March 17^th:

• Chicken Wing Tool Drive: Urban Farm Collective accepting donations of tools at its new Youth Education Garden, 9^th & Alberta.
• Grant Writing Workshop for Women of Color, at June Key Delta Comm. Center.
• Occupy NE: “The Black Working Group” meets at Reflections, 2:30-4 pm.

March 20^th: North Williams Transportation Safety Operations Project meeting.

March 21^st: Portland/Multnomah Food Council’s Food Security listening session, N. Portland library.

March 22^nd: Community Rights Movement workshop at Reflections, 7 – 9:30 pm.

March 24^th: A Seniors Night Out: Kansas City style music. Urban League Multi-Cultural Senior Center, 5325 MLK, 6:30 – 9:30, free.

March 28^th: Community Conversation: Race & Ethnic Relations in Portland, at East Portland Community Center.

March 29^th: The Brother/Sister Plays: Part I begins at the Portland Playhouse.

March 31^st:

• Garden Layout workshop at Emerson Street Garden
• Study group on “The New Jim Crow” at Reflections – 1^st meeting, 11-noon.
• Model car building workshop and family fun day, Blazers Boys and girls Club, 1-4 pm.
• King NA’s Soil to Soul food security planning meeting, at the Tin Shed, 4:30 pm.
• PCRI benefit gala, Doubletree Hotel at Lloyd Center.

April 8^th: KNA Easter egg hunt at Two Plum Park, 10:30 am, for youngsters five years old and younger!

April 11^th: King Neighborhood Association meeting, 6:30 pm, 4815 NE 7^th Avenue.

April 12^th: next King PTA meeting.

April 14^th: Second Saturday chat with Rep. Lew Frederick, 9-10 am at Reflections Coffeehouse.

April 21^st: Alberta Main Street Clean-up, MLK to 33^rd Avenue.

April 22^nd: King school grounds planting day.

April 28^th: Seeds & Starts workshop at Emerson Street Garden.

May 4^th: King School PTA Auction, North Star Ballroom.

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

–Contact us for more information on any of these events – we’ll provide whatever info we can find!

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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.

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