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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 2004)
lune 18.2QÜ4 \ \; ivi i ; 1 1 ] ; Northwest Northwest Northwest ov Northwest Northwest PHOTO BY JIM ,-çiïsr*. Northwest ìnewsbriefs C ontinued from P age 9 Suite 300, 620 S.W. Fifth Ave. • Vancouver: Clark County Health Department HIV/A1DS Case Management Program, 2400 Broadway. • St. Helens: Columbia County Public Health, 2370 Gable Road. • McMinnville: Yamhill County Health Department, 412 N.E. Ford St. The guide can also be found online at www. mchealth. org/cd/hivhcv. P lanned P arenthood O ffers F ree HIV T ests s part of National HIV Testing Day, Planned Parenth(x>d of the Columbia/ Willamette will offer free HIV tests June 28 to anyone who visits one of its six Oregon health centers: • Southeast Portland: 3231 S.E. 50th Ave. • Northeast Portland: Suite B, 3531 N.E. 15th Ave. • Beaverton: Suite 200, 12220 S.W. First St. • Gresham: Suite 100, 501 N.E. Hood St. T he Rev. Cecil C. Prescod says a $ 6 ,5 0 0 grant from the • Bend: Suite 7, 2330 N.E. Divi McKenzie River Gathering Foundation will help the sion St. MultiQueer program increase outreach to queer youth • Salem: 3825 Wolverine St. N.E. “Over the past several years, there have been tremendous strides in diagnosing and treating ueer outh of olor H1V disease and related infections, hut these ultiQueer, a program of Love Makes a advances mean little if people are not getting Family, has received a $6,500 grant from tested,” said Linda Bryant, medical services the McKenzie River Gathering Foundation to director. “For those people that have shared nee provide gay, lesbian, hi and trans youth of color dles or had unprotected sex with multiple part in the Portland area with peer support, resources ners, getting tested is the first step in taking con trol of their life." and access to community. “There are few resources for LG BT youth of About one in four people with HIV/AIDS in color in our community,” explains the Rev. the United States do not know they are infect Cecil C. Prescod, who serves on Love Makes a ed. The state Department of Human Services Family’s hoard of directors. “This grant will estimates more than 5,000 people are living enable the MultiQueer program to increase its with HIV in Oregon. outreach and help empower LG BT youth of For more information call 800-230-PLA N or visit color to become advocates for themselves.” MultiQueer challenges both racism and www.ppcw.org. homophobia, two forms of oppression that are present within the larger community as well as the sexual minorities and people o f color reast ancer alk communities. T h e program has two main eam aptains ought projects lined up for the year: a diversity training workshop geared toward social serv- he Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foun dation is soliciting team captains for the ice agencies, schools and similar professionals 2004 Komen Portland Race for the Cure, which focusing on racism and homophobia as well as will he held Sept. 19, beginning and ending at a youth-centered photo exhibit and display Waterfront Park. project. Anyone interested in leading a team is invit- “LG BT youth of color must tackle a world in ed to attend a registration kickoff meeting from which they are forced to ch(x>se their communi- noon to 1:30 p.m. June 19 at the Old Spaghetti ty and to make a decision as to who they are,” Factory, 715 S.W. Bancroft St. Refreshments says Kristy Eggen, MultiQueer program coordi and door prizes will he provided. nator. “Neither the LG BT community nor the Attendees will receive essential information larger community is willing to accept both an on team registration, tools and programs for this LG BT and a PO C identity— it’s either one or year’s race. Race teams must consist of 10 or more the other.” people and will be registered in one of three cat T he McKenzie River Gathering Founda egories: workplace, friends/family or school. tion has distributed more than $7 million in During the past 12 years, the race has raised grants since 1976 to grassroots projects more than $10 million for the foundation’s Ore addressing the root causes of social, environ gon and southwest Washington affiliate. Up to mental and econom ic injustice. T he Multi- 75 percent of the net income from the race stays Queer program is also funded in part by Equi- in the region to fund research, education, ty Foundation, screening and treatment, while the remainder is solely dedicated to national work toward eradi- For more information about MultiQueer call Kristy eating breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. Eggen at 503-228-3892 or visit www.lmfamily.org. For more information about For more information call 503-553-3680 or visit the foundation call 503-234-2338 or 800-489-6743 or visit www.mrgfoundation .org. www.komenoregon. org. 500 GRANT SUPPORTS Q M B T C C W S Y C
