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April 18, 2018 The Skanner Page 3 News Cyber Crime There are a number of cryptocurrencies cur- rently circulating, with the most popular being Bitcoin, which Assis- tant FBI Special Agent In Charge George Cham- berlain said first came to many people’s atten- tion due to ransomware said, is the targeting of business email accounts with convincing-look- ing spoof domains. Us- ing addresses that look convincingly like the address belonging to a chief financial officer or comptroller, hackers will request wire transfers There’s nothing inherently wrong with cryptocurrency, and having it is not illegal scams. Ransomware is a type of viral software that either threatens to publish the victim’s data, or block access to files on the victim’s computer until a ransom is paid. Typically, that ransom has to be paid in a spec- ified cryptocurrency. (Other currencies, such as Ehteriu, Monero and Ukash have also been created in recent years.) Another increasingly common scam, agents Multnomah County, together with the City of Portland, Metro, TriMet and the Portland Business Alliance, announced this week the planned installation of six new syringe disposal drop boxes in neighborhoods citywide. The effort, in neighborhoods ranging from Lents to St. Johns, builds on a pilot disposal project launched in 2016 by Multnomah County and the City of Portland, which included installing two secure disposal drop boxes on the downtown paths lining the Willamette River. The first-phase expansion will include 24-hour syringe disposal drop boxes installed at: the Multnomah County Bridge Shop, in inner southeast, and Fire Station 11, in the Lents neighborhood. Syringe disposal drop boxes will also be placed in downtown Portland and near popular public areas. Existing free 24-hour disposal drop boxes are installed on the west-side walkway below the Burnside Bridge and below the west approach to the Steel Bridge. Metro offers syringe disposal at its transfer station facilities in northwest Portland and Oregon City. Metro also offers a container exchange program for residents and households in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties. Residents can enroll for $5 and receive a new sharps container at no cost each time they bring a full container back for disposal. cont’d from pg 1 Birth. Board member Diane Saunders told The Skanner the organization began to consider rebranding a few years ago, with a process that included focus groups on how the organization was perceived. The discussion continued in 2016, when founder Shafia Monroe an- nounced her retirement. Most of the organization’s work takes place in the United States, Saunders said, and in recognition of that the “international” part of the name was dropped, and the organization wanted to highlight its emphasis on improving Black birth outcomes. It was at a board retreat to discuss the future of the nonprofit that board member Noelene Jeffers proposed the new name. “We all just looked at each other and said, that’s it,” Saunders told The Skan- ner. The announcement came the same evening the organization screened a short documentary called “The Loud- est Silence: Black Women’s Birth Expe- riences,” which Saunders said the orga- nization plans to show at organizations UPRISE across the country beginning this sum- mer. The film, which features an introduc- tion by Portland writer and musician S. Renee Mitchell, portrays two differ- ent birthing stories featuring African “ The organization wanted to highlight its emphasis on im- proving Black birth outcomes American women. One woman gives birth in a hospital, and describes the experience of being talked over and having concerns dismissed; another gives birth at home with help from a Black midwife. The video also features expert commentary on the physical ef- fects of racial trauma, and disparities in Black birth outcomes, including the fact that African American babies are twice as likely as White babies to die before their first birthday. “A lot of it is really the way that [Black] women are treated in the health care settings, in terms of not being lis- tened to, being talked over, not having their concerns treated as valid as if they were White,” Saunders said. According to paperwork on file with the Oregon Secretary of State’s busi- ness name registry, the ICTC first regis- tered as a nonprofit in 1997. The state’s filings also reflect the organization filed for a name change April 11. The organization’s website has been redi- rected to a new URL (https://www.the- naabb.org), but according to Saunders, Facebook has not allowed NAABB to change the name of its Facebook page, because the new name is too different from the old one. The new website lists the following as the group’s objectives: • Combat the effects of structural rac- ism on Black maternal-infant health through advocacy, research, educa- tional programming, activism and policy change; • Work to equip birth workers (doulas, midwives, nurses, and doctors) and maternity institutions with the prac- tical tools and education they need to improve outcomes for Black women and persons; • Develop and support innovative models of care that are sensitive to the cultural and social needs of Black families; • Partner with organizations that are connected to and can help advance NAABB’s vision. NAABB, while Portland-based, has board members all over the country, and one in Barbados; the organization also does advocacy and education work nationwide, Saunders said. Its rebranding comes on the heels of several news stories examining Black birth outcomes. Last week the New York Times published a story report- ing that racial disparities in Black and White birth outcomes are now worse than they were before the Civil War. In December, ProPublica and National Public Radio published detailed inves- tigative stories on Black women’s ex- periences giving birth, and in January tennis star Serena Williams described a harrowing series of complications that immediately followed the birth of her first child. Read the full story at TheSkanner.com cont’d from pg 1 against both Palestinians and residents of Ferguson, Missouri. “People from Palestine were actually giving support to the people of Fergu- son, like how to deal with tear gas at- tacks and how to protect themselves,” said Akinjiola. “So Davis looks at when those movements started to support each other. Even though they’re dif- ferent communities with different cir- cumstances, it’s the same oppressive, hegemonic forces.” Based on stories of intersectionality such as these, Akinjiola gave the word “uprise” to her choreographers to in- terpret. The result is five forceful and distinctly different dances. “Each choreographer leads their own work, but there’s a lot of collaboration within that, with one mind framing the perspective of the dance,” said Akinjio- la. The company spent the last year, from inception to stage, to bring the works to fruition. Combining her background in Af- ro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian and mod- “ People from Pales- tine were actually giving support to the people of Fer- guson, like how to deal with tear gas attacks and how to protect themselves ern dance, Akinjiola presents “Quiet Strength,” which questions patriotism through the Black women’s perspec- tive, from the Underground Railroad and the election of Barack Obama. The dance echoes the protest cries of the Black Panthers, inner-city Chicago, Standing Rock, and Flint, Michigan in a nod to civil rights activism. Michael Galen’s “A Light of Hope” draws movements from b-boying, ca- poeira and street to present a dance performance with deep roots in resis- tance, confrontation, and community strengthening; while Jamie’s Minkus’s “To Protect” embodies the warrior spirit of Ogum as a call for systemic change on social justice issues, includ- ing police brutality and its aftermath. To accompany UPRISE, the gallery within the Interstate Firehouse Cul- tural Center will feature multi-media work on the African diaspora by lo- cal artists Intisar Abioto and Sharita Towne. PHOTO COURTESY OF OLUYINKA AKINJIOLA ICTC or request an employee’s W2s so they can steal the victim’s tax refund. Their advice? Buyer be- ware. Don’t click suspicious or unknown links on websites, read terms and conditions and be care- ful what information you share online – and double-check the source of the request if you’re asked for specific finan- cial information, Cannon said. PHOTO COURTESY OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY “ Syringe Disposal Options Increase Across East, North Portland cont’d from pg 1 Oluyinka Akinjiola, artistic director and choreographer at Rejoice: Diaspora Dance Theater
