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OCTOBER 26, 2016 Portland and Seattle Volume XXXIX No. 4 25 CENTS News .............................. 3,8-10 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 Health & Wellness ....... 8-9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW BLM IN SCHOOLS The PDC is mulling how to spend $32 million allocated for development in N/NE Portland. By Arashi Young Of The Skanner News T he large community center next to the New Song Church was filled to capacity. Tables overflowed, chairs in the back of the hall were all occupied as well. More than 140 community members came to weigh in on how to spend $32 million dollars in PHOTO BY DEBORA CARTAGENA/CDC (PUB- LIC DOMAIN) See PDC on page 3 Garfield High School history teacher Jesse Hagopian moderates a panel of Black Student Union members representing a middle school and several high schools during a Black Lives Matter Forum/Show/Rally at Washington Hall Oct. 19. Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate a historic day of solidarity, after more than 2,000 educators in the Seattle School District wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts to schools all over the city last week. Seattle Educators, Students Rally, Talk More than 2,000 Seattle teachers wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts Oct. 19 By Susan Fried Special to The Skanner News O n Oct. 19, in a histor- ic demonstration of support for Black students, some 2000 Seattle educators wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts in schools all over the city. Small rallies were held before school and during lunch and many of the teachers used the day as an opportunity to talk about race and social justice in their classrooms. Jesse Hagopian, a history teacher at Garfield High School and a leader in the movement for racial equi- ty in Seattle Public Schools, talked about the day at a rally, forum and show held at Washington Hall on Wednesday evening. “This has been trans- formative, today,” he said. “This is the first time in the country that an entire district of educators has Senior Wellness Jackie Joyner-Kersee Visits Portland for Laptop Event Read about Trump and Clinton’s policy prescriptions for health care page 8 By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News Kam Reviews ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’ Movie page 7 stood up and voiced that Black Lives Matter.” Hago- pian went on to say that he viewed this as a beginning of a movement he could see spreading nationwide. The rally at Washing- ton Hall included a forum where students repre- senting several Black Stu- dent Unions talked about what could be done in the schools to improve the lives of students of col- or. Several of the students expressed a desire to be Multnomah County, Comcast partner to distribute 143 laptops to families in need R etired Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee visited Portland Monday to talk about closing the city’s digital divide — and for 143 Portland families, that divide got smaller. Self Enhancement, Inc. hosted an event Monday afternoon to promote Comcast’s Internet Essentials pro- gram, which offers no-contract In- ternet access to low-income families — along with in-person, printed and PHOTO BY CHRISTEN MCCURDY Draft of N/NE Plan allocates money for culturally relevant spaces, multigenerational wealth PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED Development Plan Focuses on Prosperity for Black Residents treated fairly by teachers and staff and to have better access to honors programs offered at their schools. The action taken by Seat- tle educators was endorsed by by the Seattle Education Association, the Seattle council PTSA board, the Social Equality Educators, and the Seattle NAACP. In addition, over 200 schol- ars from around the coun- try issued their support in a collective statement of solidarity. online training oppor- tunities to familiarize users with computers — that culminated with 143 families going home Pictured here are Self Enhancement Inc. founder Tony Hopson with free laptops. None (left), retired track and field star Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Multnomah of the families had been County Commissioner Loretta Smith and Nicolas Jimenez, senior notified they’d be leav- manager for Comcast’s Internet Essentials program. ing with a laptop. The Skanner. “When you talk about Internet Essentials customers — the digital divide, you’re bridging who qualify if they have children that gap and also giving young peo- who are eligible for free or reduced ple and families a level playing field lunch or if they live in subsidized — and that’s what we all want, is a lev- el playing field,” Joyner-Kersee told See KERSEE on page 3
