CASHMERE — “Dedicated to the preservation of early style acoustic music,” the Cashmere Community Concerts flier stated, promoting Portland bluegrass band Thunder Ridge for a show this weekend.
Starday is both a nostalgic throwback to the sorts of dives us Old Portland curmudgeons so deeply miss, and a reminder that such places are still out there if you know where to look.
Former PSU professor says surviving hate crimes cost her her job
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Crystallee Crain has spent her entire adult life trying to create a transformative experience for students and chip away at racism s roots in America, through higher education.
After moving to Portland, she found herself a victim of a culture she was hired to help combat.
Crain started working at Portland State University in 2018 as an assistant professor in the school s Child and Youth Family Studies program. She came with a robust background in higher education and social work. Even before earning a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, she already had years of teaching under her belt. She started working as a professor at just 22.