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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1997)
16 ▼ July 3. 1997 ▼ just out Travel the world, but call us first. local news RTP Garden Party set for July 12 A BENEFIT 232-5944 R'9'60 1 800 232-5944 - .UCfcet*nast*r.<o™ MUSIC ft DANCING MNK M ARTINI • V A tG A K D C N A • MICH At I A L U * HARRISON A or« Intomnatioji call: oUif* («0)749-7120 -» ¿brie MMHOS • SWING! INI CUBS & MOMt * lAM KO fAM H KA tW O * Right to Pride is hosting its summer Garden Party on July 12. The event will be held at the Old Lutz Tire Building No. 2 on Northwest Savier Street be tween 15th and 16th avenues in - 1939 SE Hawthorne Blvd. that human rights will always be vulnerable with out economic and tax justice. MRG is a public fund-raising foundation man aged by a board and staff from O regon’s activist com m unity. For more inform ation, contact M cK enzie R iv er G ath erin g F o u n d atio n at (541)485-2790. Bread and Boses host to review local author’s work KBOO radio Bread and Roses host Jennifer Laverdure will review The Redneck Manifesto by local author Jim Goad. The meeting is slated for July 9 at 7 pm at the Northwest Service Center Community Room, 1819 NW Everett St. in Portland. The event is free and open to the public. A "hearty working-class buffet” will be served up at Portland, Oregon SPOKSOKfD »V W X « LOUISIANA PAQFK NIKI W T LA M ) TXAJLSUU£tt THE STAMP PAD W h e re E v e r y o n e ’s an A r t i s t And S lle * a f d .............. “Let th e r e be A rt” And t h e people * a f d ............ “B ut w e can n ot d r a w ” So Slfe m ild .............. “Let th e r e b e Stam p*” And t h e people m ad e A r t ..........And ft w a* .good . . . 3423 SE BELMOIMT - 231-7362 B r o u q h t to y o u b y : Pre*ent* o f Mind You’ve found the perfect house... Is there anything you’ve overlooked? The annual political fund-raiser takes place in the private garden o f a local RTP supporter. This year, however, the gathering will be held on the closing night o f the Portland Institute for Contem porary A rts’ “Garden Show,” which features more than 100 works o f art sourced from gardens. In addition to viewing the show, guests will be provided with live music, hors d ’oeuvres and a hosted beer and wine bar. A silent auction is also on the agenda. Ticket and auction proceeds benefit R TP’s education and advocacy program s on behalf o f O regon’s lesbian, gay and bisexual community. The event will be held from 7 to 11 pm. Tickets are $25 each and available at the door or in advance by calling RTP at 228-5825. MRG issues spring grants From roof to foundation, Landmark Home Inspection professionally inspects for whole-house defects and pest and dry-rot problems. Londmark Home Inspection V k » V. ^ *4 V v V Diversity as Gift offers diverse menu Diversity as Gift, a Portland-based nonprofit The M cKenzie River Gathering Foundation, O regon’s multi-issue social change foundation since 1976, has announced its spring grant award recipients. More than $97,000 was granted to 21 organi zations throughout the state. The grantees include the Portland-based M ulticultural HIV/AIDS A l liance o f Oregon, which received $6,000 to sup port its work in advocating for a “competent, culturally appropriate HIV prevention and ser vice delivery system within O regon.” Baker County People for Human Dignity re ceived $2,200 for its public education and orga nizing events addressing racism, sexism, anti- Semitism and hom ophobia in northeastern O r egon. Josephine County Human Rights Alliance in Grants Pass got $3,000 for a weeklong event, Don’t let today's dream become tomorrow's nightmare. Call an expert. You'll sleep better tonight! P.O. BOX 4-701 PORTLAND, OREGON 07200 (0 0 3 ) 310-1244- VOICE (0 0 3 ) 2 3 0 -4 0 0 0 PAX For more inform ation or child care, call 228-3090 two days in advance. The establish ment is wheelchair accessible. based Rural O rganizing Project was granted $8,000 to bolster its organizing cam paign on econom ic literacy, which is based on the premise and a new model o f educating people so that all women and men can see their inherent connected ness” is sponsoring upcoming events that may be of particular interest to the queer community. The group will hold a class on July 10 entitled “Ending the Oppression Cycle.” A class called “Men and Homophobia,” which is specifically for men, is slated for Sept. 11. The organization also offers workshops to groups, agencies, churches or schools on an array of human dignity issues including honoring di versity, grieving and healing, and building livable communities. On Aug. 10, a Diversity as Gift benefit concert featuring Joe Uveges will be held beginning at 7 pm at the Dublin Pub in Portland. Tickets are avai lable at Fastixx outlets or by calling 241 -0073, or writing Diversity as Gift, 1314 NW Irving, No. 512, Portland, OR 97209. Compiled by Inga Sorensen