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Free October Training Events and Workshops – NECN and Partners

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We’re gearing up for a busy month of trainings and events and we want to be sure you know about all of the upcoming opportunities!  Please share with your neighborhoods and we hope to see you at some of these free activities!   –Shoshana Cohen, Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN)
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Understanding Domestic Violence
Ways to Support Friends and Neighbors
Brought to you by NECN & the YWCA Social Change Program
Thursday, October 3rd
6:30pm – 8:00pm, 6pm networking & snacks
NECN Office, 4815 NE 7th Ave.
Space is still left! Please RSVP to info@necoalition.org or 503.388.6088
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Skills for Effective Communication and Collaboration
Join NECN and Resolutions NW for an introduction to Non-Violent Communication and the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg.  This free workshop focuses on processes for communicating and resolving conflicts in the community setting.  We will introduce tools for working with others, practice using them, and explore how to apply non-violent communication in our workplace and community settings.  Please RSVP to info@necoalition.org or call 503.388.6088.
Wednesday, October 16th, 6-9pm
6-6:30pm networking & snacks, 6:30pm – 9pm workshop
NECN Office, 4815 NE 7th Ave.
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Brownfields Redevelopment: Turn Brown Into Green
Join a variety of panelists including Rep. Lew Frederick and Bureau of Environmental Services staff Abigail Cermak to learn practical info and how to access resources to redevelop potentially polluted land at low cost through brownfield redevelopment projects.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 7pm to 9pm
6:30pm networking & snacks
NECN Office, 4815 NE 7th Ave.
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Land Use and Transportation Meeting – Mapping Workshop
This month’s regular LUTC meeting will feature a presentation from the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s new Comprehensive Plan online Mapping application.  Learn how to use interactive mapping tools to weigh in on decisions about physical development in the City over the next 20 years.  Also, save the date of December 4th for a visit to LUTC by Commissioner Steve Novick and PBOT’s new Director, Leah Treat.
Wednesday, October 23rd
7pm to 8:30pm
NECN Office, 4815 NE 7th Ave.
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Free Trees for Humboldt, Eliot and Boise Neighbors!
NECN is the fiscal sponsor for a collaborative project engaging high school students from Rosemary Anderson High School in community outreach through tree planting. Grants from the Bureau of Environmental Services and East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District are providing student learning opportunities and also free neighborhood trees to Humboldt, Boise and Eliot neighbors.  More about the project and how to sign up for free trees here.
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Help Depave the King Neighborhood Facility Parking Lot
Join the King Neighborhood Association and DePave for another project fiscally sponsored by NECN and help create a bioswale and manage the heat island effect in the community gathering space south of King School.
Saturday, October 26th
10am to 2pm
NE 7th Ave. and Wygant
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Bee Friendly Portland Carrotmob
Get on your bee colors and join NECN small grant recipient, Bee Friendly Portland, for a Carrotmob thanking Garden Fever for taking neo-nic pesticides off their shelves and to bring some attention to the impact of pesticides on bees.  They’ll have information about honey bees, native bees and how to grow a bee-friendly garden.  Carrotmobs are about voting with your dollars and showing appreciation to businesses that are doing the right thing.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Noon – 4pm
Garden Fever Nursery – 3433 NE 24th
Thank them for being a bee-friendly nursery and refusing to sell neonics
What to Wear: Yellow and black, or dress like a bee
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Alameda Neighborhood Haunted House
The Alameda Neighborhood Association hopes you’ll come out to their first annual haunted house at the end of this month! They’ve planned 400 square feet of creepy fun at NE 28th between Dunkley and Bryce from 5-8:30pm.  Admission is FREE and the witches and goblins will be specifically created with younger kids in mind.  Of course, they’ll have LOADS of candy too!
Thursday, October 31st
5pm – 8:30pm
NE 28th between Dunkley and Bryce
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NECN Partner Events – These are not free, but they are two great training opportunities!
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Coalition for a Livable Future’s Regional Livability Summit
Equity in Action: Map to a Healthy Future
Friday, October 11th, 2013
8:30am – 5:00pm
PSU – Smith Memorial Union
More info and registration here
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Resolutions Northwest Presents:
Actionship: Basic Anti-Oppression and Interrupting Racism for Everyday Living
Saturday, October 19th, 8am – 5pm
More info and registration here

Our agenda for the next King NA meeeting, Wednesday October 9th, 6:30 pm.

