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February 6, 2019 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 5 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2019 cont’d from pg 4 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 PORTLAND RHYMES & HIP HOP LIFE: Join us for a special perfor- mance led by Mic Crenshaw, featuring Cool Nutz. Be part of a discussion of hip-hop history in the Northwest and how it has influenced our lives and our culture. Mic Crenshaw is a world class spoken word artist and emcee who has toured extensive- ly in Africa, the U.S and Europe. From 6 - 7:30 p.m., Rockwood Library, 17917 SE Stark St. PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 ‘Dark Divas’ Gwendolyn Phillips Coates brings to life the great performer Bessie Smith during the Nu Arts West Theatre’s production of Dark Divas Feb. 3, at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. The play which was written 19 years ago by Kibibi Monie’ and Demene Hall celebrates the lives and music of women like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Bessie Smith, Moms Mabley, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin and Lena Horne. The performances on Feb. 1 were a fund raiser for the Demene Hall Scholarship fund. Briefs cont’d from pg 4 also lives in Los Angeles where he teaches and has re- leased his own CD and plays with indie duo Innocent Alex. Kate Davis was one of our first scholarship win- ners in 2009. She studied at Manhattan School of Mu- sic and was touted by MTV as one of 2014’s “15 Fresh Females Who Will Rule Pop.” This vocalist/ bassist has performed at such illustrious venues as The Ken- nedy Center, The Bowery Ballroom, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. She just finished a stint on the Late Show with Jon Batiste’s band as well. Our winners are from every corner of Oregon, from Cannon Beach to Bandon, Burns, Ontario, Astoria, Salem and Portland. Thanks to the generous contributions from EP- B&B (Elliott, Powell, Baden and Baker Insurance) and KNRK/94.7 FM OMHOF scholarships grew from $1,000 each to $2,500 each (4 total) for 2019. Each ap- plicant should be studying music with talent on an instrument or voice, graduating spring 2019 from an Oregon high school to continue their collegiate ca- reer as a major or minor in music. Any questions may be emailed to: info@omhof.org or please take a look at our website at: http://www. omhof.org where an online version of the application is available. All items must be mailed together, in or- der to qualify: Oregon Music Hall of Fame, PO Box 82173, Portland, OR 97282. Seattle News Briefs Durkan Transmits Legislation to Provide New SPD Officers With $15,000 Hiring Bonus Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced this week she has transmitted legislation to the Seattle City Coun- cil to help recruit and retain experienced officers committed to reform to the Seattle Police Depart- ment (SPD) by providing them a hiring bonus of up to $15,000. If passed by the City Council, the new hir- ing bonus created would ensure the SPD has more experienced law enforcement officers, increases the number of officers from communities historically underrepresented in policing, and supports poten- tial officers who may need additional resources to relocate to the Seattle area. The full legislation can be viewed at http://durkan.seattle.gov/wp-content/ uploads/2019/01/SPD-Recruitment-Incentives-Ordi- nance-Mayor-Durkan-Jan-2019.pdf. In recent years, SPD has faced new challenges in recruiting officers due to attrition, historically low employment, regional and national competition for officers, and hiring incentives offered by other juris- dictions in the region. With these new challenges to recruiting, lateral ap- plications – applications from officers already serv- ing in other law enforcement jurisdictions – fell by 67 percent since 2015. SPD also faced recruiting challenges because they had been working without a contract since 2014, and were earning 2014 wages even as living costs in the region grew significantly. Under the new agreement with the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild transmitted by Mayor Durkan in October 2018 and approved 8-1 by the City Council in November, SPD officers will be receiving retroactive pay for the last four years and continued cost of living increases in 2019 and 2020. These new wages will make Seattle officers the high- est paid in Washington State and the fourth highest paid of the seven largest departments on the West Coast. To compete for experienced officers, several law enforcement jurisdictions in the Puget Sound pro- vide similar lateral incentives to the ones proposed in Mayor Durkan’s legislation. The Everett Police Department offers a $15,000 hiring incentive, and the Renton Police Department provides a $10,000 in- centive in addition to 40 hours of sick leave and 40 hours of vacation leave upon hire. The King County Sheriff ’s Office provides up to $5,000 in paid moving expenses, plus airfare and three nights’ hotel pro- vided for out-of-state applicants. The Bellevue Police Department, Bremerton Police Department, Tukwila Police Department, and