April 3, 2019 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 5
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Calendar 2019
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16
OHSU FILM SCREENING No Más Bebés: The OHSU Center for Wom-
en’s Health and the OHSU Library will be screening the Emmy
nominated film No Más Bebés. The documentary features a
group of Mexican immigrant mothers who were sterilized while
giving birth at Los Angeles County General Hospital in the 1960s
and 1970s. Free, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Collaborative Life Scienc-
es Building and Skourtes Tower, 2730 SW Moody Ave.
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
‘Seattle Sports’ Reading
Former NBA All-star and Seattle Super Sonics Basketball coach Lenny Wilkens greets University of Washington Professor Emeritus
Dr. Al Black after Wilkens talked about his life as a basketball player and coach and as a civil rights activist during readings from the
anthology “Seattle Sports: Play, Identity, and the Pursuit of Credibility in the Emerald City”, April 1 at Moscozzi Studio. The collection
which was edited by Dr. Terry Scott, an assistant professor of American and African American History at Hood College, features a
variety of stories about the history of sports in Seattle.
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03 Arts Competition after the controversial 2017 Con-
gressional Art Competition. In 2017, members of the
House removed a student’s artwork depicting a con-
flict between law enforcement and the African Amer-
ican community in Ferguson, Missouri following the
shooting of Michael Brown.
Republican leadership had the painting removed,
citing a rule that artwork in the Capitol cannot “de-
pict contemporary political controversy, or of a sen-
sationalistic or gruesome nature.”
Student submissions should be submitted by
Wednesday, May 1, at 5:00 p.m. at Representative
Earl Blumenauer’s office located at 911 NE 11th Ave.
Suite 200, Portland, Oregon. Individuals submitting
artwork for consideration will need to call (503) 231-
2300 and a member of the staff will come down to ac-
cept the piece.
Officials Share Details of Family’s
Death in California Cliff Plunge
WILLITS, Calif. (AP) — Jennifer Hart was drunk
when she drove her large family off a Northern Cal-
ifornia cliff in March 2018, authorities said during a
coroner’s inquest Wednesday.
Greg Pizarro, a forensic pathologist, testified that
an autopsy found she had an alcohol level of 0.102.
California drivers are considered drunk with a level
of 0.08 or higher.
The crash happened just days after authorities in
Washington state, where the family moved in 2017
from Oregon, opened an investigation following alle-
gations the children were being neglected.
A neighbor of the Harts in Woodland, Washing-
ton, had filed a complaint with the state, saying the
children were apparently being deprived of food as
punishment. No one answered when social workers
checking on the report went to the family’s home
near Portland, Oregon, on March 23.
Authorities also said Hart’s wife, Sarah, and several
children had large amounts of a drug in their systems
that can cause drowsiness, authorities have said.
The family’s SUV plunged off a seaside cliff more
than 160 miles (250 kilometers) north of San Francis-
co.
Sarah Hart pleaded guilty in 2011 to a domestic as-
sault charge in Minnesota over what she said was a
spanking given to one of her children. Oregon child
welfare officials also investigated the couple in 2013,
but closed the case without taking any action.
Seattle News Briefs
Constantine, Durkan and Seattle
Foundation Announce First-Ever $1
Million Regional Census Fund
Joined by community members at Seattle’s El Cento
de la Raza, King County Executive Dow Constantine,
Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan, and Seattle Foun-
dation President and CEO Tony Mestres created the
first-ever Regional Census Fund to provide $1 million
in funding to help community organizations prepare
for the 2020 Census, which will be conducted one
year from today: April 1, 2020.
The Regional Census Fund (RCF) is a $1 million
pooled fund that will allocate money to Seattle and
King County-based community organizations to help
fund outreach and other activities for the United
States 2020 Census. Seattle Foundation established
the RCF with $500,000, and King County and the
City of Seattle each contributed $250,000. This is the
first-ever partnership between King County, the City
of Seattle, and Seattle Foundation to fund Census out-
reach.
The Census is supposed to count everyone in an
area, regardless of immigration status. The federal
government is attempting to add a “citizenship ques-
tion” to the Census, which has not been included on
the Census form for almost 70 years. The last-minute
addition of this question appears to be the federal
government’s attempt to politicize the Census and
deter people from participating, which jeopardizes
a complete 2020 Census count and could potentially
harm immigrant-dense communities. This is one of
the primary reasons why Seattle Foundation, King
County, and the City of Seattle are partnering with
community members to act urgently to ensure a com-
plete, safe, and fair Census count.