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King Neighborhood Association Board Meeting – draft agenda

King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 NE 7th Avenue

October 9, 2013 – 6:30 to 8:00 pm

6:30 Welcome & introductions, agenda, announcements, meeting minutes.

6:40 Shoshana Cohen, from the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, join us to discuss

          NECN’s demand that King NA change its decision-making structure.

6:50 Discussion, and deciding King NA’s response to NECN.

7:05 Crime and safety in King Neighborhood

         Consideration of support for City of Portland prison divestment campaign.

7:20 KNA tasks & projects:

        Diego ~ Green king & the Depaving of the King Facility Parking Lot, Oct 26th.

        Alan ~ King Backpack Project

        Alan ~ Thrill the World Portland

        Emily ~ Two Plum Park Bench Project

7:35 Open seats on the NA board ~ are you interested in serving?

7:45 Land Use & Transportation

       Updates on possible development proposal for empty Vanport lot?

       Creating a land use committee? A transportation committee?

8:00 Adjournment.

Upcoming opportunities to serve!

  • King NA looks for a project leader to take on organizing 2014’s King Movie in the Park, and our Clean-up

  • King NA seeks a second representative to the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods executive board.

  • Interested in helping create a land use committee, or a transportation issues committee, in our neighborhood, for study and engagement on these topics?

  • We would welcome a neighbor or two who would be excited to keep in contact with other NAs nearby, to find out what they’re working on, and what we can learn from one another.

Find us on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/kingneighborhood

Questions? Other events we should know about? tell us –

info@kingneighborhood.org, or 503-823-4575.

The Legacy of the Black Panther Party: a presentation, October 4th.

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The Legacy of the Black Panther Party

Date: October 4 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Location: Self Enhancement Inc., Auditorium, 4134 N. Vancouver Avenue.

 

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Self Enhancement Inc., Auditorium, 4134 N Vancouver Ave., Portland, OR

This presentation by Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., POCC/BPPC (Prisoners of Conscience Committee/Black Panther Party Cubs), will explore the legacy of the Black Panther Party, crime in Chicago, Hip Hop, and the connection to Prisoners of Conscience Committee Code of Culture.

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP below if you will be joining us.

About the Presenter

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., POCC/BPPC, is an unleashed Political Prisoner who was incarcerated for nearly nine years in various state prisons. His powerful organizing throughout the Black community placed a target on him just like the one that took his father’s life. He was kidnapped from the streets by the infamous Chicago Police Department, as well as myriad other law enforcement agencies in May 1992.

The state claimed Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. firebombed two Korean-owned stores on the south side of Chicago, supposedly in response to the Simi Valley verdict rendered in the case of the LAPD beating of Rodney King. While imprisoned, the attacks continued: threats on his life, denying him visitation rights, sabotage of mail, destruction of personal property, and long stints in “segregation”…the prison within the prison.

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. continues to expose brutal prison conditions and continues to fight for the release of still held political prisoners, prisoners of war, and prisoners of conscience. Chairman Fred Jr. also continues to push for pardon based on his innocence in order to clear his name of the dubious charges. Under his leadership POCC/BPPC has authored and organized campaigns around the African Anti Terrorism Bill; Harriet Tubman Code; Code of Culture; and much more.

A revolutionary, powerful speaker and spoken word artist, Chairman Fred’s poignant presentations have captivated audiences worldwide.

Register for the presentation here.

Domestic Violence is real. Break the Silence. The conversation continues, October 3rd.

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Please join NECN’s effort to end violence in our homes and communities. Volunteers from NECN’s Safety and Livability Team (SALT) will host a two-part forum on gender injustice & domestic violence, presented by the YWCA Social Change Program.

Part 2:  Understanding Domestic Violence
Ways to Support Friends and Neighbors
Thursday, October 3rd, 6:30–8:00 PM

Space is limited!  RSVP:
info@necoalition.org │ 503.388.6088

Doors open at 6:00 for meet & greet with snacks, forum begins at 6:30 at the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, located in the King Neighborhood Facility at
4815 NE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97211 (bus lines 6 & 72).

(Part One, “Gender Injustice: Sexism and Gender-Based Violence” was held on September 19th.)