Free Family Movie Night–Kung Fu Panda

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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

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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.

AAAH and PDC Release New Video

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The African American Alliance for Homeownership (AAAH) and the Portland Development Commission have produced a new video about AAAH, its services and one of the many families it has recently helped buy a home of their own. Click below to watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiehTa31Z6k

Click “watch in high quality” for the best viewing with the highest resolution.

AAAH is a HUD-certified home ownership counselor and educator. It is a non-profit 501c3 community-based organization comprised of housing and business professionals. AAAH’s mission is to increase home ownership and economic stability for African Americans and other under-served individuals by improving access, ensuring advocacy and providing awareness and education. Since 1999, AAAH has successfully promoted home ownership through innovative programs such as:

*One-on-one home-buyer counseling
*Mortgage foreclosure prevention
*Home-buyer education classes
*IDA match savings program
*The annual homeownership fair

Visit http://www.aaah.org/ for more information.

AAAH is a member organization of Operation HOME, whose goal is to close the minority home ownership gap in Portland by June 2015. For more information about Operation HOME, please visit http://www.operationhome.net/.

This video was produced by the Portland Development Commission. For more information about PDC in general visit http://www.pdc.us/. For more information about PDC’s home ownership programs please visit http://www.pdc.us/nhp. PDC offers programs to help home buyers purchase and maintain a home of their own in Portland. PDC is an equal opportunity lender.

Sabin CDC/Reflections Coffeehouse Technology Learning Lab Launch

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Sabin Community Development Corp. in partnership with Reflections Coffeehouse/Talking Drum will launch their new Community Technology Learning Lab and we invite you to join us for coffee/tea and pastries. Meet Sabin’s new Executive Director, educational partners, volunteers and community members, it’s your chance to celebrate with us.
This partnership will include a free 3 station Wireless Lab, open to the public from 7am until 6pm and a 10 station Learning Lab for community training located in the Talking Drum Bookstore with a menu of services. Thursday, November 6th, 7:30-9:30 am.  Reflections Coffeehouse, 446 NE Killingsworth.  Corner of Killingsworth and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

 

Vanport Project Advisory Committee to Meet

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Find out what is going on with negotiations to complete development of the Vanport Project on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Alberta and Killingsworth.  The heart of the King Neighborhood and the key to a vibrant commercial center, the Vanport Project has seen many false starts over the years and has struggled to land an anchor tenant to begin construction at the Alberta Corner.  If you can’t make the meeting, the Association has our own representative on the committee who can give us an update at the Association’s meeting.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
6:00-8:00 P.M.
Irvington Village located at 420 NE Mason and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Transit Stop: Bus#6 stop 5935 North and 5934 South

The committee will discuss negotiations between the Vanport Partners and an anchor tenant for Phase III of the Vanport Project. In addition, PDC staff will outline the mitigation options for the Phase III site. Vanport Partners will update the committee on the status of Phases I and II of the project.

Contact: Bernie Kerosky PDC Project Manager, 503 823-3349