shoot Port- land beginning downtown at 8 a.m. “We come together on this day to syn- ergize our efforts into a larger com- munity movement of CHANGE MAK- ERS. We come together on this day to share the work we are doing, and will continue to do as long as there is sys- temic oppression.” To learn more, visit the Face- book page for A People’s Solidarity March, which includes links to other events: https://www.facebook.com/ events/1552736671683452/
