Tutors, Mentors Needed

The Youth Employment Institute is a nonprofit organization in Northeast Portland that provides education, employment and personal development programs for youth.  One of our main services is our GED Preparation program which focuses on GED attainment in an alternative school setting.  We also provide specialized services for young parents, which include case management services, parenting education and an onsite child care center.   Additionally, we offer paid and unpaid work experiences, job readiness training and gang prevention services to the youth in our programs.

There are a number of ways community members can get involved in our programs:

  • Academic tutors work with the youth in our GED program. Tutors come in once or twice a week during the school day to tutor youth one-on-one in either writing or math.
  • Mentors work with youth in our young parents program.
  • Members of the business community provide job tours and / or job shadowing experiences in order to give youth a better idea of the types of careers that are available to them after they complete their GEDs.

For more information, please see our website at www.yei.org or contact Madeline Lockwood at 503-280-1058 or mlockwood@yei.org.

November 12th Meeting Agenda

Revised 10/26/08

King Neighborhood Association General Membership Meeting
King Neighborhood Facility, MLK Room
4815 NE 7th Ave

November 12, 2008 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Introductions and review agenda
Approve minutes from 10/8/08

Standing reports
Update from Portland Police Officer –Brian Sims
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods –Sylvia Evans
Public Safety Action Committee –Charles Boardman

New Music School –Fara Heath

NE Going as a Bike Boulevard –Emily Gardner

NECN’s communication initiatives –Tammy Paladeni

Friends of Trees – Neighborhood canvassing project –Irek Wielgosz

PDC and Killingsworth Street Improvement –Charles Boardman
Grant from Metro Regional Council to spruce up Killingsworth

King School park – concerns about structures –Karen Trappen

Farmers market pilot committee –Charles Boardman

Form a King spring clean-up working committee –Charles Boardman

Proposal to amend the bylaws Board
to make the majority of KNA meetings general meetings
(see proposed changes on page 2 of agenda)

Short Updates
PDC Gateway Heritage Marker Program – update on process –John Tyler
Store at 9th and Alberta: Good Neighbor Agreement, etc. –Charles
PDC – is 24 hour Fitness still planned for Vanport? –Leslie Cormier
Bioswale stormwater project at King School –Trace Salmon
MLK Liquor Store – Good Neighbor Agreement __________
Oregon Convention Center Urban Renewal Advisory Comm. –John Tyler
Standing committee reports
Treasurer’s report – discussion of budget –Trace Salmon
Land use committee – board discussion of charter Board
Communications/outreach/website – charter? Update? Board
Other topics?

Wrap up
Any upcoming events to publicize/share?
Review old action items
Summarize decisions and review new action items
Confirm next meeting date: 12/10/08
Suggest agenda topics for next meeting

Future topics:
Groundwork Portland: brownfields in King, Andrea Hamburg
Grant writing workshop, Allyson Spencer
Proposed Amendments to the King Neighborhood Association Bylaws

(Changes number of General Membership meetings from four to eight each year, and reduces number of Board Meetings from eight to four to encourage more neighborhood participation.)
ARTICLE VI

B. General Membership Meetings: There shall be at least eight (8) general membership meetings yearly. General Membership Meetings shall take place in January, February, April, May, July, August, October, and November.

ARTICLE VII

I. Board Meetings
1. Board Meetings: Board Meetings will be held in March, June, September, and December. All board meetings are open to the public, except when the Board is in Executive Session. The Board may go into Executive Session to discuss confidential personnel or legal matters, consistent with law. Any binding action of the Board must be taken in open session following the Executive Session.

Free Family Movie Night–Kung Fu Panda

Free movie night at King School.  Open to all families in the community.

Kung Fu Panda

A clumsy panda bear becomes an unlikely kung fu hero. On the surface, Po may look like just another portly panda bear, but beneath his fur he bears the mark of the chosen one. Now an ancient prophecy has come to pass, and Po realizes that he is the only one who can save his people from certain destruction. If the noble Po can master the martial arts and somehow transform his greatest weaknesses into his greatest strengths, he will fulfill his destiny as the hero who saved his people during their darkest hour. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Rated PG for sequences of martial arts action

Friday, November 21st 7:00 pm

Sponsored by OregonPTA and the King School PTA. Funds from concessions will go to support the King Student Council and the King PTA.

King Performing Arts Fundraiser–Card Sale

ORDER YOURS EARLY
See the attached document ( mahogany-flier) for details about the pre-launch event at MAHOGANY BEAUTY – Beauty services and cosmetics for women of color in the Lloyd Center this weekend. Bring the invitation in and receive one free card from my notecard collection.
Choose from six styles of blank holiday cards designed by me especially for the King School Performing Arts Project.
I created the King School Performing Arts Project as a vehicle to provide access to professional artists and arts opportunities for the students and parents at Martin Luther King school.
This holiday card fundraiser is the first of several events that will take place throughout the year to raise the funds needed to support the project.
I hope you will join us on our journey and help us make sure that district budget cuts will not deny our Martin Luther King school students from having access to the arts.
Bobby Fouther – Artist
P.S.
I would like to thank a few of the people who inspired, supported and encouraged me to continue with this project.
LaDrena Rhodes – Principal
Carissa Thomas – SUN School Coordinator
Ron Martin – retired teacher
Paul King & Walter Jaffe – White Bird Dance
Kassandra Greuner – Oregon Ballet Theatre
Robert Guitron – Polaris Dance
Jerry Walker – Housing Authority of Portland
and my artistic crew of many who are waiting in the wings for their cue.