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This is the final episode in a ten-part series. Today we meet a successful woman with native American roots, Loretta Guzman. Loretta had a vision, and it came to her in a dream in the form of a bison, and now she operates a coffee shop on Cully in Northeast … Then, to wrap things up, we’ll briefly revisit a few of our earlier episodes and sum up some lessons learned along the way from Portland’s entrepreneurs and business advisors.
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 9
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This is the ninth in a ten-part series. Today we visit Portland's Mercado, an innovative showplace for food and culture. This show features Gaudencia Felipe of Mixteca Catering.
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 8
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This is the eighth in a team-part series This show features caterer Yvette Penson of Sweet Temptations.
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 7
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This seventh show features Michelle Sanders and Miguel Salinas of Attic Journals..
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 6
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This sixth show features Juiie Derrick, owner of JD Shoes..
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 5
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In this fifth episode of a ten-part series, we meet Dimas Diaz, a man who sells commercial insurance. He tells us about his origins in Cuba and travels to Portland via Florida.
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 4
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This fourth show features MinNefer Menakhem, owner of Dirty Bastard.
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 3
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This is the third in the DI Squared series….a ten-part weekly feature of KBOO News on entrepreneurs of color in the Portland area.
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DI Squared: Dream It, Do It, Episode 2
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This is the second in a series of ten shows on entrepreneurs in Portland. In this episode we feature Christian Kofi and his wife Natalya, founders of Portland Movers.
info_outlineThis is the fifth of ten episodes in the KBOO Evening News Series, Sex4Sale. This time we’re talking about the laws and regulations that affect the sex industry here in Portland. What are those laws and are they working?
The FBI is at the center of investigations of trafficking and sex crimes that cross state lines. Here’s Agent Biehen on the Bureau’s focus on minors, both male and female:
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The FBI gives something called “Title 18” authority” to the local police:
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The US Department of Justice has a Violent Crimes Unit that gets involved in sex trafficking, a subject well be discussing in more detail in the next episode of this series:
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Keep in mind that if you travel overseas to engage in trafficking, you can face federal charges here in the Portland when you get back:
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The Portland Police Bureau is dealing with local issues most often related to prostitution.
The police say that they focus on eliminating demand:
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Given that most prostitution now is internet-based, we wondered how they deal with that:
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So the Portland police follow what’s called “the Nordic model,’ going after customers. That sounds enlightened, was our reaction. But wait, here’s a different viewpoint:
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There’s also a problem in the language here, and it’s one that can lead to confusion:
The Portland Police have decided to relabel “pimping” as “trafficking.” They don’t like the word “pimp” because they feel that it suggests a lifestyle that’s has been glamorized in pop culture and that should be rejected at every opportunity:
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This may seem like semantics but how we use the word trafficking is important. Here’s Red Reid, an escort and activist, on this distinction:
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Couldn’t the PPB have chosen another word for pimp instead of trafficker, a word that didn’t mislead and confuse the public? How about “procurer?” How about hustler, panderer, whoremonger…anything but “trafficker”!
One other criticism that Red makes of the PPB has to do with what could be called “profiling:”
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This is a consistent error the police make with transgenders but it also happens with people of color. A certain “look” can get you attention you don’t want.
And we’d like your feedback. At the end of this series we’ll do a full episode in which you get to speak your mind on this subject. If you have a comment or question about the series or about the sex trade, we’d like to hear it. Call the KBOO Newsroom at 503-231-8032 ext. 202 and we’ll hear you out and put you on the air.
One of the worst crimes in the industry, and the one that seems to get the most attention, is that of “trafficking.” We talked about it here in connection with prostitution, but it has a specific meaning. Is it the most important crime in the sex industry? Is trafficking a form of slavery? We’ll take those issues on in our next episode.