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MARCH 23, 2022 Portland and Seattle Volume XLV No. 14 News ..........................3,8-10,12 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 African Women Lead ......9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW AP PHOTO/ANDREW SELSKY ALBINA ARTS TO BE BLACK-OWNED Significant amount set aside for those fleeing domestic violence PHOTO COURTESY OCF Margaret Salazar, director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, behind podium, speaks in front of Gov. Kate Brown, center left, at a news conference about a plan to attack homelessness in Salem, Ore., Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. HUD Awards $28 Million to Homeless Services in Multnomah County 25 CENTS By Saundra Sorenson Of The Skanner News Community Process to Determine Art Center Head A The Skanner News See HUD on page 3 P ortland’s Albina Arts Center, a nostalgic symbol of Black Port- land’s creativity and self-determination, is go- ing to be handed back to the city’s Black communi- ty, partly as a way to make amends for decades of dis- ruption, neglect, and disin- vestment. At the request of the State of Oregon, the Ore- gon Community Founda- tion (OCF), which annually distributes more than $200 million statewide in grants and scholarships, is the current temporary admin- istrator of the building. Currently, OCF is prepar- ing for a community-led process that will eventu- ally transfer permanent ownership of the one-sto- ry building to a Black-run 501(c)3 nonprofit willing to authentically honor the Black community’s emo- tional and cultural ties to the facility. The selected or- ganization will be chosen by community members and stakeholders partici- pating in OCF’s upcoming visioning conversations. “This is an opportuni- ty for philanthropy to do things differently, to em- ploy an intentional, com- munity-led process that will center Black voices,” said Marcy Bradley, OCF’s vice president of Equity and Culture. “This is a po- tential model for others who own buildings in this city to also acknowledge that Portland’s Black com- munity deserves to reclaim spaces they were forced out of by displacement. We need more of this type of purposeful approach because it can finally con- tribute to the community’s long-overdue healing and restoration.” Portland native Ericka Warren, whose family has lived in Portland for three generations and is a partner of consulting firm Try Excellence LLC, will facilitate the community engagement process. A currently forming steer- ing committee of up to 30 community members, in collaboration with Try Ex- New Worker Discrimination, Harassment Takeaways: Supreme Court Law Heads to Hearings a Venue for Culture Wars Gov. Brown’s Desk page 8 By LISA MASCARO AP Congressio- nal Correspondent FILM REVIEW: ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ page 6 I t’s not just Supreme Court nomi- nee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being scrutinized. Sena- tors are also being watched at this milestone moment in history consid- ering the first Black woman for the high court. Some senators are overcome with “joy,” as Cory Booker of New Jersey described the swell of emotion he felt over the potential to confirm a judge who would help the court look more like America. Others, led by Sens. Josh Haw- ley and Ted Cruz, quiz the federal judge about her views on issues of race and crime, amplifying election year grievances and a backlash over changing culture. Jackson appeared for a third day be- fore the Senate Judiciary Committee for grueling confirmation hearings See HEARINGS on page 3 cellence and key OCF staff, will help create structures that ensure the process is fair, transparent, and accountable to what the Black community wants to see happen to and within the building. The visioning process is expected to last at least six months. “What draws me to this work is my love for the Black community,” noted Warren, an accomplished singer, songwriter, music producer and a former Jef- ferson High School dance student. “I think there is something unique about having a person who has a history with the commu- nity to lead the conversa- tion. My connection to the See ALBINA on page 3 AP PHOTO/ALEX BRANDON s the city of Portland struggles to adapt a comprehensive response to its homelessness crisis, a fed- eral program is distributing $46 million to programs throughout the state that provide wraparound Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
