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JULY 17, 2024 Portland and Seattle Volume XLVII No. 19 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW 25 CENTS News ................................ 3,6,8 A & E ........................................5 Opinion ...................................2 Child Care Costs ..............6 Calendars ...............................4 Bids/Classifieds .....................7 NATURALIZED L to R: Sneakerweek cofounders Herbert Beaulaire, CEO and Megan Davis, CMO The event brings together industry experts, BIPOC designers and sneaker enthusiasts. By Saundra Sorenson Of The Skanner News T he people behind SneakerWeek want us to go beyond the “sneak- erhead” culture of collecting. As cofounders Herbert Beau- clere and Megan Davis point out, there is a world of artistic expression in the athletic shoe genre, beyond high-pro- file celebrity design partnerships. And See SNEAKERWEEK on page 3 PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED SneakerWeek 2024 Launches in Pioneer Courthouse Square July 26 Over 400 people from 78 countries took the oath to become US citizens at the 39th annual Independence Day Naturalization Ceremony, on July 4 at Seattle Center. The annual ceremony included a performance by Native American storyteller Gene Tagaban accompanied by violinist Swil Kanim and flutist Peter Ali; a call of the candidates for citizenship’s countries of origin; the administration of the Oath; the singing of “America the Beautiful” by Josephine Howell and a congratulatory address by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee. Forum Explores Dangerous Intersection of Brain Injury and Law Enforcement The Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing hosted event with medical, legal and first-hand perspectives. AP PHOTO/WILFREDO LEE By Saundra Sorenson Of The Skanner News Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones, center, and Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, right, and Miami-Dade County school board member Lucia Baez-Geller, left, speak out against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Project 2025 agenda, Tuesday, July 9, ahead of Trump’s evening rally in Doral, Fla. The 900-Page Guide to Snuffing Out American Democracy Project 2025 page 2 81-Year-Old Legendary Fashion Model Shares Tips For Aging Gracefully page 5 T he impact of brain injuries are widely misunderstood. This can be especially dan- gerous in confrontations with police, who are likely to read symptoms of brain injury as aggression or in- toxication. The Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing brought together members of the legal and medical fields, as well as two individuals who have survived brain injuries, for the Brain Injury, Polic- ing, & Public Safety Forum on June 26. “Someone with a brain injury can appear to be intoxicated when they’re not,” cognitive neuropsy- chologist Andy Ellis told The Skanner. Ellis was one of the featured speakers, and has run the Brain Re- hab Network for the past 24 years. Those with a brain inju- Andy Ellis, cognitive neuropsychologist ry “can have a lot of trou- ble regulating behavior, so they might have trouble keeping their mouth shut in a confrontation with law enforcement when clearly being quiet would be the smart move,” Ellis said. “They might have trouble keeping their temper in check if they felt like they were being confronted ag- gressively. They might not be fearful at times when being fearful would be good for them.” This can put them at odds with police during any kind of confrontation. “I think one of the biggest things is law enforcement often feels like it needs to assert dominance or pow- er to get control of a situa- tion in a way that someone with a brain injury might find really overwhelming, terrifying, stressful – and they might react to it in a very atypical way, in a way that the officer doesn’t real- ly understand,” Ellis said. Invisible Injuries At the PCCEP event, Ellis joined two individuals who have grappled with brain injury and its life-altering impacts: Jonathan Boland, a Parkrose High alum who received a football scholar- ship to Portland State, but was sidelined after a series of concussions. His per- sonality, focus and general physical well-being took a major hit as the result of his injuries, and he end- ed up behind bars for his involvement in a string of robberies – activities that struck all who knew him as completely out of char- acter. He now serves as a criminal justice advocate. Stephanie Grayce suffered a serious brain injury after being involved in a car col- lision, and went on to grad- uate from Lewis and Clark with a law degree. She now sits on the board of Brain Injury Connections North- west. As destabilizing as his brain injuries were, Boland acknowledged that concus- sion protocol required by relatively new legislation likely kept the damage from being ruinous: Max’s Law went into effect in 2010 and requires school districts in Oregon to im- plement specific concus- sion management guide- lines -- popularly known as “recognize, remove, refer, return.” Student athletes and at least one parent or caretaker must take a free online course about con- cussions, and referees are also required to complete training. Any student ath- lete that has had a concus- See FORUM on page 3
