2030: The Road Before Us

2009's Green Day Forum will assemble thought leaders to discuss cutting-edge strategies to guide the building industry towards meeting AIA's 2030 Challenge of achieving carbon neutrality.

Professionals from the building, design and real estate industries, as well as policy makers, educators, and students should attend this event. Green Day Forum is limited to 100 participants and takes place at Earth Advantage Institute’s National Center. Last year’s Green Day Forum sold out, so we encourage you to register early.

December 4, 2009 7:30am - 6:30pm

For more information or to register visit www.greendayforum.org

George Naughton, Director of the Budget and Management Division of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, will join Steve Novick, a political activist, attorney and former US Department of Justice litigator, to discuss Oregon’s state budget on Tuesday, November 10 at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the Multnomah County Building, 501 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland. The event is free, and the public is invited to attend.

Please join us for these free estate planning classes that cover health care directives, guardianship, conservatorship, probate, powers of attorney, wills and living trusts. All are conducted by Richard B. Schneider, attorney and author, as part of the following community programs:

WED 11.04.09 1-2:30P Vancouver LUEPKE CENTER: Tea & Topic

SAT 11.07.09 10:30-12P N OVERLOOK HOUSE

MON 11.09.09 1:30-3P SE/Gladstone GLADSTONE SENIOR CENTER

WED 11.11.09 6:30-7:45P SW CAPITOL HILL LIBRARY

THU 11.12.09 12-1P Hillsboro SHUTE PARK AQUATIC & REC CENTER

SUN 11.15.09 2-3:30P SE MIDLAND LIBRARY

Devra Augusson Education and Public Affairs Coordinator

Inspiration. Discovery. Enrichment. Connection.

Come celebrate cultural diversity through stories. 6 storytellers will share stories that reflect their own cultural background, customs, or family traditions. Following the scheduled speakers, there will be time set aside for open sharing from the community.

Saturday, November 7th

12:30pm-3:30pm

Friendly House 1737 NW 26th Avenue Portland, OR 97210 Trimet Bus #15

Free and open to all. Transportation, interpretation, and child care is available upon request.

Please let us know if you plan on attending by Monday, November 2nd to [email protected] or 503.546.7499.

Hosted by Community Outreach of Our United Villages. www.ourunitedvillages.org

Description: Please join American Red Cross for a presentation on disaster preparedness. Every year disaster strikes our country in the form of earthquake, flood, fire, heat wave, drought and even pandemic flu. Are you prepared? The more you have planned ahead of time, the more calm and reassured you will be during an emergency. Learn from the people that respond to these disasters how to build a kit, make a plan and be informed.

Location: Tryon Creek State Natural Area, 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, OR 97219

Friends of Tryon Creek State Park 501(c)(3) 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, OR 97219 503-636-9886 ext. 222 or 225

A Journey of Re-entry, Relationship, and Stories: Make Re-entry a Reality

Date: November 14, 2009, Saturday

Location: Mallory Avenue Community Enrichment Center (MACE)

126 NE Alberta, Portland, OR 97211

Schedule: 1-2 pm Light Lunch

2-4 pm Program

4-5 pm Social Hour

Position Opening Community Solutions is seeking a part time (less than 19 hours per week) Employment and Training Specialist to provide job search assistance to TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) clients in a resource room environment.

Compensation $18.40 per hour

Hours Monday-Thursday TBD- not to exceed 18.5 hours per week

The Leadership Institute of Seattle (http://www.lios.org/) is seeking requests from Executive Directors, managers and project leaders that would benefit from having a supervised team of students consult with them. This consultation is provided pro bono, or free of charge, in exchange for your providing a learning opportunity for consulting team members. We are in the process of identifying and qualifying projects for three teams that will begin consulting in February 2010.

Technology Assistance Grant for Portland Nonprofits – Extended to November 6th. 

The deadline for applying for Mobile Citizen's Technology Assistance Grant has been extended to November 6th. Organizations can request up to 25 accounts as a part of this grant. All grant recipients will receive significantly reduced-price CLEAR accounts from Mobile Citizen, giving them access to the Internet with the most advanced, reliable and secure broadband service available today. Additionally, this grant provides multiple free technology support services to further assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission.

For more information or to apply, visit www.mobilecitizen.org/grantportland. Apply soon! Kecia Carroll 720.933.0848 --

An Experiential Training and Personal Growth Workshop

October 30-November 1, 2009

There is no doubt that loss is hard for anyone to deal with—whether the loss is of a loved person, a dear pet, a relationship exemplifying hopes and dream, a job, a home, physical capacity, innocence itself. In this workshop we will create the container for healing grief from any cause, allowing for attaching more completely and lovingly to self and others, and moving on with an intention of living life well.

Perhaps you’ve seen our crew leader training posters at your favorite coffee shop and wondered whether this is the year? Well, time is running out on registering for one of our (free) upcoming trainings!

Crew leaders are critically important to the success of our Neighborhood Trees and Green Space Initiative programs. They lead teams of volunteers, ensuring the trees are being planted correctly and in the appropriate locations, and that the team is working well together.

At the training, you’ll learn more about our programs and urban forestry in general, as well as how to plant trees, lead teams and become a rock star volunteer. You’ll receive snacks, lunch and even a coveted Friends of Trees “Tree Team” t-shirt.

Adelante Mujeres’ small business development program, Adelante Empresas, is seeking volunteers to mentor a small Latino/a business. Our mentoring program is a way for professionals with business experiences to work one-on-one with an entrepreneur and share their knowledge in a way that expands the entrepreneur’s capacity while providing a valuable opportunity for the volunteer to give back to the community.

Currently, we are in need of mentors with the following skills:

-Marketing and finding clients in a low or no cost way (“Guerilla marketing”)

Are you looking to take your birding to another level?  Can you identify birds by sight and sound?

The StreamTeam is looking for intermediate to advanced birders to collect important data on wading bird populations in Clark County.  Become a part of a network of birders working to assess local bird populations. 

Wading bird orientation will be held on Saturday, October 31st for interested birders to learn how to collect data, visit sites and be a part of this effort!  

Volunteers make their own monitoring schedule within set protocols.   

Classroom Law Project (CLP) is in great need of professional volunteer Escorts to help make our Youth Summit on Tuesday, November 3 at Portland State University run as smoothly as possible!  The time commitment is only 9:15am – 11:45am.

Escorts are responsible for: leading Speakers between their hearing room and the headquarter room assisting the Speaker and Facilitator as needed during the session