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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 Portland and Seattle Volume XLII No. 52 News ................................ 3,6,8 A & E ........................................5 Opinion ...................................2 World Briefs ....................8 Calendar .................................4 Bids/Classifieds .....................7 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW Celebrating 45 The Skanner News has been proudly serving the community for 44 years, and we are now embarking on YEAR 45. Visit our award-winning website and stay up-to-date with our year-long 45th Anniversary celebration. CLIMATE STRIKE PHOTO BY AJBENJ VIA WIKIPEDIA (PUBLIC DOMAIN) YEAR 25 CENTS A grassroots coalition has created a list of progressive demands for Oregon district attorney candidates. By Christen McCurdy Of The Skanner News A newly formed grassroots co- alition wants to push Oregon district attorneys in a more pro- gressive direction. The group will hold a training session next week and forums for DA candidates in Mult- nomah and Clackamas counties in late October. Oregon DA for the People has drawn up an extensive platform of demands See DA on page 3 Thousands of young people from schools all over Western Washington joined thousands of adult allies for the Climate Strike Sept. 20. The event was one of hundreds held all over the world. People marched from Cal Anderson park to City Hall to try and bring attention to climate change and the effects it will have on the younger generation. ‘We’re All in Big Trouble’: Climate Panel Sees a Dire Future Report warns that if immediate action is not taken, changes underway will continue to accelerate PHOTO BY CHRIS PIZZELLO/INVISION/AP By Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer Jharrel Jerome accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for “When They See Us” at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards Sept. 22 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Emmy History Made page 5 Museum Donations Complicated by Opioid Crisis page 6 NEW YORK — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednes- day. Sea levels are rising at an ever-faster rate as ice and snow shrink, and oceans are getting more acidic and losing oxygen, the In- tergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a report issued as world leaders met at the United Nations. It warned that if steps aren’t taken to reduce emissions and slow global warming, seas will rise 3 feet by the end of the cen- tury, with many fewer fish, less snow and ice, stronger and wetter hurricanes and other, nastier weather sys- tems. “The oceans and the icy parts of the world are in big trouble, and that means we’re all in big trouble, too,” said one of the report’s lead authors, Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University. “The changes are accelerating.” The dire effects will be felt on both land and sea, harming people, plants, animals, food, societies, in- frastructure and the global economy. In fact, the inter- national team of scientists projected for the first time that some island nations will probably become un- inhabitable. The oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess heat from carbon pollution in the air, as well as much of the carbon dioxide itself. See CLIMATE on page 3 Erika Preuitt Appointed Director of Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice Appointment follows 11 months in interim position By Saundra Sorensen For The Skanner News W hen the Multnomah Coun- ty Board of Commissioners approved Erika Preuitt as the full-time director of the Department of Community Justice last week, it was in recognition not only of her 11 months of service as an interim director, but also of a distinguished career in corrections and community advocacy. Preuitt began as a probation and parole officer more than two decades ago with Multnomah County’s Depart- ment of Community Justice Gang Unit, later becoming the director of the de- partment’s Adult Services division. Two years ago she became the first African American woman to act as president of the American Probation and Parole Association, which serves See PREUITT on page 3 PHOTO COURTESY MULTNOMAH CO. coalition compiles extensive platform for DA candidates PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED Coalition Pushes for More Progressive Prosecutors Oregon DA for the People Former parole and probation officer Erika Preuitt was appointed director of the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, after serving as interim director for the past 11 months.