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politics— comfortable shoes, cool
black beret and a rucksack full of
voter registration cards were part
of the suggested outfit.
The all-day meeting also
addressed lessons learned from
previous campaigns, targeting
ideal voters, building relationships
with voters, how to address ‘‘wedge
issues” and managing data. ROP
staff presented a one-hour work
shop on “Building a Machine with
Heart,” in which they dramatized
ways to connect with voters in
rural areas.
Salvador Peralta, Yamhill
County Democrats chairman,
urged fellow groups to “promote U .S . Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, spoke May 15 at the
our ideals through the Democratic Rural Caucus and Strategy Session in Oregon City
Party...without compromising our
values.” He said progressives could learn from
rural and small-town Oregonians are going
the Christian Coalition, which has been rela to...win justice on Nov. 2,” she said. “And also
tively successful in mainstreaming its agenda.
get more people involved who are ready to work
Ben Talley spoke about Pendleton Commons’ for progressive values.”
recent effort to pass a progressive tax measure in
eastern Oregon. He recounted a three-pronged
P er fo r m a n c es A d d ress
approach to success: “keep it local," “keep it per
H o m o p h o b ia , R acism
sonal” and “keep it inclusive.” Talley particularly
stressed the advantage to he gained from engag
total of 15 students will use an innovative,
ing and including the business community.
dynamic form of interactive theater to
The strategy session concluded with a speech
educate people about oppression this month at
hy U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. ROP
Portland Community Colleges Sylvania Cam
field organizer Cara Shufelt said it was "refresh pus, 12000 S.W. 49th Ave.
ing to hear a presidential candidate talk about
The Illumination Project will ftxus on homo
issues facing rural Americans.”
phobia from 1 to 2:20 p.m. May 24 and from 2 to
Shufelt told Just Out the day was a success.
3:20 p.m. May 27 in the Little Theater as well as
“We were able in a bigger way to kick off how
from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in the Performing Art Cen
A
ter Lobby. It will tackle homophobia and racism
from 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 25 in the Little Theater.
“Racism and homophobia are so ingrained in
our society, they often go unnoticed," said Jean-
nie LaFrance, director of Art for Action, an
organization dedicated to the use of theater for
education and social justice. “This interactive
performance is meant to help strip away igno
rance around these issues.”
To arrange for off-campus performances or to
make reservations, call 503-977-8149 or e-mail
jlafranc@pcc.edu.
W o r k sh o p T each es Y o u th
A b o u t D rag
P
ortland drag troupe DK PDX held an inno
vative workshop for youth May 14 at the
Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center. Host
ed hy Randy Bush and Simon LeBongo, the
workshop focused on the expanding definitions
of drag, how to transform oneself into a drag star
and drag performance. A dozen youth attended
the workshop and shared their experiences with
drag and learned new ways to express gendered
personas through performance. Highlights of
the night were facial hair tips and choosing per
sonal drag star names and personas.
“Drag performance is expanding from the drag
queen community to include drag kings, ‘bio’
queeas and everything in between and beyond,"
LeBongo told Just Out. “Youth perspectives are
important in shaping this growing genre of queer
art. Drag is a way for queer youth to express them
selves and their politics and to capture an audi
ence to think about sexual minority youth issues."
DK PDX will showcase emerging queer
youth artists and performers during an all-ages
Portland Pride party June 20 at the Meow
Meow, 320 S.E. Second Ave.
For more information join the fan list at
groups. yahoo. com/group/portlandddragkmgs.
P ride N o r th w est
M a k es C h a n g es
his year’s Portland Pride theme might he
“Queer We Go Again!” hut that doesn’t mean
everything will he identical to past celebrations.
The biggest change in the festivities is the
parade route. Previously it started at Lincoln High
School, went down Broadway and cut through
Stark Street and Old Town before arriving at
Waterfront Park. This year, participants will gath
er at the comer of 15th Avenue and Glisan Street,
wind through the Pearl District, head down Stark,
zip across Old Town and end at Waterfront Park.
“In past years what people have complained
about most about the parade was that it was too
stretched out and too long and there were huge
gaps in between, and that was because we
crossed the M AX tracks before,” Pride North
west spokesman Joe Dressman explains. “But
now we’ve moved a little bit more toward
Northwest so we don’t cross MAX. It’ll be more
compact and it’ll go srruxithly and there won’t
be big gaps in between.”
Dressman notes the route will still take the
parade past popular gay bars along Stark and in
Old Town, although it no longer will go by Pio
neer Courthouse Square.
“We have already heard a couple of people
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