Bainbridge Police Depart- ment all provide a $5,000 hiring incentive. Because officers hired from other departments par- ticipate in a shorter academy training and field train- ing program within the SPD, they are deployed five months sooner than entry-level officers, resulting in salary savings for the department. The Accountability Reform legislation, which passed Council in 2017, was bargained for in the agreement and the agreement includes many of the legislation’s key provisions like: • Full implementation of body worn cameras by front line officers; • Management improvements in transfers and per- formance evaluations; • Improvements and clarity for the 180-day timeline for investigations of police complaints; • Civilianization of the Office of Police Accountabili- ty supervisor positions and an HR leadership role in SPD; • Office of the Inspector General provided full and unfettered access to fulfill duties under the Ac- countability Ordinance; and, • The Guild will withdraw several pending Unfair Labor Practice claims. Durkan Advances Vision to Create New Affordable, Livable Community at Magnolia’s Ft. Lawton To help address Seattle’s housing and affordabil- ity crisis and advance a vision for a new affordable, livable community at Ft. Lawton in Magnolia, Mayor WE SHOULD ALL BE TEENAGE FEMINISTS: Teen members of the Jefferson High School Women’s Empowerment Club lead a discussion about the issues addressed in We Should All Be Feminists and their impact on young people. All are welcome, especially teens. 6:30-7:30, North Portland Library, 512 N Kill- ingsworth St. PCCEP MEETING: Join the Portland Committee on Communi- ty-Engaged Policing (PCCEP) - Steering Committee for its Febru- ary meeting. PCCEP welcomes input from community members. Please share your ideas during the public comment periods. Free, open to the public. 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., 525 NE Oregon St. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 BROWN HOPE MONTHLY COMMUNITY MEETING: The Brown Hope Action Team was established with the goal of advancing the mission of Brown Hope and serving as a space for Black, Brown and Indigenous people to work directly with white people in the pursuit of justice as a lived experience. All are welcome to join the monthly meeting of the Action Team, held every second Wednesday. Food and drink will be provided. Starts at 6:30 p.m., Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Ave. Seattle Metro THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 LOOKING FOR ACTION? Everyone is invited to join this discussion focused on the Womxn’s March, the #MeToo movement, and oth- er timely topics with fellow feminists. Free, from 7 - 8:30 p.m., New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. WITNESS TO REVOLUTION - THE STORY OF ANNA LOUISE STRONG: Follow the life of author and labor activist Anna Louise Strong in this sweeping documentary film. Her political vision took shape in the Pacific Northwest after witnessing the 1916 Everett massacre and chronicling the 1919 Seattle General Strike. Stay after the screening for a discussion with the film director Lucy Ostrander and local historian Stephanie Ogle. 6 p.m., Museum of History & Industry, 860 Terry Ave. N. TENANT RIGHTS BOOTCAMP: Tenant Rights Bootcamp is a neigh- borhood-by-neighborhood series teaching renters how to assert their rights, find solutions to various issues, and make change in their communities. Free, 6:30 p.m., Garfield Community Cen- ter, 2323 E Cherry St. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 BELLEVUE COLLEGE FREE PLANETARIUM SHOW: Bellevue Col- lege’s Astronomy Department and the Science and Math In- stitute offer free planetarium shows on select Fridays of each month. Each show features a different video and a live segment on that night’s brightest stars and constellations. Free admis- sion but reservations are required, call (425) 564-3055. Shows at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Bellevue College Willard Geer planetar- ium, Room B244, 3000 Landerholm Cir. SE, Room B244, Bellevue. Jenny A. Durkan released her draft plan for redevel- opment of approximately 34 acres at Ft. Lawton. The plan includes mixed-income affordable hous- ing, parks, and recreational space. It would create permanent supportive housing for seniors, apart- ments for low-wage working individuals and fam- ilies, and home-ownership opportunities. Over 60 percent of the land at the Ft. Lawton site will be used for park and park-related uses, with preservation of existing natur100al areas that support wildlife habi- tat. The announced Draft Redevelopment Plan updates the original 2008 plan making it consistent with the Ft. Lawton Army Reserve Center Environmental Impact Statement issued in March 2018. The City has done extensive community outreach during the original process and additional public hearings and meetings conducted in 2017 and 2018, engaging with hundreds of community members and housing pro- ponents from all corners of Seattle. In the coming weeks, Mayor Durkan will transmit the Redevelop- ment Plan to City Council to allow the City to formally acquire and develop the property.
