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month only to the Ma-
ranatha Church.
The march will meet at
10 a.m. at the Martin Lu-
ther King Jr. statue at the
1000 block of Northeast
MLK Blvd. at Holladay
Street near the Conven-
tion Center and meet
with a rally at 11:45 a.m.
The theme for event,
which is permitted,
“
one another,” the Rev. Dr.
T. Allen Bethel told The
Skanner News. We want
to do what is going to be
good for the whole com-
munity.”
Bethel said speakers
would discuss police ac-
countability,
housing
and civil rights.
“[The march] came
about because the AMA
The date coincides with the
7th anniversary of the death
of Aaron Campbell, an un-
armed African American
man shot by Portland Police
in 2010
“Advancing Justice and
Equality for All Through
the Strength to Love.”
The date coincides with
the 7th anniversary of
the death of Aaron Camp-
bell, an unarmed African
American man shot by
Portland Police in 2010,
as well as the transition
to a new federal gov-
ernment that explicitly
threatens the rights of
communities of color.
Campbell was shot in
the back in 2010 after
emergency services was
dispatched for a mental
health check.
The city initially fired
Ron Frashour, who shot
Campbell, but in Decem-
ber 2015, an arbitrator
forced the Portland Po-
lice Bureau to re-hire
him.
“I want to actually say
to our community that
there’s an opportunity
to express your feelings,
have your voice going in,
continuing to be aware
of things that are hap-
pening to our country, to
our people, our commu-
nity and realizing that
as we come together as
one we can accomplish a
whole lot more than be-
ing divided or opposing
Exhibit
felt there needed to be a
march in inner North-
east Portland,” NAACP
Portland branch pres-
ident Jo Ann Hardesty
told The Skanner.
“There had been a lot of
protest activities down-
town, and some people
just don’t go downtown.”
Organizers said the
march is open to seniors,
children and people of
color and there will be a
community fair at Ma-
ranatha Church where
organizations will dis-
tribute more informa-
tion about how to get in-
volved.
Organizations endors-
ing the march include
the NAACP Portland
Branch, Urban League
of Portland, Unite Ore-
gon, Muslim Educational
Trust, Japanese Amer-
ican Citizens League,
Asians4BlackLives PDX,
Portland’s
Resistance,
Voz Workers’ Rights Ed-
ucation Project, Right 2
Survive, Black Cultural
Affairs Board at PSU,
Portland Copwatch, Iraq
Veterans Against the
War, Sisters Of The Road,
350PDX, Showing Up for
Racial Justice — Portland
and others.
The University of Portland’s Bauccio Lectures Series presents Dr.
Neal Lester on “Beyond ‘Political Correctness’: Success and Everyday
Leadership” at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at Bauccio Commons, University of
Portland, 5000 N Willamette Blvd. The lecture is free and open to the
public. Dr. Lester is currently a Foundation Professor of English with
specializations in African American Literature and cultural studies and
is also the Founding Director of Project Humanities for Arizona State
University.
His work as director of Project Humanities spans from research on the
idea of hair in race and gender politics to teaching students and the
community about the N-word, all while making time to present his
knowledge in a connecting and honest way that brings people of all
races, genders and economic situations together.
He speaks nationally and internationally on issues concerning
inclusion, diversity, and race. He has published many scholarly works
and has been recognized for his work by the Dali Lama. You can find
more information about Dr. Lester at https://humanities.asu.edu/about-
dr-neal-lester.
Greenway
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7 they’re coming together to lay
the groundwork of a slow-churn-
ing yet much-anticipated devel-
opment: the North Reach of the
South Waterfront Greenway.
The meeting is one in a series
from Zidell’s Project Advisory
Committee, which is consider-
ing the interests of several enti-
ties over its swath of land on the
west side of the Willamette River,
stretching southward between
the Marquam and Ross Island
bridges.
While the committee is com-
prised of stakeholders, public
representatives and agencies,
and corporate consultants, Feb-
ruary’s meeting is also an oppor-
tunity for anybody to voice an
idea (or an opinion) about how
the 33-acre site could benefit the
community at large.
