What can you do to fight racism? Why are people poor?  Why are so many people of color in prison?  
Organizers with the American Friends Service Committee and the Peoples' Institute for Survival and Beyond have answers, and they're holding their annual Freedom School to teach youth about their history and their community power.
The Freedom School is scheduled July 21 through 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Beacon Hill in Seattle.
The goal is to empower young people to learn about racism and organize to undo it. ...

U.S. Army Assistant Secretary Ronald James – the highest-ranking African American – will be keynote speaker and preside over the official ceremonies in Seattle to restore the military honors of dozens of African American soldiers wrongfully convicted in the Fort Lawson murder of an Italian prisoner of war in 1944. ...

Oregon has a long history of racism and discrimination.
While present-day Oregon is known for a self-congratulating liberal image, Portland State University Professor Darrell Milner says truth is often the casualty. "You don't appreciate the origins of racism in Oregon," he said.
A newly released documentary will help uncover those ugly truths.
In 1991, broadcast journalist Jon Tuttle created "Local Color," a film that chronicled the little known history of the people involved in the struggle for civil rights in Oregon. The film, produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, saw only a handful of showings over the next 17 years ...

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Allegiance Athletic Club of Northeast Portland swept their regional championships in Spokane, and now 47 youths are headed to the Junior Olympics National Championships in Omaha, Neb., July 22 through 28. However the group, which trains at the old Whitaker High School track, doesn't have enough funds to pay every athlete's way ...

The Portland Community Media Board of Directors has announced that Sylvia McDaniel will assume the role of executive director, effective July 14.
McDaniel will take the helm of Portland's biggest cable access television network after a 10 year absence from the area.
"I am passionate about what community media stands for," she said. "At PCM, we connect to communities and value one's right to be heard."

Mayor Tom Potter and Pastor Mary Overstreet relax at Irving Park after working together at the Annual People of Purpose Associates Re-Tilling the Soil event July 12. Groups tidied up Cornerstone Community Church, Jefferson High School and the Mallory Apartments in North Portland.

Jennifer J.W. Doncan (right) gives an award to Mariah Taylor for her work with the Jefferson High School Senior Class CommUnity Quilt Project at an awards ceremony for volunteers who have assisted in many of Doncan's projects. Doncan is the founder and coordinator of the quilt project, the Jefferson Multicultural Film Festival and the Crossing Borders Award. The CommUnity Quilt Project calls on members of the community to build a themed quilt for each senior class at JHS, which will be auctioned off during the 10 year reunion. The money from the auction will be put toward a scholarship for a Jefferson student.

CINCINNATI (NNPA) — As Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 99th convention Wednesday, he sounded as though he realizes that he will never be more popular than Barack Obama among Black voters.
"I am a candidate that seeks your vote and hopes to earn it," McCain said. "But whether or not I win your support, I need your goodwill and your counsel and should I succeed, I'll need it all the more."
McCain offered thickly spread compliments to the civil rights organization, calling it "an association that means more to me than any other," despite a pattern of eschewing its outreach to candidates during the primaries and opposition to its policies.
In somewhat sheepish tones, McCain began his speech with an apology for snubbing the NAACP's presidential debate last year. 
"I hope you'll excuse me for passing on the opportunity at your convention last year and not being here," he said. "As you may recall, I was a bit distracted with dealing with what reporters called an implosion in my campaign, but I'm glad you invited me again." McCain also declined to address the convention in 2000 when he was a presidential candidate....