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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 2002)
nrommiews Thinking of Buying or Selling a Home? \ “the original portable pool” <d)©iykg)lih&®y Affordable Family Fun ^ C ontinued from P age 9 T h e worlds oldest and largest annual grassroots event o f its kind, the m em orial honors those lost to the epidem ic, shows support for those living with the disease, rais es awareness, mobilizes com m unities for the fight and creates a sense o f global solidarity. T h is year’s them e is “Share Your V ision for a Brighter Tomorrow.” For more information call Don Mathews at 503-391-6847 (Salem) or Bill C oyne at 541-772-1777 (Ashland) or visit wwu’.candlelightrriemorial.org. F R a ir H elps eto o l S k W o m en il l s T he 10th annual W omen in Trades Fair will he held May 18 at Local 290 Plumbers &. Steamfitters Training Center, 20220 S.W. Teton Ave. in Tualatin. 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Holly Daigle, Barbara Turrill, Angie Jones and Erin Sexton of the Lesbian Community Project met up with Molly Franks and Jaimee Caruso of Vanguard Youth Services for the two-day con ference featuring community center advocates, directors and supporters from cities including Seattle and San Jose, Areata and C hico, Calif. T he meeting was held at the new $15.5 mil lion Charles M. Holmes Campus at the Center, San Francisco’s new queer community center. A renovated 1908 building and a new structure come together to form 40,000 square feet of state-of-the-art community space for the city’s sexual minorities population. Organized by the Billy De Frank Lesbian and Gay Community Center of San Jose, the confer ence featured two intensive workshops on fund raising from major donor sources and strategic planning. Participants were able to quiz financiers on everything from how they prefer to be approached for a significant contribution to how they like to be recognized for their involvement. T he association also gave a presentation on its anti-tobacco programming featuring the one- woman powerhouse behind Seattle’s Gay Amer ican Smoke Out, Elise Lindborg. Aside from learning about the sexual minorities communi ty’s high incidence of smoking, the group learned how to bring her event to their hometown. Althixjgh Portland sexual minorities have had many a dialogue about a community center, so far nothing has materialized. The conference partici pants hope to change that: LCP is looking for a new office and hopes to collaborate with other (Organiza tions to find a space that could be a precursor to the Rose City’s own queer community center. S For more information call K’mtan Aspen at 503-227-0605. tradeswomen, apprenticeship coordinators, community college instructors and employers from 65 organizations. T h e day will culminate in a women’s work wear demonstration and an awards ceremony from 3 to 4 p.m. Parking, child care and admis sion are free. “Now is the ideal time for women to learn about high-paying trades careers,” said Connie Ashbrook, O regon Tradeswomen executive director. “T h e opportunities are only going to get better from here. There will be a growing demand for skilled workers as older workers retire.” T h e fair began in 1992 as a one-day event for 100 women and has become a three-day extrav aganza for more than 1,500 people. T h e first two days— May 16 and 17— were dedicated to mid dle and high school students. For more information call 503-943-2228 or visit www.tradeswomen.net. T ea m s B rea st F o r m in g C a n cer fo r W a lk very three m inutes som eone is diagnosed with breast cancer. T h e A m erican C a n cer Society is hopeful that thousands o f peo ple will gather May 19 at Southw est Port land’s W illam ette Park to help reduce this statistic. This is the first year that the Making Strides Against Breast C ancer Five-Mile Walk will be held in Portland or the Pacific Northwest. Since 1993, it has raised awareness and dollars in 48 other U .S. cities. “Making Strides Against Breast C ancer is an event geared to the entire family— giving every one a chance to help fight hreast cancer," coor dinator Rachel Verdick explained. “There is no preregistration nor are there registration fees. Participants simply arrive, register at the event and bring their pledges with them .” M oney co llected will be dedicated to breast can cer research, education, patient E
