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Portland Activist Bonnie Tinker Dies in Bike Accident in Virginia

Sad, terrible news for us all. Bonnie Tinker was killed Thursday in a bicycle accident while attending a religious event at Virgina Tech University in Virginia.
Tinker was a peace promoter, lesbian activist,an abuse survivor and director of Love Makes a Family. In 2008, she was arrested for protesting at the downtown Portland Armed Forces Recruiting Cent

I've included a link to the Oregonian article, but at this point little is known about the accident, except that she was struck and then run over by a dump truck on or near the campus.
Devastating.............

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