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Veteran Immunologist, Dean of HBCU Medical School, on Covid Vaccines
Dr. James Hildreth is an expert on engaging the Black community to overcome healthcare disparities.
Seattle-area Hospital System Rebuked After Offering Vaccine to Donors
Governor Inslee said, "We need to give everybody a fair shot at the vaccine … We’ve got to maintain public credibility in the system"
Police Find No Bias, Terror Motive in Portland Road Rampage
Police identified the driver as Paul Rivas of Oregon City. He was booked on initial charges of second-degree murder, assault and failure to perform the duties of a driver.
Mayor Ted Wheeler Decries Ongoing Violence
At a news conference Monday, Wheeler also said he had filed a police report about an “incident” that happened to him, but he did not elaborate
BLM Seattle Demands Mayor Durkan Halt Bargaining With Seattle Police Officers Guild
The demand follows a storm of condemnation against SPOG President Mike Solan, who tweeted that the Black Lives Matter movement was in...
Everybody Reads Program to Hold Event with Author Ross Gay
Ross Gay, author of The Book of Delights will speak at a special event in April—free for people in financial hardship ...
The Mayor Turns 90: A Paul Knauls Celebration to be Held Friday, January 22
Albina legend Paul Knauls, Sr. will be celebrated with a virtual event featuring public officials, musicians, and community...
People For the American Way Supports Congressional Gold Medal for Officer Eugene Goodman
Goodman, a Black U.S. Capitol Hill police officer, diverted a white mob away from the unprotected Senate chambers during the violent...
St. Andrew Parish Announces 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Awards
The Community Service Award went to cameron whitten of the Black Resilience Fund ...
Driver accused in Oregon road rampage pleads not guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A motorist accused of hitting pedestrians, bicyclists and killing a 77-year-old woman Monday in Portland, Oregon, has pleaded not guilty to murder and has given detectives bizarre explanations about the incident, according to court documents.Paul Rivas, 64, through a...
States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — States are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving gradually and cautiously, in part because of the more contagious variant taking hold in the U.S.While the...
Ex-Cardinals coach Wilks new defensive coordinator at Mizzou
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Steve Wilks is returning to coaching as the defensive coordinator at Missouri.Wilks, who was hired by Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz on Thursday, took last year off after spending the previous 14 seasons in the NFL. The stint was highlighted by a year as the head coach of...
Music City Bowl between Iowa and Missouri canceled
The Music City Bowl between Missouri and Iowa was canceled Sunday because COVID-19 issues left the Tigers unable to play.The game scheduled for Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee, is the second bowl called off since the postseason lineup was set on Dec. 20, joining the Gasparilla Bowl. Overall, 18...
Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman Issues Statement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021
We see painful parallels between the America in which King lived and the present day ...
This is America: White Privilege, Black Lives Matter, and Violence at the Capitol
The violence we witnessed in the United States Capitol on January 6 is nothing new. ...
Insidious racism took the form of an American president openly encouraging with “love” violent extremists ...
Will Trump leave in the middle of the night, embarrassed by his four years of crude, rude, lying, and beyond belief incompetence? Or will he be escorted out by a secret service detachment? ...
San Francisco to strip Washington, Lincoln from school names
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and other prominent figures including California Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be removed from 44 San Francisco public schools, a move that stirred debate Wednesday on whether the famously liberal city has taken the national...
Maryland Episcopal church commits 0,000 to reparations
(RNS) — A historic Episcopal church in Baltimore has committed to setting aside 0,000 to reparations, an initiative that will contribute to local racial justice causes.Memorial Episcopal Church also pledged to contribute an additional 0,000 for reparations and justice over five...
Biden's pick for UN post calls China 'a strategic adversary'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Linda Thomas-Greenfield called China “a strategic adversary” that threatens the world and expressed regret at a Senate hearing Wednesday on her nomination as United Nations ambassador for a speech she gave in 2019 that praised China’s initiatives in...
Cannes Film Festival, canceled in 2020, is postponed to July
NEW YORK (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival, canceled altogether last year by the pandemic, is postponing this year's edition from May to July in hopes of having an in-person festival.Cannes organizers announced Wednesday that this year's festival will now take place July 6-17, about two months...
Queen Latifah 'stoked' to land post-Super Bowl slot for show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Queen Latifah thrives on going big. From writing and rapping at the start of her career to being an Oscar-nominated actress to producing, she has upended expectations for years. Her latest chapter comes in the new CBS series "The Equalizer” as the first Black woman...
NFL picks 3 honorary captains, Amanda Gorman for coin toss
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has selected three people who have served during the coronavirus pandemic as honorary captains for the Super Bowl along with inaugural poet Amanda Gorman for an original poem.Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday that educator Trimaine Davis, nurse manager...
The Hammer makes one last trip to spot where he hit No. 715
ATLANTA (AP) — The Hammer made one last trip to the spot where he hit No. 715. After a nearly three-hour...
Oscar-winning, 'irreplaceable' Cloris Leachman dies at 94
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in “The...
In duel with small investors over GameStop, big funds blink
Across most of America, GameStop is just a place to buy a video game. On Wall Street, though, it's become a...
'We owe this to them': Shoah survivors in vaccine spotlight
VIENNA (AP) — Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia got their first dose of a coronavirus...
Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Jewish prayer for the souls of the people murdered in the Holocaust echoed...
New protests as Polish court seals divisive abortion ruling
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — New anti-government protests broke out in Polish cities Wednesday, shortly after the...
The Portland Fighting Fillies Women's Full Contact football team opens their season this Saturday, April 5. Kick-off is slated for 7 p.m. at Milwaukie High School as they take on the Utah Blitz of Salt Lake City. The home opener is Kids Appreciation Day, so all youth 12 and under will receive free admission with the purchase of a general admission ticket.
Ticket prices are $10 general admission, $8 military/senior (65+), children 5 and under are free. Tickets may be purchased at the gate or by emailing [email protected] Milwaukie High School's Stadium, 11300 SE 23rd, Milwaukie, OR 97222
For more information, or questions regarding the team or tickets, please email the Fighting Fillies at [email protected] or call 503-974-4719. Visit the Fillies at www.fightingfillies.com or on Facebook www.facebook.com/fightingfillies
Contact: Cassie Dunsire [email protected] PO Box 66212, Portland OR 97290 Ph.: 503-974-4719
