Residents of one of the most diverse low-income housing developments in Seattle face an uncertain future, and one church is encouraging a dialogue.
The Rainier Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation hosts "The Future of Yesler Terrace:  A Forum and Panel Discussion" on Saturday, June 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Rainier UU Center, 835 Yesler Way, at the corner of Yesler and Broadway. ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation, King County, Port of Seattle, and Sound Transit are seeking comments on their proposed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goals. ...

Former Georgia Congresswoman and current Power to the People presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney (center) is greeted by Seattle NAACP President James Bible (left) and Community Activist KL Shannon (right) at an NAACP public hearing on police misconduct on June 12 at Rainier Beach Community Center. McKinney made a speech on the subject. Subsequent hearings will be held in West Seattle (June 26, Freedom Missionary Church of Seattle, 9601 35th Ave. SW) and the University District (American Friends Service Committee, 814 NE 40th St.).

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) -- Eighteen-year-old Nick Jensen had a message for Nebraska Democrats in Fremont on Saturday: Don't ignore the young people.
Others complained minorities wouldn't be well-represented in the delegation Nebraska sends to the Democratic National Convention.
"I don't believe the delegates represent my age group or race," said Ashley Adams, 24, of Omaha, who is Black. "I feel like my voice is not being heard and I'm not being represented."
Adams and Jensen were among 450 Nebraskans at the state Party's convention who were vying for 24 spots as delegates to the national convention in Denver in August.
Jensen, of Norfolk, withdrew his name to support other young hopefuls in the 1st District, and was disappointed when they didn't win.
"We have the most to lose and the most to gain from this election," said Jensen, who will be a sophomore at New York University this year....

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday he is pulling out of this week's presidential runoff because of mounting violence and intimidation against his supporters.
Tsvangirai announced his decision during a news conference in Zimbabwe's capital after thousands of militants loyal to President Robert Mugabe blockaded the site of the opposition's main campaign rally.
"We can't ask the people to cast their vote ... when that vote will cost their lives. We will no longer participate in this violent sham of an election"' he said. "Mugabe has declared war, and we will not be part of that war."...

The Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. hosted an Atlanta 'Dream Dinner' Thursday night at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta in support of the four-acre memorial soon to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.   The Memorial Foundation presented Dr. Christine King Farris, author and Dr. King's sister, and Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., Dr. King's nephew and President and CEO of the King Center in Atlanta, with a miniature replica of the Stone of Hope, the centerpiece of the Memorial.  
"The King Family wholeheartedly supports the National Memorial and the artist who is sculpting a portion of it," said Isaac Newton Farris, Jr.  "It is the first national memorial to a peaceful and non violent warrior on the National Mall. Generations to come need examples of confrontation and boldness. Dr. King was confrontational and it is appropriate that he be portrayed in that way."

The Skanner photographer Julie Keefe, in collaboration with the arts nonprofit training organization Caldera, has just completed the largest public art project in Oregon history.
"Hello Neighbor" put cameras in the hands of teenagers over half the state – and the resulting artwork is currently hung on gigantic prints hung outdoors in neighborhoods from Madras to Northeast Killingsworth Avenue.
"I have lived in this neighborhood for decades, and have only in the last six or seven years faced the gentrification issues," Keefe said. ...

The case of an Oregon Youth Authority official who allegedly stole state property and used incarcerated youth to remodel his kitchen has drawn the scrutiny of state lawmakers down on the entire youth incarceration system.
A review of the incident is underway, and legislators are calling on the youth authority to report its findings to a legislative committee in July.
However The Oregonian obtained documents and police reports earlier this month detailing the "sociopathic" activities of Darrin Humphreys, former warden at RiverBend and MacLaren youth detention centers.
"There have been complaints about management at OYA," Rep. Chip Shields, D-Portland, told The Skanner. "There have been very significant scandals within the last four years. ...

Dr. Alvin Poussaint remains positive that African Americans will improve their health. Through a combination of cultural ignorance, prejudice and misunderstanding, doctors continue to treat African Americans differently than their White counterparts.
Nevertheless, Poussaint says African Americans need to take some responsibility for their own health problems.
The renowned psychiatrist, author and television consultant, speaks in Portland for the 18th annual Saward Lecture. . ...

For several years after he finished college, Antjuan Tolbert worked without getting a paycheck. He provided local businesses and organizations marketing and design work, and they helped him in different ways – by spreading his name and work throughout the community.
"It's the natural law of compensation," he said.
On Saturday, along with business partners Mackenzie Doyle and Roy Shryne, Tolbert celebrated the grand opening of Empyrean Perspectives, a business specializing in web and graphic design.  ...