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NOVEMBER 14, 2018 Portland and Seattle Volume XLI No. 7 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW 25 CENTS News .............................. 3,8-10 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 Retirement ......................9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 BLACK PANTHER MURAL OPENS New Avenues for Youth Legal Clinic is the first of its kind in Portland, Ore. Legal Clinic Launches for Homeless Youth Clinic to offer services to youth needing legal support ortland-based nonprofit New Av- enues for Youth broke ground last week with the official launch of a project that will lower legal barriers for those it serves. Initially introduced as a pilot pro- gram a little over a year ago, the New Avenues for Youth Legal Clinic pro- vides young people experiencing homelessness the legal assistance they need to make significant changes in P PHOTOS BY SUSAN FRIED By Melanie Sevcenko Special to The Skanner Left: Elmer Dixon, a co-founder of the Seattle Branch of the Black Panther Party, and Bobby Seale, who co-founded the national chapter with Huey Newton in Oakland in 1966, look at the newly unveiled mural. Right: Yasmin, 6, and Japhia, 10 raise their fists in the air during a Nov. 9 celebration at Franklin High School of the official unveiling of a 40-foot mural honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party created by the Art of Resistance & Resilience, a social and environmental justice-oriented art club at Franklin High School. The event featured poetry and spoken word performances and appearances by Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale, as well as half a dozen members of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party. See LEGAL on page 3 Children’s Community Clinic Stays Afloat By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News Since the 1860s, courts have interpreted the 13th Amendment as it plainly reads. “Once individuals have been duly tried, convicted, sentenced, and imprisoned, courts will not find 13th Amendment violations where prison rules require inmates to work.” Colorado Abolishes Slavery page 10 Michelle Obama’s New Book Makes it into the Oprah Club page 7 hen Mardica Hicks stepped into her role as chief executive officer of the Children’s Community Clinic nearly 10 years, the organization was in transition and she was determined to keep it W going. Hicks had worked at Port- land Community College as an administrator and also at Steps to Success, a welfare-to-work program, and as a principal investi- gator for a joint project be- tween Multnomah County and the Urban League of Portland on transmission of HIV and in the Portland area. Her bachelor’s de- gree is in economics and her master’s degree is in business administration and finance, but she’s al- ways had a passion for health, and when friends encouraged her to apply for the Children’s Commu- nity Clinic she stepped up. The clinic has been around under its current name and in its current incarnation since 2006, having been previously known as the North Port- land Nurse Practitioner Community Health Clinic. When Hicks got involved, it was transitioning to new management and still find- ing its footing. See CHILDREN on page 3 Portland City Council Rejects New Protest Restrictions Fish casts deciding vote on ordinance ACLU, others had decried as unconstitutional The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council on Wednesday rejected an or- dinance that would have giv- en Mayor Ted Wheeler new powers to regulate protests. The mayor’s proposal failed 2-3 when Commis- sioner Nick Fish cast the deciding vote against it, The Oregonian/OregonLive re- ported . Fish, an attorney, said his decision was “a close call” and that he was wary of any restrictions on free speech that may not pass legal mus- ter. “I’m not convinced that we’ve done everything we can with the tools already at our disposal,” Fish said. Commissioners Amanda Fritz and Chloe Eudaly also voted no. Wheeler and Com- missioner Dan Saltzman voted yes. Wheeler’s ordinance would have given him the power to dictate the con- ditions of rallies, such as where and when they may be held, if demonstrators have a history of violence and if public safety was jeop- ardized. The mayor said he and Police Chief Danielle Out- law developed the idea in See PROTESTS on page 3 PHOTO: CITY OF PORTLAND PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO / NNPA Clinic aims to help lower-income Portland children thrive Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler
