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JUNE 20, 2018 Portland and Seattle Volume XL No. 38 25 CENTS News ...............................3,8-11 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 The Chicago Reader ......10 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW PHOTO COURTESY OF WASHINGTON D.C. NEW COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE REMBEMERING CHARLEENA The Barry Farm Redevelopment Plan is at the heart of a new class-action lawsuit brought by Washington D.C. attorney Ari Theresa against the city. D.C. Lawsuit Fights Gentrification A ri Theresa is taking the fight against gentrification to the courts. Theresa, a Washington, D.C.- based attorney specializing in zoning law and civil rights, filed a $1 billion lawsuit in April against the city, on be- half of a community organization com- posed of longterm D.C. residents. The crux of Theresa’s argument should sound familiar to anyone living in a major American city in the 21st century. City planners have worked aggressively to woo the so-called “cre- ative class” and in so doing are pushing FREDDIE ALLEN/AMG/NNPA See GENTRIFICATION on page 3 San Fransisco Mayor-Elect London Breed says she is humbled by this historical victory. San Francisco Elects its First Black Woman Mayor page 8 Kam Reviews ‘Superfly’ Remake page 7 Charleena Lyles cousins Tonya Isabell and Katrina Johnson welcome former Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennet to the Charleena Lyles One Year Remembrance Reflection and Healing June 18 at Magnuson Park across the street from where Lyles was shot seven times by two Seattle police officers on June 19, 2017. The event included numerous speakers and performances including Bennett, Garfield High School teacher Jessie Hagopian, Vocalist DeChelle Monet, Spoken word by Nakeya Isabell and Nikkita Oliver, MC and choreographer Shakiah Danielson, Rapper Jerrell Davis, and Miming by Kent Carson. Sankofa Collective Hosts Black Pride Events include Oaks Park family fun day and Saturday Social at Sante Bar The Skanner News W hile Pride Month is in full swing across the city, it’s not too late to check out some events from Portland Black Pride’s “Out of the Box — Summer of Pride” festival. As a program of San- kofa Collective North- west – formerly known as PFLAG Portland Black Chapter – Portland Black Pride is part of the nation- al Black Pride movement that strives to lift up Afri- can Americans within the LGBT community. According to Portland Black Pride’s Facebook page, the movement “be- gan as a result of the gay Black minority community in the United States feeling marginalized and less a part of the whole gay com- munity in participation, organization and adminis- tration, as well as the cul- tural differences that pre- vented the community to fully participate in the gay movement.” Today, under the world- Portland ICE Headquarters Closed After Protests Attorneys say no access to asylum seekers in Oregon prison Associated Press The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland is closed as protests over President Trump’s immigration policies con- tinued. Protesters told KATU-TV that shut- ting down ICE is one of their goals, so they considered Wednesday’s clo- sure a win. The protest began Sunday, with demonstrators calling for an end to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy in which all unlaw- ful border crossings are referred for prosecution. The protesters also sought an immediate end to the prac- tice of separating children from their families. Though the facility was open Tues- day, police were called in to make sure employees could leave safely. Immigration attorneys in Oregon said Tuesday they haven’t been able to meet with more than 120 asylum seekers being held at a federal pris- on southwest of Portland as protests against the Trump administration’s policy of separating families cross- ing the border illegally flared for a second day. wide LGBT Pride umbrella, Black Pride events are held each June across the nation to unite Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgen- der people in celebration of both their heritage and sexual orientation. Those interested in vol- unteering for Portland Black Pride, please contact See PRIDE on page 3 BETH NAKAMURA /THE OREGONIAN VIA AP By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED Urban planning experts, attorneys see implications for other gentrifying cities A round-the-clock vigil was underway at ICE headquarters in Portland, Ore. About two dozen protesters gathered June 17 for a round-the- clock vigil and vowed not to leave until policy was changed. There are 123 men being held at the prison in Sheridan, at least six of whom have been separated from their children, attorneys from the See PROTEST on page 3