2012 Northeast Portland Sunday Parkways, May 13^th!

Celebrate Mother’s Day or just a delightful May Sunday by participating in the Northeast Portland Sunday Parkways presented by Kaiser Permanente on May 13^th, 11 am – 4 pm.

Portland Sunday Parkways is about opening streets and connecting neighborhoods.  All people – walkers, runners, bicyclists, mobility device users, seniors, adults, and children – enjoy a day of healthy physical activities right here in Northeast Portland.  The May 13^th event will show off the Going Street Neighborhood Greenway and Woodlawn, Alberta, and Fernhill Parks.  The route is eight miles of traffic-free streets with no start or end.

Dress comfy. The parks are programmed with activities for young and old.  Bring some cash. The Sunday Parkways Marketplaces adjacent to the parks have enticing food and beverages.  Merchandise vendors will offer a variety of goods, all easy to transport.  And community organizations offer information to keep us in the know.

Don’t forget there are four more Sunday Parkways: North, June 24^th; Southwest, July 22^nd; Southeast, August 26^th; and East, September 30^th.

Also, Sunday Parkways needs volunteers; is always interested in having local vendors and community groups participating; and is greatly appreciative of any donations.  (For every dollar the City invests in this year’s Sunday Parkways, it will leverage two dollars in community support from sponsors, grants, vendors and people like you to sustain this healthy active living program.)  To find out more about these opportunities, visit www.PortlandSundayParkways.org or call 503 823-7599.

King Neighborhood Association General Meeting

King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 NE 7^th Avenue

May 9, 2012 – 6:30 to 8:30 pm

KNA General meeting draft agenda.

6:30    Welcome and introductions; approval of minutes and agenda; announcements.

6:40     Update from the Portland Police Bureau.

6:55     Update from the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN).

7:00     Woody Broadnax: June 19th Green Voter Registration Drive at   MLK/Alberta, on July 21-22.

7:05     S.A.C.K. – disaster preparation on a neighborhood scale. Portland St. students.

7:15     King facility: Kate Keefe Sullivan, Flea; Trace Salmon – office space in the building.

7:30     Dr. Maila Davenport: King Boise World Tree Project.

7:40     Updates: 7-11; communications funds; Portland Playhouse & parking; Soil to Soul’s Backpack campaign; King clean-up, & publicizing it; Movie in the Park.

8:10     By-laws; NA structure.

• May 19^th: King Neighborhood Clean-up: bring your refuse to us at the N. Precinct parking lot!

Neighbors envisioning a local Black History Museum – meetings weekly, Saturday from 6-8 pm, Irvington Village, 420 NE Mason in the King room. More info, 503-288-2863 or 503-284-6017.

New liquor license applications: Africa Food Market, 4069 NE MLK; Carpacchio Trattoria, 3500 NE MLK; Brandini Pizza and Pasta, 3513 NE MLK; Cedo’s Café, 3901 NE MLK; Selam Market, which is moving across the street to 3636 NE MLK; Black Cat Café,

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 King Neighborhood Association meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 in the King Neighborhood Facility at 4815 NE 7th Avenue, unless another location has been designated ahead of time. Our next meeting will be held on June 13, 2012.  You can subscribe to our electronic newsletter and check out our community calendar at www.kingneighborhood.org. You can send us an email at info@kingneighborhood.org. Find us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/kingneighborhood.

International Center For Traditional Childbearing (on MLK) is hosting “Women Birth Wonders” a silent auction fundraising event, for ages 21+ and a woman only event – this Saturday evening!  Tell us a story about a wondrous woman in your life. Listen to others, mingle, eat, drink and laugh, and maybe even some dancing.  A sisterhood for all women of the world. $20.00 per ticket; enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvres and dessert, plus great music.

Visit www.ictcmidwives.org to purchase a ticket. ICTC is located at 3821 NE MLK Boulevard.

ICTC has free baby clothes to give, doula birth companion services, Celebrate
Your Pregnancy Day of fun, hot birth topics and fun, as a culturally
specific group for African American women to share concerns while
pregnant.  Child birth classes and breastfeeding support groups. The ICTC
Pregnancy and Family Resource is a healing space for pregnant women and
new parents.

The Portland Playhouse is pleased to host this Conversation Project from Oregon Humanities!

White Out? The Future of Racial Diversity in Oregon
From the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project
Saturday, April 28^th, 1:30 – 3:00pm
At Portland Playhouse 602 NE Prescott St., Portland OR, 97211

Willamette University professor Emily Drew will lead participants in a conversation about the challenges to creating racially diverse, inclusive communities, despite the accomplishments since the civil rights era. What does the racial integration of place require of us, and how might we prepare to create and meet this opportunity?
Click for full program description

Free and open to the public!