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
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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
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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-
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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
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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