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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.