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Rue Mapp's OutdoorAfro.com blazes trails through the web

Rue Mapp travels around the country as a blogger for her website, www.OutdoorAfro.com. But just this year her efforts at encouraging more people to get active and shape a relationship with nature has taken off, with invitations to the White House and an advisory role on Fist Lady Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move' initiative

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Coordinators see this as an event that will ultimately inspire students to be leaders in their schools

In recent years, as Portland has seen the loss of organizations for youth of color, Black Student Unions have taken on greater importance in instilling cultural awareness and encouraging young people to be leaders.

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Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalis share their stories and find common ground

Somalis, Eritreans and Ethiopians have come to the United States to escape war and famine. They share land and history, but their stories and their identities are very different  

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Movement's next step is unclear after drawn-out confrontation in which several injuries were reported

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- In the hours after the midnight Saturday eviction deadline in Portland, the anti-Wall Street protesters and their supporters had flooded the park area. At one point, the crowd swelled to thousands. As dawn arrived, riot police had retreated and most of the crowds had gone home, but protesters who have been at the two parks since Oct. 6 were still there, prompting one organizer to declare the night a victory for the movement.

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Protesters say the camps were solving problems not creating them

The Occupy Portland protest must pack up its downtown camp by Saturday Nov. 13 at midnight or be evicted. Mayor Sam Adams announced the decision Thursday morning along with Portland police chief Mike Reese and Commissioner Nick Fish.

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According to Brandi Tuck, executive director of Portland Family Solutions, homelessness has increased by 35 percent in just the past two years

Winter is coming early and the City of Portland is preparing for how it will combat historic homelessness.

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Gary Younge of The Guardian, Professor Geneva Gay, Gary Okihiro and more…

Multiculturalism is under attack. In Norway a fanatical anti-immigrant claimed multiculturalism was behind his killing spree. And German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed 'Multiculturalism is Dead'. What's really going on? Hear from the experts at this Lewis & Clark seminar 

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Inspired by opportunities and empowered by knowledge

More than 14,000 high school students converged on the Oregon Convention Center, Nov. 6 and 7, to attend the 2011 Portland National College Fair.

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