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he Metropolitan Human Rights Center is
sponsoring Dynamic D ifferences, an anti-
bigotry training program open to all.
Dynamic D ifferences fosters the concept that
there is “goodness” in all people, and that
human behavior is based on conditioning. One
of the program’s goals is to increase awareness
and understanding of how oppression operates.
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The workshop will explore various forms of
oppression, outline ways to take action, and
build partnerships across cultural differences.
Participants will be asked to share personal
experiences.
T he workshop will be held Nov. 23 from
noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Lovejoy Room of City
Hall, 1221 S.W. Fourth Ave. in Portland.
Preregistration and confirm ation are
required due to limited space. To sign up, con
tact Linda Hunter at 823-5136 (voice or T T Y ).
People with disabilities who need accommoda
tion are asked to call 48 hours in advance.
The Metropolitan Human Rights Center,
funded by the city of Portland and Multnomah
County, is a program of the Office of Neighbor
hood Involvement. It is a resource for education
and technical assistance on human rights, and
offers programs that strive to foster mutual
understanding and respect among all people.
BRO P romotes
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asic Rights Oregon will be coordinating
Equality Begins at Home events around Ore
gon as part of a national campaign spearheaded
by the Federation of Statewide L G B T Political
Organizations and the National Gay and Les
bian Task Force. Equality Begins at H om e will be
a statewide and nationwide counterpart to the
Millennium March planned for the year 2000.
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he YW C A of Greater Portland has opened
a 24-hour winter shelter for homeless fam
ilies.
“Twenty-four-hour resources for homeless
families in Portland are very limited,” explains
YW CA Executive Director Jean DeMaster. “For
the last 10 years, family shelters in Portland
opened in the early evening and closed in the
early morning. Being outside all day long is a
real problem for homeless families.... Children
can’t take naps. Parents can’t cook because they
are outside, so families must eat cold food.”
The 24-hour shelter, which opened in late
October, allows families to be inside and togeth
er all day. According to DeMaster, this offers a
distinct advantage, allowing parents to look for
work while their children stay at the shelter.
Shelter residents are required to seek work
and housing during their stay. Several activities
will be offered to support residents, including
job search and substance abuse support groups,
after-school tutoring, and nutrition menu plan
ning classes.
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The shelter, located at 1610 N. Maryland
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The Y W C A of Greater Portland is a com
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viding services for women and their families,
and ending racism and other forms of discrimi
nation. The YW C A serves more than 35,000
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ropolitan area. For more information, call Jean
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he Portland steering and dinner commit
tees of the Human Rights Campaign, a
national gay and lesbian political organization
based in Washington, D.C., are seeking folks to
raise money to support H RC ’s push for an array
of federal legislation, including an anti-hate
crime measure that includes sexual orientation,
and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act,
which would in many cases prohibit employ
ment discrimination based on sexual orienta
tion.
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Activities in support of equal rights will
occur in all the states during the week of March
21 to 27. By reaching out to as many organiza
tions, activists and other supporters as it can,
BRO hopes to make Oregon’s statewide effort
“an effective, broad-based endorsement of basic
rights for all Oregonians, and use the momen
tum from the Equality Begins at H om e activities
to work to end discrimination in Oregon.”
There will be community meetings in Port
land, Coos Bay, Corvallis, Salem, Bend, La
Grande and the Ashland area. As details are
confirmed, BRO will post information on its
Internet site, members.aol.com/basicro.
T he first meeting will be in Portland on Nov.
30 at 3430 S.E. Belmont St., from 6 to 8 p.m.
For more information, call Nerissa at 222-6151
or e-mail her at BROnerissa@aol.com.
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Feb. 13. Volunteers are needed to assist with the
silent auction, sponsorship, advertising and tick
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Dinner committee meetings take place in
the Coldwell Banker/Barbara Sue Seal office at
Northwest 23rd Avenue and Burnside Street in
Portland. The next meeting will be held Nov.
24 starting at 5:30 p.m. For more information,
call 244-6951.
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