Owned by Zidell, the property
(commonly called Zidell Yards)
underwent a $20 million clean-up
in 2011, which included 3,000 feet
of riverbank restoration, as part
of the 2004 Greenway Develop-
ment Plan. In the decade that has
passed, a lot has happened on the
South Waterfront – an OHSU ex-
pansion, Tri-Met’s Orange Line,
an aerial tram, and the Tilikum
Crossing, to name just a few.
This year will bring a cessation
of Zidell’s barge business to make
way for Phase I of the company’s
Master Plan. Working in partner-
ship with the PDC and the City of
Portland, Zidell has worked out
the street grid, defined park areas
“
walkers from downtown Port-
land in the north to Sellwood and
John’s Landing in the south. The
Greenway is also part of a great-
er trail system, called the 40-Mile
Loop (actually 140 miles now),
which winds through more than
‘We need to build a trail that meets the
needs of the community’
and open spaces, and delineated
between residential and commer-
cial space.
“(The committee) has discussed
what the important tenets are for
the design and moving forward,”
Alan Park, Development Oper-
ations Manager of Zidell, told
The Skanner. “So the deliverable
out of this process is about a 10
percent, very conceptual layout
of what the greenway could look
like.”
That means there’s some wiggle
room.
As part of the City of Portland’s
Comprehensive Plan, Portland
Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is
working in tandem with the big
players to develop a trail that will
close a gap in the larger Willa-
mette Greenway Trail. The criti-
cal link would connect bikers and
30 city parks.
“The significance of the Green-
way trail is that it starts to create
connectivity,” said Elizabeth Ken-
nedy-Wong, Community Engage-
ment Manager at PP&R.
According to a Parks-conducted
community survey, the trail has
credible support from southwest
residents, who expressed an in-
terest in connecting it to the Cen-
tral District Trail and ensuring
that it reflects the natural history
of the area.
“We need to build a trail that
meets the needs of the communi-
ty,” said Kennedy-Wong.
But those needs could include
much more, according to Henry
Mead Kaiser.
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each year.
To further illuminate the stories of
Black philanthropy, the artists have
created a technological component:
each mounted photograph is equipped
with a QR code, which can be scanned
“
Dr. Neal Lester Lectures
Feb. 2 at the University
of Portland
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
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a student, which led to her career as a
teacher.
Getting by on humble means, Dargan
nevertheless lived a generous life with
a pay-it-forward attitude.
She was active with a litany of non-
African Americans give 8.6 percent of their
discretionary income to charity; they also do-
nate 25 percent more of their income than do
White Americans
with a smartphone to generate texts,
music or poetry that informs the work.
One featured photograph tells the sto-
ry of Elizabeth Ross Dargan, a beauti-
cian from eastern North Carolina. Low
on money after her husband died, Dar-
gan applied for a job at the historical-
ly-black Fayetteville State University.
After turning her down because of
a seeming lack of qualifications, the
university instead enrolled Dargan as
profits and institutions, including the
Urban League, American Red Cross,
and Habitat for Humanity.
When she passed away at the age of
83, she bequeathed her estate — at a
quarter of a million dollars — to the
various organizations and non-profits
that served her in life.
“Her story is a reminder: don’t be too
narrow in your judgment of who can
give,” said Fullwood. “(Ms. Dargan) was
a modest person with a phil-
anthropic spirit.”
Based in Charlotte, North
Carolina, Fullwood spent a
little over four years putting
the book together and col-
laborating with Thomas to
capture the photographs that
could tell these stories. As
a writer and consultant for
a number on philanthropic
non-profits — as well as the
founder of the giving circle,
New Generations of African
American Philanthropists —
Fullwood came to recognize
the absence of inclusive sto-
Darian’s Heart from the exhibit, 'Giving Back: The Soul of
ries about giving. Philanthro-
Philanthropy'
py is typically limited to the
wealthy.
was that our stories were untold, dis-
Fullwood’s need to change that per- counted and dismissed in our own com-
ception became her inspiration for the munity,” said Fullwood.
book.
“I kept hearing so many stories from
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circle members about what a shame it
CHARLES W. THOMAS
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