It was a time to celebrate. Twenty-five years of working with youth, 25 years of community partnerships, 25 years of developing thousands of productive citizens.
The party in the park last Sunday commemorated Self Enhancement Inc.'s beginnings in 1981, when Tony Hopson and his friends began a basketball camp and talked to the teen-age participants about life. That camp turned into Self Enhancement Inc.

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The members of Praise-n-Action make a joyful noise at the recent St. Johns Community Day Celebration. The event, hosted by St. Johns All Nations Church of God in Christ, featured classic cars, vendors and live music for a positive focus on the community.

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Nearly 300 grandmothers from sub-Saharan Africa and Canada shared wisdom and tears last Sunday at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada.
The three-day gathering of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign culminated with a march and rally, and the African grannies celebrated with song and dance.

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The Portland Development Commission, which has been criticized by some City Council members recently for failing to pay prevailing wages on many of its projects, will examine whether it should adopt a prevailing wage policy. A decision is expected in November.
PDC commissioners decided Wednesday to study the prevailing wage issue, which was the focus of a recent Multnomah County Circuit Court ruling and is before the Oregon State Court of Appeals.
Proposed by the PDC staff, the study will examine the differences in wage standards established by the federal government and the average market wages locally for specific construction trades.
It also will explore how minority- and women-owned construction companies would be affected if they are required to include prevailing wage rates in their bids for PDC projects.
"Minority contracting issues are very high on our list of priorities," said Rochelle Lessner, policy and public affairs director for the PDC. "What we want to hear is how it (establishing a prevailing wages rate policy) would affect minority contractors. The issue has been raised as a concern."