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Remembering Barry Washington

The shooting of a 22-year-old Black man sheds light on people’s experiences of racism in Central Oregon
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Hundreds of people attended vigils to honor Barry Washington, Jr. Sept. 22 and 23 in Bend, just days after police say he was shot and killed by Ian Cranston outside of The Capitol, a Bend nightclub, Sept. 19. Washington’s family and friends also organized a vigil at Benicia Park in Benicia, California, close to where […]

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Moving Forward Together 🎧 (with podcast)

A chat with our 2019 Woman of the Year and the founder of the Love Your Neighbor project
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Erika McCalpine, a business professor at Oregon State University-Cascades, was our 2019 Woman of the Year. This February, McCalpine and the Source launched the Love Your Neighbor project, highlighting the experiences and voices of people of color in Central Oregon. This week, I sat down with McCalpine to talk about this moment in history. Source […]

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Letters to the Editor

Republican Senators AWOL…Again, Racism, Legislators who flee and Knopp and Racism
The Source Staff

In Response to, “Republican Senators AWOL…Again,” on 6/21 I’m a lifelong Democrat, but Kate Brown and Tina Kotek are anti-democratic zealots and are running roughshod over the Statewide Planning Goal #1 — Citizen Involvement. Their HB 2001 bill (and others) is a complete power grab that would do away with all single-family neighborhoods in Oregon […]

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Letters to the Editor

The Source Staff

Guest Opinion The Canary and The Coal Mine I am deeply honored by the voters of Bend-La Pine for their confidence in me as a School Board Member. I look forward to the next four years, developing agency, belonging and equity in our schools. Rather than wait to be sworn in, I am starting that […]

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Letters to the Editor

The Source Staff

Fear-Based legislation, HB3063 doesn’t uphold Oregon values! As it stands, Oregon will be losing over 900 teachers statewide (15 in Bend) and three school days in the current 2019-20 biennial state budget. HB3063 will impact roughly 31,000 students. That could mean an additional loss to school budgets of over $403,000,000. Under HB3063, our public charter, […]

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Calls to Action on Race

As Central Oregon’s diversity increases, are local schools doing enough to address racist incidents among students and staff?
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During the 2017-18 school year, Bend-La Pine Schools’ student population was 82 percent white, according to Oregon Department of Education statistics, making the non-white student population roughly 18 percent. Compare that to the 1997-98 school year, when the district had a “minority population” of 4.3 percent, and it’s clear demographics are changing. With 18,064 students, […]

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Measure 105: Vote No

Repeals Oregon’s sanctuary law
The Source Editorial Board

Oregon doesn’t have the most admirable history when it comes to systemic racism, but now, and never, is it time to engage in even more of it. Put forth by a group of three Republican Oregon lawmakers, Measure 105 seeks to repeal the 1987 Oregon law that forbids state agencies, including law enforcement, from using […]

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Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing Selected as the 2017 Community Read

Deschutes Public Library Foundation reveals the next “A Novel Idea” selection at annual public celebration in Bend
Hayley Jo Murphy

“Homegoing,” the first novel from author Yaa Gyasi, has been announced as the selected book for The Deschutes Public Library “2017 A Novel Idea” program. Now in its 13th year, “A Novel Idea…Read Together” is the largest community read program in Oregon. The program gives residents of Central Oregon a common forum to discover culture, discuss ideas […]

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