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The modest building that houses the Terry Family Funeral Home in North Portland might seem an unlikely place to bear a bronze plaque from the National Register of Historic Places. Just 71 years old, it is an unassuming, single-story gray building that blends in with unremarkable midcentury architecture around it. But on July 10, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), co-chair of the U.S. Congress’s Historic Preservation Caucus, presented the building’s owners with the coveted placard indicating that 2337 North Williams Avenue is of great importance to the history of the local Black community, the city’s (unofficial) chapter of the Black Panthers – and to this very paper.
The Skanner News - Vibrant History of Dr John D Marshall Building Recorded in National Register of Historic Places
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Vickers is a mother of two and a fourth generation Black Portlander, who for over 15 years has advocated for and served the kids who have historically been marginalized and systematically denied opportunities to thrive. She has deep organizing, activism, and leadership experience supporting students and families throughout the Portland Metro area in a variety of roles including general and special education teacher, district climate coach, assistant principal, student services supervisor, principal, school director, and executive director of student services. Vickers has demonstrated strong passion for building and changing systems and interrupting inequities, and she brings clear understanding of the intersectional oppressions families experience to all of her work.