Nurturing Minds and Better Futures
Mentoring agency is a lift up for youth and adults When Archie Moore first started Young Men of Awareness in 2009, his intention was to help kids, many of whom...
View ArticleVoices against Closures
Neighbors rally for Woodlawn, Vernon schools By Cari Hachmann/ The Portland Observer A crowd of some 200 residents gathered for a protest and meeting at Jefferson High School Saturday to...
View ArticleChief Joseph Tops Closure List
Lastest plan gets a cold shoulder from parents A packed auditorium of parents and students at a Portland School Board meeting Monday night protested against a plan to merge Chief...
View ArticleAll Aboard! Exhibit at History Museum
“All Aboard! Railroading and Portland’s Black Community,” is a new exhibit at the Oregon History Museum featuring old photographs, many of which are featured in Kimblery Sower Moreland’s book,...
View ArticleEmpowering
An untold story to inspire generations By Cari Hachmann/ The Portland Observer Kimberly Stowers Moreland spent a better part of last year sifting through old newspapers and online catalogs, public...
View ArticleToo Long Ignored
Law student’s black history discovery By Cari Hachmann/ The Portland Observer It was the summer of 2004, third-year Lewis & Clark College law student Charles Neal was reading an American...
View ArticleEnduring Courage
Generations follow first black families By Jane Elder Wulff After Pearl Harbor, when Henry J. Kaiser built his shipyards in Vancouver and north Portland, workers poured in from all over...
View ArticleFirst Families Support NAACP
The book First Families of Vancouver’s African American Families is currently available for $20 with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Vancouver NAACP Branch #1139. The civil rights organization...
View ArticleScholarship Benefits Portland Teen
Achieving success at Canadian boarding school Paris Lowe is making the most of her experience at one of Canada’s top boarding schools. Lowe was an 8th grader at St. Andrew...
View ArticleNew Front for Jefferson
Carl Flipper’s inspiration coming true By Cari Hachmann/ The Portland Observer Carl Flipper believed that Jefferson High School should exhibit a sense of pride in its surroundings. Designed by Morris...
View ArticlePreps for Disaster
Work needed to protect life and property By Cari Hachmann/ The Portland Observer March is Earthquake Awareness Month in Oregon. It also marks the month a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake...
View ArticleOpportunity Down Under
Athlete grows support for Australia trip De La Salle North Catholic junior Mariah Agnew has been invited to spend a week this summer participating in Australia’s Down Under International Games....
View ArticleNew Presidents for PCC, Mt. Hood
Colleges fill jobs for top post The Portland Community College and Mt. Hood Community College districts have named new presidents for their respective institutions. The PCC Board of Directors last...
View ArticleAmerican Dreamer
From Iraq to Portland area entrepreneur By Donovan M. Smith/The Portland Observer “The American Dream” in today’s America is not easily defined, but when someone is chasing...
View ArticleScience Club Works to Clean Up the Air
Roosevelt students respond to poor air quality report By Donovan M. Smith/The Portland Observer It is safe to say Portland is becoming known worldwide for our progressive values, politically, socially,...
View ArticleGrant Pride
Ndamukong Suh and Nike team up for track and field NFL superstar Ndamukong Suh returned back to his native Grant High School bearing gifts. Suh through his Ndamukong Suh Family...
View ArticleArt for King Elementary
Auction to draw support with music, food With a tremendous leap in student achievement, and reinvigorated arts program, King Elementary certainly has a lot to dance about these days. That...
View ArticleEnduring Courage
Generations follow first black families By Jane Elder Wulff After Pearl Harbor, when Henry J. Kaiser built his shipyards in Vancouver and north Portland, workers poured in from all over...
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