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Page 4 The Skanner Portland & Seattle February 20, 2019 News & Announcements Events Community Calendar 2019 brought to you by Visit us at a store near you Portland Metro THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 ART, POWER & RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Come listen to a panel of local artists - Janessa Narciso, Elijah Hasan, and Jesus Torralba - who are using art and their lived experience to engage in restor- ative justice work in Portland. From 6 – 8 p.m., KSMOCA, King School Museum of Contemporary Art, 4906 NE. 6th Ave. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED BLACK LIT IS LIT!: Black Parent Initiative will host a free event for families in celebration of Black History Month and in sup- port of literacy. The event features book giveaways, local Black author readings, activities, food and drawings. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Clackamas Town Ctr Mall, 12000 SE 82nd Ave. Carla Hall at Junebaby Celebrity Chef Carla Hall autographs her new book “Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration” for Dorothy Williams and Melonie Hooper at an event celebrating Black History month and featuring some of Chef Hall’s recipes Feb. 16 at renowned Seattle restaurant JuneBaby. Portland & Seattle News Briefs Q Center to Host Feb. 24 Town Hall on Reported Violent Attacks The Q Center, in response to several reports in the past week of violent attacks against LGBTQ2SIA+ community members, particularly trans and gender non-conforming individuals, will host Town Hall Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. in partnership with Basic Rights Ore- gon, Pride Northwest, Vancouver USA Pride, Greater Portland Trans Unity, PCC Queer Resource Centers, SAGE Metro Portland, Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and other community-based organiza- tions. The town hall will provide an opportunity for our communities to gather, hear from victims and leaders, and to voice your concerns. There will be no law enforcement present at this event. Social media posts over the past week report vio- lent attacks on individuals throughout the area and Tuesday the Portland Police Bureau published a press release saying it was monitoring reports of attacks, some of which had been reported to police. For more information about this event, visit https:// www.facebook.com/events/384459849048376/. The Q Center will be live-streaming a portion of the event on its official Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/PDXQCenter/. The organization has also partnered with Uber to provide free rides to any community members wish- ing to attend our Town Hall, particularly those most at risk--youth, seniors, people of color, people with disabilities, trans and gender non-conforming folks. To sign up for a free Uber ride, please fill out this ap- plication form: http://bitly.com/ridetoq. Beaverton and Tigard Libraries Now Offer Law Librarian Services In an effort to make law library services more wide- ly available, a law librarian is now on duty to provide assistance on a walk-in basis at both the Beaverton City Main Library and Tigard Public Library, once each month. The law librarian can help find legal resources and documents, as well as assist in using online legal research tools unique to the Law Library. Although they cannot offer legal advice, law librari- ans can refer people to agencies or organizations that might be able to provide some assistance. Regularly scheduled hours are as follows: • Tigard Public Library: second Thursday of the month, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Beaverton City Main Library: fourth Tuesday of the month, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. For access to legal information resources or legal research assistance at all other times, the Washing- ton County Law Library is located in downtown Hill- sboro at 111 NE Lincoln Street, Suite 250-L. It is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can also be contacted at (503) 846-8880. Wheeler Announces Kristin Dennis as New Chief of Staff Mayor Ted Wheeler announced this week that he has selected Kristin Dennis as his new chief of staff. Dennis took over as Interim Chief of Staff in early January from her role as Operations Director and Deputy Chief of Staff. Dennis was Policy Director and Chief of Staff when Mayor Wheeler was Oregon State Treasurer. Prior to that, Dennis worked for State Senator Richard Devlin, and in the legal field. At age 22, she was the youngest person ever elected to the Lake Oswego City Council, where she served from 2007-2010. She is a member of the Oregon State Bar. Dennis took over as chief of staff Tuesday. Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission names Scott Chin as President Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission this week an- nounced that its Board of Trustees appointed Scott Chin as its new president. Scott is only the fifth president in the Mission’s 87- year history and the first Mission president from the Seattle area. Scott grew up in Bellevue, graduat- ed from Newport High School, and the University of Washington. He joined the Mission last summer as its chief development officer and will move to the presi- dent’s role immediately. Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission serves Seattle’s homeless through addressing short-term physical needs and providing long-term solutions that break the cycle of addiction, mental illness, and poverty. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute Presents Courtney ‘Goldie’ Jackson and Chef Adunni Agunlanoh From “Flavor of Love” fan favorite to “wom- an-on-purpose” social worker, the Central District Fo- rum welcomes Courtney “Goldie” Jackson as its next dinner guest. This dinner will be catered by Chef Adunni Ogunla- noh, aka the Taste Tutor. Raised in Nigeria, the Carib- bean, and the Carolinas, Chef Adunni blends the three to cook the best dishes she knows how in expressing her love. The event will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for students. Adunni Ogunlanoh is a chef and owner of Taste Tutor, LLC. Taste Tutor offers cooking lessons, chef services, their own blended seasonings and other merchandise, catering, and other services. www.the- tastetutor.com SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: We’ve all heard of Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Malcolm X. But this Black History Month program explores the lives of some of the unsung heroes who helped reshape the American scene. From 3 - 4:30 p.m., Capitol Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol Hwy. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 ALEXANDRA NATAPOFF: In her book, Punishment Without Crime, Alexandra Natapoff offers up a timely new exploration of the inequality and injustice in our country surrounding the lowly misdemeanor. Free reading and talk, 7:30 p.m., Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 BLACK FEMINISM IN THE HASHTAG ERA: Women of color have played an essential role in laying the groundwork for the #Me- Too movement. Join Dr. Shirley A. Jackson in this tour of the in- tersections of history, race, activism and feminism and come away with tools to embrace your inner activist. Free, from 6:30- 7:30 p.m., North Portland Library, 512 N Killingsworth St. SOUNDS LIKE PORTLAND FEATURING AMENTA ABIOTO: Join Portland-based singer/songwriter/actor Amenta Abioto as she shares one of her raw live performances invoking elements of theatrical surprise and magic through ancient African diasporic sounds and stories. Free, all ages. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Portland Cen- ter Stage at The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 “WE ARE OVERCOMERS” AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S LUN- CHEON: This is an opportunity for our community to rally to- gether and honor the legacy of those who came before us and have paved the way for where we are today. Free event, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., The Center for Self Enhancement, 3920 N. Kerby Ave. Seattle Metro THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 MEMOIRS FROM THE DIASPORA: Experience stories of the Black diaspora from African-descended media and film artists focus- ing on liberation and healing from generational trauma. Free, 6:30 p.m., Seattle Public Library-Central Library, 1000 4th Ave. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 BLACK HISTORY MONTH FORUM: ‘Fighting Racism on the Job’ forum features Seattle leaders: Markisha Dixon, Protech Union Local 17; Tamasha Emedi, teacher at Hazel Valley striving to di- versify staff; John Frazier, president of Washington Fed. of State Employees Local, Christina López, Teamsters Local, Comrades of Color Caucus. Home-cooked Soul Food 6:00 p.m. Door donation $2-5. Buffet $8-10, New Freeway Hall 5018 Rainier Ave. S. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 BLACK HISTORY MOVIE NIGHT, ‘I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO’: See a free screening of I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck’s civil rights doc- umentary inspired by the late writer and critic James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, Remember This House. Pizza will be pro- vided. Free, 7 p.m., Renton Library, 100 Mill Ave S, Renton. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 ALDON MORRIS, W.E.B. DUBOIS AT THE CENTER: In a UW Public Lecture installment, Northwestern University Professor of So- ciology and African American Studies Aldon Morris will argue that NAACP co-founder W.E.B. DuBois was the “father of scien- tific sociology in the United States,” based on research compiled in his latest book, The Scholar Denied. Free, 7:30 p.m., Kane Hall, room 120, 4069 Spokane Lane.