Forum to Identify Abilities Needed in Mayoral, City Council Candidates

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[THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SENT OUT AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS ORGANIZING THE EVENT.]

A broad coalition of community and neighborhood groups invites you to participate in a unique community forum on Thursday. Jan. 19, 2012, from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Church in SE Portland.  Participants will share their good and bad experiences working with Portland mayors and city council members.  Participants will use the information to create a list of the skills and abilities community members believe city elected officials need to serve the community effectively.  Community organizations and individual community members will be able to use this list of skills and abilities to help them evaluate mayoral and city council candidates.

See below for more information. 

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JOIN US FOR A UNIQUE COMMUNITY FORUM!!

Help identify the skills and abilities community members want in Portland’s mayoral and city council candidates

Portland voters deserve to know whether mayoral and city council candidates have the skills, temperament, and wisdom to serve our community effectively if we elect them.

Join other Portlanders for a unique community forum in which community members will share their experiences working with city council members and use this information to identify the skills and abilities we want and need in our elected city leaders.

A wide range of community and neighborhood organizations have joined together to sponsor this forum. The forum co-sponsors will use the input from the forum to develop a list of desired skills and sample questions community organizations and individual voters can use to help them evaluate mayoral and city council candidates.
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Art & Culture Night at Open Door Gallery!
Friday, December 30, 2011 – 5:30 – 10 pm

Open Door Gallery, 3802 NE MLK Jr. Blvd (between Fremont & Failing), Portland, Oregon
Portland’s very own Multi-nationalities singers, song writers, spoken words artists and traditional performers gather together for farewell 2011 party.

Rocking Open Door Gallery in the heart of Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Celebrating Colored Pencils event 3 year… anniversary with local alumni performers and new talents. Celebrating Portland’s diverse cultures!

5.30 pm : Artists Reception

6.00 – 10.00 pm : Open Mic/spoken words/music jammin by old & new CP performers/DJ dancing

Traditional food vendors will be selling food & drinks through out the night.

Student/seniors/kids: Free, $10 suggested donation to support our project

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newportland@coloredpencilsart.com


SIKU KUUMBA/DAY OF CREATIVITY – A KWANZAA CELEBRATION

Saturday, December 31, 1:00pm until 5:00pm

OPEN LIVE STUDIO JAM AT THE OPEN DOOR GALLERYJoin us for a live open session FAMILY AFFAIR with artists at work doin’ what we do…

The afternoon will feature painters, jewelry makers, spoken word artists and more creating in the presence of all who attend. We will also feature a CREATION STATION so you can get your ART-ON if you feel the need.

The Gallery will be open…KINGS TREASURE MARKETPLACE will be up and the potluck will allow all KITCHEN ARTISTS to strut their stuff.

If you would like more information please call me at 503.422.3076…….MR. BOBBY

 

Ready to plant a tree this winter? Friends of Trees wants to help!

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It’s that time of the year again: time to plant trees! King neighborhood in partnership with Friends of Trees is organizing a tree-planting project for February 11, 2012.

 

This season, King residents will be offered street trees starting at $35.00. The cost will include: a site inspection by the Urban Forestry Department to ensure you choose the right tree for your home, hole digging, help with planting your tree, stakes, mulch, ties, labels, follow-up monitoring, and information on proper tree care techniques. That’s quite a deal!

 

For more information, please visit www.friendsoftrees.org. or contact Irek Wielgosz at (503) 828-6943 or king@plantitportland.org.

Do you want to join Alberta Main Street and help Alberta thrive?

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Have you heard of the Alberta Main Street program? Headed up by our friend Sara Wittenberg, Alberta Main Street “advances efforts to develop Alberta Street as a vibrant, creative & sustainable commercial district serving residents and visitors to our community.”

You may have noticed Tannenbaum Madness this month, or the new recycled-sign-plated garbage cans along the street, installed this year. These are Alberta Main Street efforts, along with much more on behalf of locally-owned businesses, and the folks who use Alberta Street for so many activities.

Alberta Main Street relies mostly on volunteer efforts to organize its efforts. Would you like to find out more about how you can help? Please check out AMS’s getting involved page. In the meantime, see you on Alberta!

Events in the neighborhood this weekend: see you there!

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Tomorrow morning, at Hughes Memorial UMC (111 NE Failing), folks from a local cable access show will be filming folks who want to express what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has meant to them. If you’re interested in sharing for three to five minutes, please head over to Hughes Memorial between 11 am and 12:30 pm – you can bring a story, a song, a poem… whatever moves you!

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Garden work continues at the Emerson Street Garden, at 8th & NE Emerson, Saturdays from 1 to 3 pm. All are welcome to join and participate. More information here.

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The Restorative Listening Project on Gentrification – now renamed the Restorative Action Project on Gentrification – holds a discussion on Monday evening. From their facebook:

What does it take to heal/reconcile? Join us as we explore stories of healing and reconciliation. You are welcome to bring canned/boxed food to donate to the Genesis Food Pantry. Monday December 19th, 6:30 – 8:30, Genesis Community Fellowship, 5425 NE 27th Avenue.