Artist Joe Sneed, working on a partnership between da Vinci School and King School students, connected with the Dill Pickle Club as a way to orient students to the history of the neighborhood. The Dill Pickle Club led a tour and workshop based on the Oregon History Comics series. The tour was a way for the kids to experience the neighborhood, while comics were a medium for class to create art documenting what they had learned.
Check out the story on the Dill Pickle Club’s website.
Category Archives: Education
Oregon’s Racial History Workshop
From the American Civil Liberties Union:
Oregon’s Racial History
Sat, May 21, 1pm – 4pm
PCC Cascade Campus Student Center CafeteriaJoin the ACLU of Oregon and discover the history of race in Oregon through this interactive workshop at the ACLU of Oregon Annual Meeting. PCC Cascade Campus Student Center Cafeteria is at 705 N. Killingsworth, Portland. Over the years, Oregon’s laws and policies have influenced how families and communities of color are engaged in Oregon’s civic life. Come take an interactive walk with us through the timeline of Oregon’s racial history and learn more about how this history impacts the decisions each of us makes today. Learn things about Oregon that you never knew, be reminded of others that you may have forgotten, and connect the many dots during this exploration of our state’s racial history. Facilitated by Kim Feicke of the Center for Equitable and Effective Leadership, Lewis & Clark College
Chat with Lew Frederick
From Lew Frederick:
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Second Saturday Chat, May 14th
Our monthly Second Saturday get-together is coming up next week. We meet from 9:00 to 10:00 AM at Reflections Coffee Shop/Talking Drum Bookstore, 446 NE Killingsworth (just east of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.)
Thanks again to Gloria for letting us, and other community groups, use this space. Please show her some love by buying some coffee and goodies while you’re there.
Important bills and issues continue to be debated and voted on in the Legislature. Next week we’ll see the May revenue forecast and work on the budget will intensify. Let’s talk about it. Hope to see you there.
There’s an election going on!
Please don’t forget to return your ballot by May 17th. There are two local tax measures on the ballot to support Portland schools. I support both of them. Important elections are also under way for School Board, Community College Board and Education Service District Board.
I believe that it is vital to reverse the disinvestment in education that has taken place over the past twenty years, because I simply refuse to give up on our future. Please vote YES on Measure #26-121, the Portland School Bond, and Measure 26-122, the Portland School Levy.
Kids Cook at the Market
From Portland Farmers Market:
Portland Farmers Market Expands its Kids Cook at the Market Program for 2011
Returning season sponsor The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Portland is teaming up with Portland Farmers Market again this year to offer Kids Cook at the Market, the Market’s deliciously fun cooking program for young chefs-in-training. The program is expanding in 2011 to include “bite-sized” drop-in classes at three neighborhood markets: Buckman, King and Northwest Portland Farmers Markets.
“We’re thrilled to be back at Portland Farmers Market this year, both as a season sponsor and with the Kids Cook program,” said Ken Rubin, Academic Director of The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Portland. “We are passionate teaching about local food and how to cook it, and the Kids Cook program is a great way to cultivate young chefs and an appreciation for our local bounty.”
Bite Size Kids Cook
Beginning in May 2011, kids can get cookin’ with seasonal produce and recipes at the new Bite Size Kids Cook classes at the Buckman, King and Northwest neighborhood markets. These drop-in cooking classes for children will take place once a month at each location during market hours.All Bite Size Kids Cook classes, which are made possible by the generous support of season sponsor COUNTRY Financial, are free of charge and open to kids of all ages (though recipes and equipment are geared toward age seven and up).
2011 Bite Size Kids Cook schedule:
MAY
Featured Ingredient: Rockin’ Radishes
King Market: May 29JUNE
Featured Ingredient: Groovy Greens
King Market: June 19JULY
Featured Ingredient: Booyah Berries
King Market: July 31AUGUST
Featured Ingredient: Sassy Summer Squash
King Market: August 28SEPTEMBER
Featured Ingredient: Terrific Tomatoes
King Market: September 25King Portland Farmers Market
Sundays from May 1 to October 30
(27 markets)
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
NE 7th at Wygant between Alberta and PrescottPortland Farmers Market is generously supported by community partners the Art Institute of Portland, Country Financial and Dave’s Killer Bread.
King School Students Work on History/Gardening Project
Second and third grade students from the King School SUN afterschool program are participating in a partnership with the Emerson Street Garden to learn gardening while working with neighborhood elders to help transform a vacant neighborhood lot into a community asset.
Sixth through eighth graders are partnering with artist Joe Sneed and students from da Vinci Middle school in a five day-a-week class on N/NE History, Art and Culture. They are collecting stories of local neighborhood history from local residents and incorporating these stories into a design for an archway entrance to the garden.
Eight grade students in the King School Technology and Design course will be working with engineers from the Portland Water Bureau to develop a learning center to be built at the garden to be used for educational opportunities and workshops into the future. The Technology and Design course is part of the International Baccalaureate program at King School.
If you would like to get involved contact Joe Sneed at joe.b.sneed@gmail.com or call 503.995.2632