The Regional Census Fund will help communi-
ty-based organizations conduct outreach to his-
torically undercounted populations, such as: com-
munities of color; immigrants and refugees; young
children; Native communities; LGBTQ people; rent-
ers; students; and people experiencing homelessness.
This is the first time the United States decennial Cen-
sus will be administered primarily online, leading
to further challenges in counting under-resourced
communities.
Applications for the Regional Census Fund will go
live in the coming weeks. Funds will be available in
summer 2019, and will be administered by Seattle
Foundation.
Due to institutional neglect and other systemic is-
sues, each of these populations has a historically low
participation rate in the Census. Because the federal
government uses Census results to allocate billions
in federal funding, incomplete counts could result in
these same populations receiving less federal fund-
ing for programs that our families and communities
rely on, including Head Start, Supplemental Nutri-
tion Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicare, and Med-
icaid.
Funding isn’t the only issue at stake for Washington
communities. Census results also determine federal
representation for states; the 2010 Census resulted
in an additional Congressional seat for Washington
State.
Given the role of the 2020 Census in critical federal
BLACK GIRL IN SUBURBIA SCREENING: Director Melissa Lowery’s
documentary film details the experiences of Black girls grow-
ing up in White-majority communities. A Q&A with Lowery will
follow the film. Free (register online), 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Zap-
proved, Inc, 1414 Northwest Northrup Street #700.
URBAN WEEDS WORKSHOP: The East Multnomah Soil and Water
Conservation District is hosting a workshop to help people learn
about common garden weeds and how to manage them without
using synthetic herbicides. Free (register online), 6 p.m. - 8:30
p.m. at Gresham City Hall, 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy, Gresham.
Seattle Metro
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
NOELLE PRICE PRESENTS VOID: BASE Performance Space will
host writer, poet and choreographer Noelle Price. Throughout
the evening, Price will present spoken pieces alongside an art
installation and a series of films. Free (register online), Dona-
tions will go to Price’s dance collective PRICEarts. 7:30 p.m. –
8:30 p.m., Base: Experimental Arts + Space, 6520 5th Avenue
South #122.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
UKULELE OPEN MIC AT THE HANGAR: The Uke Society collabo-
rates with small business throughout the area to host free
ukulele performances and group lessons.  The event will also
include workshops on technique for beginners and advanced
musicians. Free (register online) 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., The Han-
gar, 6728 Northeast 181st Street, Kenmore.
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
THE SOURCE: ART – INDIGENOUS REFLECTIONS ON WATER: Friends
of Waterfront Seattle partners with yəhaw to host an open exhi-
bition presenting and celebrating contemporary Indigenous art
created in the Pacific Northwest. Free, 1 p.m. – 7 p.m., Water-
front Space, 1400 Western Ave.
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
BUILDING SOIL FOR RAISED BEDS AND CONTAINERS: Join The
Beet Box for a free community tutorial on urban gardening. This
event will include tutorials on selecting the right soil for your
garden, composting with red wiggler worms, and how to start
seeds without the use of plastics. Free (register online), 11 a.m. -
1 p.m., The Beet Box, 6901 Martin Luther King Jr Way S.
funding allocations, ensuring a complete, safe, and
fair Census is a significant priority for local gov-
ernment and the philanthropic sector. Seattle Foun-
dation is one of many foundations across the nation
contributing financial resources, voice, and exper-
tise to nonprofits and others working to ensure the
Census is carried out properly.
Groups Sue to Restrict Salmon
Fishing, Help Northwest Orcas
Federal officials say they may restrict salmon fish-
ing off the West Coast to help the Pacific Northwest’s
critically endangered killer whales, but two environ-
mental groups are suing anyway to ensure it hap-
pens.
The Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a
lawsuit nearly two decades ago to force the U.S. gov-
ernment to list the orcas as endangered, and the Wild
Fish Conservancy asked the U.S. District Court in Se-
attle on Wednesday to order officials to reconsider a
2009 finding that commercial and recreational fisher-
ies did not jeopardize the orcas’ survival.
The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a let-
ter early last month indicating that it intends to do so.
Julie Teel Simmonds, an attorney with the Center for
Biological Diversity, said the point of the lawsuit is
to ensure they finish the job with urgency, given the
plight of the whales, and to take short-term steps in
the meantime to help provide more of the orcas’ fa-
vored prey, Chinook salmon.