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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 25 CENTS Portland and Seattle Volume XXXVIII No. 52 News ................................... 3,9 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 Business News ................9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classiieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO BY ARASHI YOUNG RESOURCE FAIR Don’t Shoot Portland, shown here at a Friday protest, has set up to protest at City Hall. Don’t Shoot Occupies City Hall Ater a long delay, a contentious bat- tle over location and a tent-occupation of the grounds in front of city hall, May- or Charlie Hales met with the activist group Don’t Shoot Portland. The meeting was initially set for 4 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, but city oi- cials changed the location to Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church in North Portland. Around noon on Tuesday, Don’t Shoot Portland issued a press re- lease refusing the location change and opting to protest at City Hall anyway. They arrived to ind the doors locked. (AP PHOTO/MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, FILE) See DON’T SHOOT on page 3 As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo’s massive security breach, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web. Yahoo Data Breach page 9 Kam Previews Movies Opening This Week page 6 Michelle Jaquisn and Mario Stewart with the American Federation of Teachers talk with a man interested in registering to vote at the BUILD the Hood Softball Tournament and Community Resource Fair Sept. 24 at South Park Play ield. In addition to the AFT, organizations like like Glover Empower Mentoring, iUrban Teen, Dalei Learning and the Seattle Jobs Initiative provided information about resources available to people in the community. ‘Sista in the Brotherhood’ Wins Acclaim Documentary about a Black tradeswoman has picked up festival awards By Arashi Young Of The Skanner News N early a year ago, the creators of the “Sista in the Brotherhood” were wrapping up production and preparing to premiere the ilm to a sold-out crowd at the Clin- ton Street Theatre. Over the course of the last year, the ilm has gained acclaim and has received numerous awards at ilm festivals. The Skanner News spoke with director Dawn Jones Redstone and producer Roberta Hunte Ph.D, about the reception of the ilm and where they are going from here. “Just getting to be a part of these festivals is great,” Hunte said. “The recogni- tion at these festivals has been a deep honor.” The ilm has screened at the Afrikana Independent Film Festival, The Savan- nah Film Festival, Bron- zeLens and the African American Women in Film Festival and many others. The ilm won Best Short Film and Best Oregon Short Film at the 2016 Portland International Film Festival and Best Narrative Short Film at the 2016 Workers Unite Film Festival. It has also been nominated for a BET Award. Redstone was also award- ed the 2016 Lilla Jewel Art- ist award from the MRG Foundation and Woman of Vision award from the Or- egon Daily Journal of Com- merce. The short ictional ilm focuses on a day in the life of Laneice, a young, Black apprentice carpenter who is starting on a new con- struction job. Throughout the day, she endures ha- rassment for being both Black and a woman in a typically White, male pro- fession. The jokes and slurs that she receives are based in part from Hunte’s doctor- al research “My Walk Has Never Been Average.” She interviewed 15 Black wom- en about their experiences in the construction trades. The women spoke of rac- ist and sexist treatment by See SISTA on page 3 Sherifs and Chief of Police Call for Drug Reform Professional associations say they will push for legislation to lessen the severity of ofenses By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News E arlier this week, the Oregon Sherifs Association and the Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police issued a press release call- ing for a “new approach” to drug pos- session crimes: changing felony pos- session ofenses to misdemeanors. The release opens by noting that drug addiction has a damaging ef- fect on all communities, but brand- ing drug ofenders with felony convictions has had unintended consequences for vulnerable Orego- nians, in particular people of color. “Too oten, individuals with addic- tion issues ind their way to the door- step of the criminal justice system when they are arrested for posses- sion of a controlled substance,” the release reads. “The penalty is oten a felony drug conviction where the person may receive a jail sentence, are placed on probation and receive limited treatment services. Unfor- See DRUGS on page 3 PHOTO BY SONYA YRUEL/DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE (CC BY NC 4.0) By Arashi Young Of The Skanner News PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED Group reacts to change of venue for meeting, calls for host of reforms Two professional associations representing leaders in law enforcement issued a press release this week saying they support reforms that would make drug possession charges misdemeanors rather than felones.