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ness leaders, lawmakers and community fig­
ures join the Basic Rights Education Fund in
taking a stand in support of equality in Ore­
gon at the 18th annual luncheon.
Giving back to the community isn’t only
for business leaders, however, and Cascade
AIDS Project is putting that notion in high
esteem Thursday, March
10 when it honors its siz­
able team of volunteers at
the annual Pamper the
People! event, held at Pivot
(209 SW Fourth Ave.).
All volunteers or in­
terns are invited to this
special recognition event,
from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.,
for food, cupcakes, wine
and beer, as well as the
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card readings. CAP esti­
mates more than 700 volunteers selflessly
aid the nonprofit’s various programs, which
without this help would likely be impossible
to achieve. Whether volunteering only once
a year at AIDS Walk Portland, or coming in
every week to further CAP’s mission of pre­
venting HIV infections and to support and
empower those affected by HIV/AIDS, this
is your day to be thanked.
Nine outstanding volunteers will receive
the CAP Action Award for going above and
beyond in their service. Recipients are Dr.
Rebecca Block, John Conway, Corin Dupree,
Angie Giandomenico, Pony, Shari McLaugh­
lin, Wendy Sullivan-Weest, Jonathan
Thompson and Christopher Whitfield.
Basic Rights Education Fund Business Lead­
ers Luncheon, Thursday, April21, noon; Oregon
Convention Center's Portland Ballroom; basi-
crights.org. CAP Pamper the People!, Thursday,
March 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Pivot, 209 SW
Fourth Ave.; cascadeaids.org.
materials for the documentary of the same
name.
There will be a $l-$5 suggested donation
at the door, but no one will be turned away
for lack of funds.
Sisters of the Road’s Women and Female-
Identified People’s Group is also organizing
an International Women’s
Day event on March 8 at
Sisters’ Cafe (618 NW
Davis) from 5 to 8 p.m.
The event will include
an international food
buffet, screenings of films
created by local women, a
discussion on issues that
impact the lives of wom­
en experiencing home­
lessness and more.
Women’s empower­
ment isn’t reserved only
for March 8 at Sisters’;
the resource holds a
weekly Women and Female-Identified
People’s Group from 5 to 7 p.m. every
Tuesday.
In Other Words Feminist Community
Center transforms into a colorful medium
of woman-centered events and activities
when it celebrates the 36th Annual Port­
land International Women’s Day observance
Wednesday, March 9 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Speakers include Third Wave Foundation
founder Amy Richards; trans activist, spo­
ken word performer and author of Whipping
Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the
Scapegoating of Femininity Julia Serano; and
Bitch co-founder and editorial director Andi
Zeisler. The event is a fundraiser to support
the feminist activities at In Other Words,
and a suggested donation of J5-S10 will be
accepted at the door. No one will be turned
away for lack of funds.
“Success for LIFE,” a fundraiser for
Mercy Corps N W ’s Lifelong Information
for Entrepreneurs (LIFE) program will be
held Saturday, March 12 at the Mercy
Corps offices (45 SW Ankeny St.). Through
LIFE, women prisoners at Coffee Creek
Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Ore.
learn important skills for life, business and
prosocial behavior. LIFE aims to success­
fully reintegrate formerly incarcerated indi­
viduals back into the community and help
to establish self-sufficiency and economic
stability.
The benefit will include dinner, a silent
auction and music from lesbian icon and
Canadian singer-songwriter Ferron.Tickets
are $100 per guest, and tables can be pur­
chased for $600.
For more information on Kate Bingham
Burt's appearance at Q Center, visitpdxqcen-
ter.org; for information on In Other Words'
Int'l Women’s Day event, visit inotherwords.
org; for ticket information to the "Success for
LIFE" fundraiser, contact Rose Gerber at
writetorose@hotmail.com or call 617-999-
3689. Information on Sisters of the Road
events can be found at sistersoftheroad. org.
FAMPER
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International Women’s Day
Prompts Local Observances
It’s been 100 years since the first Interna­
tional Women’s Day event was held in Aus­
tria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
March 8 marks this year’s observance of the
strength and value of women and their con­
tributions to the global community. As such,
numerous celebrations are planned for Port­
land in anticipation of this important
milestone.
Q_ Center hosts speaker Kate Bingham
Burt, author of Obsessive Consumption: What
Did You Buy Today? on Tuesday, March 8
from 7 to 9 p.m. Burt—also an assistant pro­
fessor of graphic design at Portland State
University—founded Obsessive Consump­
tion in 2002 and makes work about the sto­
ries our objects tell. Obsessive Consumption
was published by Princeton Architectural
Press in April 2010, and she also provided all
of the illustrations for the Portland-peppered
book Handmade Nation: The Rise ofDTY, Art,
Craft and Design, as well as the promotional
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