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Written by Oregon State University

Published: 13 August 2019

 

Oregon State University’s College of Education will host a symposium for educators who will soon be required to teach about the Holocaust under a new Oregon law

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Written by Seattle CityClub

Published: 13 August 2019

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Candidates for seven Seattle City Council district positions will vie for support in September and October in voter-engaged debates hosted by Seattle CityClub

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Written by The Skanner

Published: 12 August 2019

Local author and genealogist Stephen Hanks. 

The next GFO monthly meeting on Saturday, August 17 will feature speaker Stephen Hanks and the presentation “Tracing Your African American Roots to 1619 and Free Persons of Color."

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Written by By Evelyn and Jonathan Richardson

Published: 08 August 2019

Pleasant Hill Family Reunion 2019 (Photo by Antonio Harris)  

Last month, the Pleasant Hill Family Reunion was held in Portland, Oregon

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Written by The Skanner

Published: 07 August 2019

Shanice Clarke 

Shanice Clarke will take the lead in district’s outreach efforts

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Written by Newswire

Published: 05 August 2019

Alice Allison Dunnigan 

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority members were on hand to welcome the statute of their late sorority sister Alice Allison Dunnigan home to her native Russellville, Kentucky over the weekend

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Written by The Skanner

Published: 02 August 2019

Photo courtesy of the City of Portland 

Peavey temporarily replaces Antoinette Edwards, who retired in July

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Written by Portland Bureau of Transportation

Published: 24 July 2019

A line of taxis in downtown Portland. (Photo Courtesy: Flickr/Aaron Parecki) 

The Taxi Incubator program is designed to help minority-owned taxi companies boost their businesses

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Written by Human Rights First

Published: 24 July 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) 

Coalition expresses alarm at the views of many of the Commission on Unalienable Rights' members and noted that the body's stated purpose will harm the global effort to protect the rights of all people.

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Written by Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Published: 22 July 2019

Greta Oglesby (G. K. Marche). Photo by Jenny Graham. 

Nataki Garrett directs Christina Anderson’s exploration the universal act of creation through life, family and art