State-Of-Black-Oregon-2015

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+ CONTENTSIntroduction 10SECTION 1: CHILDREN & YOUTHChapter 1 14 RACE & SURROUNDINGSEssay 1 16 How Social Justice Can Lift Up Black Healthby Lawrence Wallack and Latricia TillmanEssay 2 20 Poverty, Trauma & the Mental Health of Black Youthby Dr. Alisha Moreland-CapuiaCase Study 1 22 Lydia Serves Her Community With a Trauma-Informed ApproachCase Study 2 24 African & African American Community Health WorkersHealing Ourselves & Our Communities28 Policy ActionsChapter 2 30 PROTECT & EDUCATEEssay 3 32 The Power of Imageby Kali Thorne LaddEssay 4 34 Rebuilding Strong Supports for Our Youthby Dalton Miller-JonesEssay 5 38 Tackling Inequity Head-Onby Keva M. MillerCase Study 3 40 Fighting For Her Children’s Education & Redefining RespectCase Study 4 42 Trailblazing a Pathway to Diversity & EducationCase Study 5 44 African American Rites of Passage ProgramBuilds Pride in Lane CountyOregon Snapshot 46 Cultural Identity Helps Bi-Racial Youth Navigate Rural Oregon50 Policy Actions6
Chapter 3 52 PREPARE, SUPPORT & EMPLOYEssay 6 54 Creating Opportunities in Schools & Higher Educationby Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh and Kwadwo S. Alex-AssensohEssay 7 56 Preparing Black Youth for the Workforceby Heather FichtCase Study 6 58 Making Education Affordable Should Be Common SenseCase Study 7 60 Informal Supports Help Elton Cody Write His Own StoryOregon Snapshot 62 “Don’t Forget About Central Oregon, Because We’re Here”66 Policy ActionsSECTION 2: ADULTHOODChapter 4 70 SECURITY & WELL-BEINGEssay 8 72 An Economic Justice Foundation to Healthby Rachael BanksEssay 9 74 Holistic Solutions for Inclusionby john a. powellSurvey 76 Black Immigrants & Refugees, Community SurveyCase Study 8 78 Belinda Jiles Is Connecting Generations,Health & EmploymentCase Study 9 82 Walking, Tall, Black & Proud in AshlandOregon Snapshots 84 Documenting Environmental Inequity86 Improving Data Collection for BlackLGBTQ Oregonians88 In Astoria, Kemboi Chesimet GetsMost of His Support Over the Phone90 Policy Actions7
Page 1 and 2: STATE OFBLACKOREGON2015
Page 5: FOREWORDThe State of Black Oregon 2
Page 8 and 9: ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe gratefully acknow
Page 12 and 13: Chapter 5 92 GROWING A WORKFORCEEss
Page 14 and 15: INTRODUCTIONSTATE OF BLACK OREGON 2
Page 17 and 18: SECTION 1CHILDREN& YOUTHCHAPTER 1 1
Page 19 and 20: ACTION VISIONThe best way to streng
Page 21 and 22: FAMILY-BASED CARE AND SUPPORTAll fa
Page 23 and 24: CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR BLACK MOTHERSP
Page 25 and 26: interface with these stressed syste
Page 28 and 29: CASE STUDY 2AFRICAN & AFRICAN AMERI
Page 30 and 31: HOUSING AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATION
Page 32 and 33: POLICY ACTIONSThe best way to stren
Page 34 and 35: CHAPTER 2PROTECT & EDUCATEFor Black
Page 36 and 37: ESSAY 3THE POWER OF IMAGEKali Thorn
Page 38: ESSAY 4REBUILDING STRONG SUPPORTSFO
Page 41 and 42: REROUTING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPE
Page 43 and 44: “We have a powerful potential in
Page 46: CASE STUDY 4TRAILBLAZING A PATHWAY
Page 49 and 50: graders, mostly from Lane County. A
Page 52 and 53: BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT IN MULTNOMAH
Page 54 and 55: POLICY ACTIONSEvery child should be
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Page 58 and 59: ESSAY 6CREATING OPPORTUNITIES INSCH
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ESSAY 7PREPARING BLACK YOUTHFOR THE
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CASE STUDY 6MAKING EDUCATION AFFORD
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OREGON SNAPSHOT“DON’T FORGET AB
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De Marcus Preston, community non-vi
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“Where there isno vision, there i
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CHAPTER 4SECURITY AND WELL-BEINGEmp
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ESSAY 8AN ECONOMIC JUSTICEFOUNDATIO
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ESSAY 9HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS FORINCLUS
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BLACK IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES,COMMUNI
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CASE STUDY 8BELINDA JILES IS CONNEC
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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESIn Oregon13
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point—you decide to acquiesce. Yo
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PERCENT OF POPULATION LIVING WITHIN
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data since the 1980s. The data are
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A coach in area high schools for si
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“We are caught in aninescapable n
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ACTION VISIONAs the Oregon private
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community-based and collaborative s
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Kimberlin ButlerPresident, Urban Le
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Building to offer real apprenticesh
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Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian say
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Work-Ready Communities, we must fir
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ACTION VISIONStrengthening financia
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Stephen Green at theOregon Public H
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INTERGENERATIONAL CHANGES, INTERGEN
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UPWARD MOBILITY43%of Americans born
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participants in a White supremacist
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Kayin and Cleo Davis of SoapboxTheo
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this also limited his productivity.
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Much of the town’s economy depend
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“What the peoplewant is very simp
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SECTION 3COMMUNITYCHAPTER 7 132PROT
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ACTION VISIONUrban renewal, law enf
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Dr. Lisa K. Bates at the work siteo
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A BLACK-CENTEREDAPPROACHTO PLANNING
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JUVENILE JUSTICEIn Oregon, Black yo
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TAKING ACTION FOR BLACK IMMIGRANT &
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3. Appropriate discipline, includin
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There are also tensions left over f
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Gwendolyn does, however, see potent
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she was 6 years old, and her father
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• Adopting of the HUD mandate toA
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ELECTORAL POLITICS• Elect decisio
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ehind educationally and being expel
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OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO CIVIC ENGAGE
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encouraging other news outlets to a
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DIRECT SERVICEDEFINITION: This appr
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APPENDICES171
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APPENDIX AREPORT FRAMING, POLICY AC
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10. Oregon’s school-to-prison pip
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CHAPTER 61. United States Census Bu
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DemographicsOregon Profile Black #
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Median Household Income (change ove
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Arrests and Incarceration Black Whi
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School Profile Black White Of Color
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Foster Care and Adoption Black Whit
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Health Outcomes Black White SourceC
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APPENDIX DBLACK OLDER ADULTS FOCUS
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APPENDIX FMETHODOLOGY AND LIMITATIO
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