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APRIL 20, 2016 25 CENTS Portland and Seattle Volume XXXVIII No. 29 News ..........................3,6,14-16 SPECIAL SECTION Opinion ...................................2 Calendars ........................... 4-5 A & E ................................. 12-13 Bids/Classifieds ...................15 ................................Pages 7-10 FAIR HOUSING CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO BY TEDDER (CC BY-3.0) VIA WIKIME- DIA COMMONS RAIFORD ON TRIAL The SUN program at David Douglas High School will soon be administered by Self Enhancement, Inc. and the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization. By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News S chools Uniting Neighborhoods – a county-run program offering af- ter-school services for children in about 80 schools throughout the Multnomah County Educational Ser- vices District — is shifting some control to agencies they hope will be able to provide more culturally specific pro- gramming. About 15 SUN schools were already designated for a cultural group, and six more will be newly designated under the shift. A culturally specific nonprof- AP PHOTO/KEITH SRAKOCIC, FILE) See SUN on page 3 In this April 6, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Pittsburgh. Fifty-five percent of Americans say they have a negative opinion of Democratic front- runner Hillary Clinton. But that’s not nearly as bad as how they view the leading candidate for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump. World News Briefs page 16 Fair Housing page 7-10 Pre-trial motions were heard Monday in the trial of Portland activist Teressa Raiford, who was arrested in 2015 at a Black Lives Matter protest. Raiford was charged with interfering with a police officer and disorderly conduct. Teressa Raiford Tried For Arrest at Protest Judge, prosecutor discuss validity of ‘disturbing the peace’ statute By Arashi Young Of The Skanner News B lack Lives Matter protestors, Portland Police Bureau offi- cers, lawyers and members of the local activ- ist community converged at the Multnomah County courthouse Monday morn- ing for the trial of Teressa Raiford. Supporters filled Judge Michael Greenlick’s courtroom to capacity and overflowed into the halls for the trial, which was still in progress at press time. Many friends and fami- ly carried signs that read “Don’t Shoot Portland, Drop The Charges, Free Teressa Raiford.” Raiford faces one charge of second-degree disor- derly conduct stemming from her involvement in a protest that marked the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Brown died Aug. 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri after being shot by Darren Wil- son, a White police officer. In an interview with The Skanner News, Raiford said she was arrested specifi- cally because of her Black Lives Matter activism. “They wanted to show us, definitely, August 9 was not anything anybody could be honoring or celebrating,” she said. “We have cops out here that had ‘I am Darren Wilson’ badges on during the protest after the ver- dicts — so you think they really wanted us to honor Mike Brown’s death?” She described the pro- test as a well-coordinated event. She said the group had a permit to protest that day and a permit from the fire marshal, as well as per- mission to use the Asian Pacific American Network Organization communi- ty center for direct action Treasury Official Says Harriet Tubman Will go on $20 Bill Famous abolitionist will replace Andrew Jackson MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Treasury Sec- retary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, mak- ing her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years, a Treasury of- ficial said Wednesday. The official, who spoke on con- dition of anonymity in advance of Lew’s official announcement, said that the 19th century abolitionist and a leader of the Underground Railroad, would replace the portrait of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s sev- enth president. Lew’s announcement is expected to provide details on other changes be- ing made to the $20, $10 and $5 bills. The decision to place Tubman’s portrait on the $20 likely means that Lew has decided to keep Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, a victory for See CURRENCY on page 3 training. The group of 100 protes- tors stopped traffic at 82nd Avenue and SE Division Street for four-and-a-half minutes to remember the four-and-a half- hours that Brown’s body lay in the street after he was shot. The group then moved to the southwest corner of the intersection where they began chanting and drumming, Raiford said. A video shows most of the protestors had moved onto the sidewalk, but Rai- ford was in the street when See RAIFORD on page 3 PHOTO BY H. SEYMOUR SQUYER (PUBLIC DOMAIN, COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) Culturally specific organizations, including IRCO and SEI, will provide services at designated schools BETH NAKAMURA/COURTESY OF THE OREGONIAN SUN Program Shifts Partnerships The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with abolitionist
