Portland Public Schools Superintendent Carole Smith is calling for community members to join a citizens' committee to on student enrollment and transfer issues.
The district says the panel will explore both the policies and practice around school choice, enrollment and transfer, with topics such as priority and preferences in the school choice lottery, guarantees in student assignment and other important issues....

Black Americans have a higher occurrence of colon polyps, according to a new study. This is a significant finding considering the incidence of colon cancer among Black men has increased and remained unchanged among black women during the last 20 years....

Oregon Partnership's 24-hour crisis lines are reflecting the stress and strain of an economy that sees more people out of work, homeowners unable to pay their mortgages, and families worried about their savings.
"It stands to reason that when the unemployment rate goes up and prices do too, so does the tension level for more....

Janice Clayton joined an enthusiastic crowd of Obama supporters at a meeting of people interested in helping with a voter registration drive. The meeting, organized by African Americans for Obama, was held Sept. 20 at the NW African American Museum. Participants were recruited for canvassing and phone banking. For more information contact Kerry Wade at 206-931-4432.

In September, Garfield High School celebrated their re-opening as a new modernized school focused on the needs of its students. Even as a grand re-opening of a historical community institution is celebrated, the recent NAACP Education Conference highlighted the continuing gaps and inequality that exist throughout the educational system for minority students....

Mix international award-winning dancers with Seattle's world music champions, add a stage director/story teller who pioneered diversity training, bring on a thousand-year-old griot and what do you have?  Comedy, drama, pageantry and all the magic of "Ozya: An Urban Odyssey." On Oct. 25, at 7:30 pm, the Rainier Valley Cultural Center presents...

What's happening for you in Seattle this week? Read here a day-by-day diary of free community events to fill your spare time. For a full calendar please click on "Read the complete article" below.…

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Park(ing) Day, a "one-day, global event to highlight the need for more urban open space, rethink the way green space can happen, and improve the quality of urban human habitat." SEEDArts and volunteers from the Gateway Project helped organize the event on Sept. 19.

William Milton Bentley, Sr., died on Sept. 17. He was 88. William was born on Sept. 11, 1924 to Bee Bentley, Sr. and Underee (Howell) Bentley in Stephenville, Texas. ...