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JANUARY 30, 2019 Portland and Seattle Volume XLI No. 18 News ................................ 3,6,8 A & E ........................................5 Opinion ...................................2 World News Briefs ..........6 Calendar .................................4 Bids/Classifieds .....................7 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW Jason Okonofua Kúkátónón Dance Troupe to Host Community Discussion 25 CENTS CELEBRATE LIBRARIES RALLY American Libraries Association President Loida Garcia-Febo and Seattle Public Library Chief Librarian Marcellus Turner stand by a City of Seattle Proclamation declaring Jan. 26 “Take Action for Libraries” Day. Librarians and friends of the library held a brief Celebrate Libraries Rally in the downtown library on Jan. 26. The event was held the same weekend of the American Libraries Association conference in Seattle and co-sponsored by United for Libraries. PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED First annual event focuses on bias in education I n February, Kúkátónón Children’s African Dance Troupe will pres- ent a community discussion event with psychologist Jason Okonofua, a professor at the University of Cali- See KÚKÁTÓNÓN on page 3 Program Recruits Students of Color for City Planning Next month, Portland high school students will learn how their city’s buildings have social and environmental impact on their communities By Melanie Sevcenko Of The Skanner News PHOTO BY JORDAN STRAUSS/INVI- SION/AP, FILE “Y In this Oct. 9, 2018, file photo, Gladys Knight arrives at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Big- name entertainers believe social injustice needs to be addressed during the Super Bowl, but they passionately disagree on how. Some will perform in Super Bowl-related events while others will be noticeably absent. Social Injustice Addressed at Super Bowl Events page 5 our Street, Your Voice” is a 10- session after- school program launched by Hacker Archi- tects and The Center, a coa- lition-led hub for youth ed- ucation in North Portland. Beginning its third round on Feb. 11, the program is aiming to get teenagers interested in architecture and city planning — sec- tors that are sorely lacking in diversity. People of color and wom- en are the most under-rep- resented in the architec- tural community, with less than two percent of licensed architects in the U.S. being African Amer- ican, according to The Center. Professional architec- ture is “woefully male and woefully White… which suggests that we as an in- dustry are not represent- page 8 drive creativity and inno- vation — and make way for more equitable spaces. “It’s a very targeted pro- gram,” said Swank, who is also the program’s instruc- tor. “It’s trying to capture young people that may not have exposure to what an architect or city planner even does — and under- stand that these are the people that are impacting the communities around them.” See PROGRAM on page 3 Trail Blazers to Celebrate Black History Feb. 5 Event will honor groundbreaking local leaders The Skanner News Staff PG&E Files for Bankruptcy ing the communities that we’re building for,” said Joe Swank of Hacker. In order to train the next cohort of architects and ur- ban designers, Swank and his fellow organizers are looking to open the door at a much younger age, start- ing in high school. And while “Your Street, Your Voice” is open to any- one in this age group, its aim is to recruit students from under-represented communities as a means to I n Celebration of Black Histo- ry Month, the Portland Trail Blazers will spotlight six leaders representing a new era of ground-breaking firsts for the city of Portland and state of Oregon. The special recognitions will take place both pregame and at halftime as Portland hosts the Miami Heat Feb. 5. Each honoree at this event is the first African American to hold the leadership position for the institution they now represent: PHOTO COURTESY OF LINFIELD COLLEGE By Christen McCurdy For The Skanner News See TRAIL BLAZERS on page 3 Dr. Miles Davis, President – Linfield College