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aprii 4 .2 0 0 2 ' Continued from Page 11 mental services such as housing, food and aid for children,” chairwoman Gwyneth Gamble Booth said. FUN also announced Feb. 25 that it received a donation of $37,000 from Nike. The money was raised during December’s “Night of Chance,” an employee involvement effort man aged entirely by the company’s six diversity net works: gay, lesbian, bi and trans; disabled; African American; Native American; Asian Pacific; and Latino. “N ike’s employees have raised the bar on investing in their community,” FUN executive director Sean Cox said in a statement. “Their contribution has made it possible for us to serve more kids, more often and in more ways.” practice mrxlels based on national programs. Attorney Donna Meyer will address legal concerns, including health care, financial decision making and domestic partner issues. To register call 503-725-8051. C o m m u n it y S p e a k s O u t M ultnomah County sponsored a Communi ty Speak OUT on March 20 in conjunc tion with the first-ever National LGBT Health Awareness Week. The forum was held to raise awareness about how queers are disproportionately affected by health issues such as HIV, depres sion, youth suicide and alcohol, tobacco and drug use. Small groups focused on a broad range of concerns: queer-friendly safer sex for teens; senior care facilities; anti-bias work in Members of the sexual minorities community schools; holistic queer men’s health; domestic speak out about health March 20; inset, April violence and hate crimes; cultural competence Lewis facilitates the meeting of health providers; comprehensive, compe tent health care for trans people; and health Lewis hopes a broader group eventually will promotion efforts. take interest in the matter. “I think it would be April Lewis—a lesbian who manages the a good forum if we can increase the diversity of county’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Affir the audience— if we’re not speaking to the mative Action—facilitated the discussions. choir, kind of like we were that night.” She says the meeting’s format allowed people to address any topic that was important to them. “I thought it went really, really well,” F U N n y M o n e y Lewis told Just Out. “A ttendance was ^or Us Northwest recently received two low...hut in terms of the people who were grants to help it continue providing a vari there, they were very enthusiastic.... It cer ety of resources and support to children affect tainly was an expansion of LGBT health ed by HIV. The nonprofit organization offers issues past HIV and the things that we nor small-group mentors and family activity days mally think about.” and creates outreach programs at Portland F COME JOIN US FOR Your K ey.i to THIS IMPORTANT Site m ß ' ■'/*< --ir/ FINANCIAL > .V - , f f f g g y- 1 ré W í schools to help educate and support both stu dents and faculty. The PGE Foundation announced March 31 a $2,500 grant to help FUN pro vide social programs for the youth it serves. “In these tough economic times, the founda tion board has redoubled its focus on sup porting organizations in every comer of the state, particularly those that provide funda ecilia and Christy Danlin, the lesbian couple profiled in the Feb. 7 issue of Just Out, welcomed three babies into the world March 8. Jackson, Cole and Avery were bom one minute apart between 11:31 and 11:33 p.m. Each weighed less than four pounds. The two girls, Cole and Avery, are doing well, but Jackson had emergency open-heart surgery March 25 to repair a severe heart defect. The Danlins report that the surgery went well and that doctors expect him to make a full recov ery. He will, however, have a long hospital stay. By press time the two girls should be home. j n Compiled by J im R adosta , M arie F leischmann and K athy B elge A member of the community that you can trust *: in Turbulent Time* A r r iv e C PROGRAM! ISTATE SURVIVAL ra p i T r ip l e t s LGBT Pride is a celebration of community, and community is all about trust. 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