Writers Barry Johnson, Dave Weich, Bette Husted, and M. Allen Cunningham will be reading from their essays in the "Work" issue of Oregon Humanities magazine on Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway. Free copies of the magazine will be available.

ASTD-Cascadia presents The Art and Discipline of Technical Training featuring Bettina Davis.

September 23, 2010

1:00 - 4:00 PM

Portland, OR

For more information or to register: http://www.astdcascadia.org/events/monthlyprograms/2010/09-23-10.html

The Training industry is one that is especially good at segmentation. We have institutionalized specialization and segmentation by Job Title, by Industry, by Function, and by any other delimiter that we have been able to identify because in each instance, “it’s different here.”

John Wood, founder and CEO of Room to Read will speak at Multnomah County's Central Library on October 20th from 12-1pm.

John Wood founded and leads Room to Read, a non-profit organization that builds libraries in Asia and Africa. To Date Room to Read has constructed over 10,000 libraries; 1,100 schools and published more than 400 local language books. The organization also funds the education for 10,000 girls. By the end of 2010, Room to Read will have affected the lives of five million children.

Mr. Wood is author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World and just released a children’s book, Zak the Yak with Books on His Back. In 2009 Barron’s magazine named Mr. Wood the 11th most influential philanthropoist in the world.

The Lemelson Foundation would like to invite you to a brown bag lunch discussion with Peter Haas, CEO of AIDG, the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, on Monday, Sept. 27. Peter’s talk will focus on “Haiti Building Collapse: A failure in Training and Enterprise.”

The Lemelson Foundation would like to invite you to a brown bag lunch discussion featuring partners in India, Indonesia and Peru discussing incubation of technologies and enterprises for social good.

A valuable new course is being offered this fall term with Prof Andreas Schroeer. (See http://www.pdx.edu/hatfieldschool/andreas-schroeer-ma-phd for info on Prof Schroeer).

Introduction to Philanthropy

ROSE CDC's Homework Club is part of our youth development programs, aim at helping children and youth from low income families succeed in school and in life. The Club runs from 3:30-5:00pm Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students engage in warm up activities before working with their tutor on homework and/or areas in which they need help.

Tutor responsibilities: 1.Help students with homework and/or identified subjects 2.Build positive relationship with students. 4.Must commit to at least one day a week for 3 months

Volunteer qualifications: 1.dependable 2.enjoys helping young people 3.willingness to maintain the confidentiality of youth and families served 4.friendly, patient, and optimistic

Barnes Elementary School, Americorps, and Community Partners for Affordable Housing are teaming up to continue an after-school homework club at Beaverton's Merlo Station apartment complex. We are looking for volunteers interested in engaging with elementary-aged children, offering tutoring support and mentoring while facilitating a safe space in which they can learn. The club is unique in that the majority of its attendees are members of the Somali-Bantu population, providing volunteers with an opportunity to learn more about this culture while meeting students' needs.

Position: Program Assistant Intern Commitment: minimum of 3 months, starting October 2010, 10-30 hours/week Application deadline: September 30th

Program description: ROSE CDC's youth development programs aim to support children and youth from low income families succeed in school and in life. Currently we have the Homework Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Youth in Leadership Program (YIL) on Wednesdays.

Program assistant responsibilities •Assist in implementing, evaluating, and strengthening Homework Club and Youth in Leadership Program •Help supervise volunteer tutors and tutor students when needed •Maintain effective relationships with students, parents and volunteers •Perform other related duties as assigned

Volunteer with The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Public Charter High School

The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Public Charter High School, also named LÊP High engages students in their learning experience and makes school an exciting place where they can thrive. Focusing on leadership and entrepreneurship, students learn how to take full control of their lives and create the future they want.

LEP is seeking volunteers for a variety of positions which include, but are not limited to:tutoring and class assistance, nutrition service duties, school maintenance and beautification, and office assistance.

Saturday, September 25th is the date of the SOLV Beach and Riverside Cleanup, presented by the Oregon Lottery. Thousands of volunteers will clean up Oregon’s beaches from the California border to the Columbia River – and also work along rivers, creeks, lakes and other waterways throughout Oregon and SW Washington - improving the quality of water that we all use for drinking, recreation, agriculture and more. This is the first year that SOLV has expanded our popular fall beach cleanup to include inland projects. Much of what volunteers collect at the beach is carried there by rivers, streams, and storm drains (data collected from the 2009 cleanup tells us that 60 – 80% of ocean trash originates from inland sources).

Want to clean Oregon’s waterways without driving to the coast? Well come to Oregon City this Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm and join SOLV and Metro at the Newell Creek Cleanup in Oregon City. Volunteers will be picking up of trash and debris along the trail which follows Newell Creek, protecting water quality and wildlife habitat as part of the 300 acres parcel in the Newell Creek Canyon managed by Metro as open space.