JUNE 20, 2018
Portland and Seattle Volume XL No. 38
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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