Concrete Houses of Portland

Saturday June 26, 2010 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Tickets: $18 [AHC Members: $13]

http://www.visitahc.org/content/concrete-houses-portland

Please join the YWCA of Greater Portland this Saturday night, June 26, 2010, at 8pm as we welcome Portland's next generation of leaders to a night of karaoke (judged by local celebrities), free delicious food, and yummy cocktails at Wieden + Kennedy.

At OffKey 2010, you will be able to rock out for a great cause! As we enter a time of economic and social change, the YWCA of Greater Portland is dedicated to changing lives by empowering women and their families to achieve safety, opportunity, and independence.

Purchase tickets to OffKey 2010 today, http://www.ywca-pdx.org/offkey_karaoke_bash.html, or at the door Saturday night.

Join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council for the 4th Annual Great Slough Clean-Up on Saturday, July 10th from 9:00am-12:00pm. Together we will work for the greater good of the Slough, local wildlife and the paddling community! We'll enjoy a morning paddle in search of litter large and small, and remove it from a two-mile stretch of the beautiful Columbia Slough. The herons, beavers, and turtles will thank you! 

This volunteer event is open to the public. Bring your friends, family and neighbors to this fun and unique clean-up party! Gloves, trash bags, and supplies will be provided. Refreshments will be available for all volunteers. Prizes will be awarded for the best piece(s) of Slough trash.

Health Equity Community Discussion Tuesday, June 29th

6:30-8:00 pm

1603 NE Alberta, Portland, OR

What does health equity mean? How does your race, income, sex, and zip code effect your health? How can we part of positive change to achieve health equity? Come join us in an informal community discussion hosted by Oregon Action.

RSVP Appreciated

Jennifer Mangnall, 971-634-0005

[email protected]

www.oregonaction.org

If you enjoyed reading the spring 2010 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine on the theme of “Look,” we hope you’ll join us for a reading with a few of the authors from that issue: Karen Karbo (“Abnormal Beauties”), R. Gregory Nokes (“What Remains”), Christine Dupres (“Seen though Not Heard”), and Scott Nadelson (“Go Ahead and Look”).

The reading, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland. A question and answer period will follow.

On Wednesday June 30, a trained practitioner on organizing communities based on the talents and skills that people can offer will present an outline of that work to Transition PDX. Mike Vander Veen, who is an AmeriCorp member serving at the East Portland Neighborhood Office, will introduce this approach to community work called Asset Based Community Development – ABCD.

• When:  Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
• Where: St. Francis Che Room - 1131 SE Oak St.
• Web: http://www.thedirt.org/node/4943
• Link: Discovering Community Power: A Guide To Mobilizing Local Assets & Your Organization’s Capacity
• Link: Regenerating Community: The Recovery of a Space for Citizens

When we heard him speak last week, Mike told a story about a Chicago neighborhood that has started its own bank, taken over an abandoned hospital building and turned it into a co-housing development, and in general enabled the community to flourish for the past 30 years by listening for and utilizing the human assets provided by members of the community, a struggling community.

Michelle Obama has worked and studied with the developers of ABCD, John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann, becoming a member of the ABCD Institute faculty. Michelle has endorsed the ABCD approach in speeches since becoming First Lady. On Wednesday we will have a chance to ask Mike about finding and utilizing community assets – interviewing people, cataloging their skills, organizing their efforts - and talk about how we might adapt it to communities where we live. This will be one of the great evenings in Transition PDX’ development.

*JOB SUMMARY: *Responsible for assisting families and individuals in overcoming barriers to attaining economic self-sufficiency, housing, employment and family well-being. Primary responsibility is to provide social work services including service access and coordination, advocacy, support and encouragement.

*To apply for this position, please visit our website http://www.impactnw.org/working.html and apply online.*

Position: Transitional Housing Program Specialist I Full Time Entry Wage: $12.20 to $13.94/hr

Slugs & Bugs; Naturally Managing Your Garden Pests workshop - Learn safe, effective & long-term solutions for controlling garden pests.

Saturday, June 26 - 10am-12pm

Location: Redeemer Lutheran Church - 5431 NE 20th Ave. (Corner of NE 20th & Killingsworth)

All Growing Gardens workshops are a $5-20 sliding scale donation. All proceeds benefit Growing Gardens programs. For more information about the workshop contact Rodney Bender at 503-284-8420, [email protected] or feel free to just show up.

For more information about Growing Gardens visit our website at www.growing-gardens.org

Rodney Bender 

Garden Programs Manager

Growing Gardens 

2003 NE 42nd Ave. #3 

Portland, OR. 97213

503-284-8420

Block Party Blast Off! Start Planning your next Block Party, Community Event or National Night Out

Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm Location: Legacy good Samaritan, North and South Conference Room, 1040 NW 22nd Avenue RSVP Requested: Contact Alison Wallisch, 503 823.4265, [email protected]

Ever thought of holding a community party in the street? Want to get to know your neighbors better? Need more information about National Night Out and how to organize your community around crime prevention and emergency preparation?

Become a Zenger Farm Ambassador! Join a team of volunteers to support exciting outreach and fundraising events at the farm and around the city. Work with us to build community support so we can meet the overwhelming demand for our farm education and food security programs. As a Zenger Farm Ambassador, you will gain experience in outreach, fundraising and event planning and meet community members and local-food leaders at events throughout Portland.

Interested? Come to a Zenger Farm Ambassador Summer Kick-off at the farm. Includes light refreshments, a farm tour, volunteer training and event sign-up.

Monday, June 28th

6:30pm-8pm

THE MULTNOMAH CO. OFFICE OF CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT (OCI) HAS LAUNCHED ITS NEW ONLINE VOLUNTEER APPLICATION & ACCOUNTS SYSTEM!

Use the application to sign-up to volunteer with multiple committees and boards composed of members of the public that meet with county officials to promote citizen input into county decision making. You will also find other county volunteer opportunities like assisting with pet adoptions at Animal Services, promoting community literacy at your neighborhood library, or serving as a Rape Victim Advocate in the DA’s Office.