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ortland’s first communitywide yoga event
and breast cancer benefit, Positive Yoga '98,
is slated to be held from 1 to 5 pm Saturday,
March 7, at Portland State University.
Organizers hope to make it an annual event.
More than 300 yoga enthusiasts of all expe­
rience levels are expected to gather to raise
$35,000 to benefit breast cancer education and
research through the Susan G. Komen Foun­
dation’s greater Portland chapter.
With a $50 minimum donation or sponsor­
ship, participants in Positive Yoga ’98 may par­
take in 14 yoga classes.
The scheduled keynote speaker for the fund­
raiser is Helen McVey, a breast cancer survivor
and yoga teacher at Unity Woods Yoga Center
in Virginia. She will teach a class she developed
specifically for breast cancer survivors.
The opening inspirational message will be
given by Dr. Marilyn Sewell, senior minister of
Portland’s First Unitarian Church. Sewell, a
yoga practitioner, is also the editor of Cries of the
Spirit and Claiming the Spirit Within: A Source­
book of Women in Poetry.
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handful of queer-related projects in the
Portland metropolitan area have received
Seattle-based Pride
awards from the
Foundation during its
winter 1998 granting
cycle.
Three Portland­
based organizations
each received $5,000.
Grants went to Love
Makes a Family, for its
Parent/Child
Pro­
gram, which provides
support to and strives to increase understanding
of queer families; the Urban League of Portland,
for its Rainbow Summer Jobs Project, which
promotes job development and career mentor­
ing for low-income sexual minority youth; and
the Lesbian Community Project, for its rebuild-
ing/revitalization effort.
Lifeforce, based in Vancouver, received
$5,000 for its emergency trust account, which
provides direct emergency services to those liv­
ing with HIV/AIDS throughout Southwest
Washington.
Since 1987, the Pride Foundation has issued
grants totaling more than $1 million to more
than 200 Northwest organizations that work to
build strong queer communities.
to assist with housing, transportation, food
and/or flower donations.
G ather
in
P ortland
rom March 27 to 29, Pride Northwest Inc.,
producer of Portland’s annual Pride festival
and parade, will host a gathering of Pride orga­
nizers from western Canada and the Pacific
Northwest.
Participants will include representatives
from Pacific Inter-regional Pride Producers
International, whose members hail from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska,
Hawaii, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskat­
chewan and Manitoba.
The conference is expected to draw as many
as 50 organizers of both large and small Pride
celebrations.
Any potential producers from cities or
towns in the region who are considering spon­
soring a Pride celebration are invited to attend.
The purpose of the weekend is to share in­
formation, provide contacts, brainstorm about
fund raising and programs, and show support for
those just starting out.
Last year, the association produced a poster
called “Pride Without Borders,” which listed
information about 26 Pride celebrations,
including Eugenes, Portland’s and Salem’s. It
was distributed in ail the listed cities.
A 1998 poster is planned, and any business
interested in sponsoring the project may con­
tact the association through Pride Northwest,
at 295-9788.
Pride Northwest is also seeking volunteers
H ispanic C ultural
C enter N ears
R ealization
he Miracle Theatre Group, which seeks
“to provide quality Hispanic theater, arts
and cultural experiences for the Northwest
region’s metropolitan and rural audiences,” is
working to create a Hispanic cultural center.
To that end, the Milagro Development
Group LLC, co-owned by Miracle Theatre and
J. Daniel and Maria Rojo Steffey, recently pur­
chased a building located at Southeast Sixth
Avenue and Stark Street in Portland.
“The building’s purchase is the realization of
a dream held for many years,” says José Eduardo
González, Miracle’s executive artistic director
and co-founder. “It is the first important step
toward realizing our goal of creating the first
Hispanic cultural center in Portland, something
that has been lacking for a long time. The cen­
ter will be an essential ingredient in the build­
ing of a vital Hispanic community and a
resource for cross-cultural communication and
understanding.”
The building’s purchase was financed by
Albina Community Bank, a Portland-based
community development bank that focuses its
efforts on North and Northeast Portland, and
minority and women-owned businesses.
■ Compiled by INGA SORENSEN
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A Loss F elt D eeply
im Ivy Morano died at home Jan. 8 after a
four-month struggle with lung cancer.
Family members with her when she died were
her lover, Renée Cherry; her mother, Dana; and
her father, Bob. She also left behind her
beloved cat, Stubbs.
Morano moved to Oregon in October 1996
and worked as a painter and plasterer with a
local reconstruction company. She was from
Long Island, New York. She had also lived in
Los Angeles.
Morano leaves a legacy of dignity and com­
passion for others. Friends say she had the abil­
ity to make anyone she encountered feel spe­
cial. She was loved by many, and her loss is
deeply felt.
A personal message from Renée Cherry:
“Although my heart is heavy with your passing,
I am honored that you loved me as strongly and
intensely as you did. The world has lost a valu­
able gift. Kim, I love you very, very, very much.”