APRIL 20, 2016
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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