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FoH^FindAffordable Housing Has Many Rewards
Bash For
Valentine’s
Brittany Parrish presents the Valentine’s
I affair Fashion Bash o f ’96, Saturday at 8
p.m. at the Red Lion Inn at the Quay.
Sponsors include Farris Fashion, Woods
& Reid Bridal Fashions, Thu Fashions,
M LK Ten ‘Na Shoes and Flossin Gear.
| Tickets are availab!e at Pearls Music Shop,
M LK Ten ‘ Na Shoes and Thu Fashion.
Chinese New
Year Dinner
The Northwest China Council w ill hold
I its sixth annual Chinese New Year Dinner
and auction at Portland’ s Governor Hotel
| on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. The public
is welcome.
Senior
Employment
Offered
The A ARP senior employment program
I is recruiting workers age 55 and older to
help community service organizations
throughout the area. The program is geared
toward public service and giving older
i workers new skills to re-enter the jo b mar-
I ket. For information, call 231-8078.
Volunteers work on rem odeling the in te rio r o f a H abitat fo r H um anity hom e (left), while a n o t h ^ H b i t a f
hom e sta nd s proudly fin ish ed (above).
Valentine
Concerts
by
hen affordable housing stories
Michael Allen Harrison presents his
I annual Valentine concerts, Feb. 14, 16 and
17 at the Old Church, 1422 S.W. 11th Ave.
I Showtimes are 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. each
night. Tickets are avai lable at Ticketmaster
I outlets.
Rally For Justice
Community members and Prisoners Or
I ganized Against Unjust Crime Laws w ill
sponsora march and rally Saturday, begin­
ning at noon from Irving Park at Northeast
| Seventh and Fremont and ending with a I
I p.m. rally at Lutheran Inner C ity M inis
tries, 4219 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr
I Blvd.
Exchange
Meetings Set
Students and parents interested in study
I abroad opportunities are invited to attend
an informational meeting o f the American
I Field Service on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7:30
I p.m. at the Metro Y M C A in southwest
Portland.
Umoja To
Receive Books
A donation o f books by the Portland
Links organization w ill be made to the
House o f Umoja during a special ceremo
ny, Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. the
House ofU m oja residential facility at 4 9 17
1 N.E. 17th Ave.
P romise K ing
W
touted by Habitat For Humanity
sounded too easy to be true for
But Culver, to her dismay, may have found
Ruthie Culver of northeast Portland, out
she
that it is that simple to be a homeowner
became skeptical.
these days, especially when you earn less.
She did not believe that you could begin
the process o f owning a home with no appli-
Acts of Kindness
Celebrated
Volunteers o f America is promoting
Random Acts o f Kindness Week, Feb. 12
through Feb. 18. “ Kindness begets kind­
ness and by spreading the message o f kind­
ness we can really make a difference,’’ said
VO A representative Don Strick.
SUBM ISSIONS: C om m unity
C alendar inform a tion w ill be given
p rio rity i f dated two weeks
before the event date.
On Friday, she wi II be joined by her friends
and fam ily as she dedicates her new home,
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courtesy o f the Habitat program.
“ I did not believe that there are people out
there who truly want to help without demand­
ing something in return. It’s a great feeling”
enthused Culver.
Many like Culver, seeking remedy from
the Portland’s high-priced real estate market,
w ill have cause to smile -----
as ..............
friendlier pro­
grams combined with government initiatives
are beginning to provide new opportunities.
Existing programs like Habitat are con­
stantly seeking applications from home seek­
ers.
“ Our doors are open for those in need,”
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From Vanport Extension To Major University
H
P
ortland State
ortland
State University
University will
will
celebrate its 50th Anniversary
with a parade, special ceremo­
nies, a dinner and a carousel of music.
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The university began in 1946 as the Vanport
Extension Center, offering education and
services to returning W orld War II veterans.
Since then, this diamond-in-the-rough has
become a cutting edge, multifaced college, a
valuable community asset and is recognized
nationally as a model for urban universities
and for higher education reform.
The celebration begins Friday, Feb. 23
with a noon gathering for the PSU communi­
ty, immediate neighbors and friends. PSU
President Judith Ramaley w ill give a b rie f
speech, cut the anniversary cake and jo in
administrators, faculty, students and sta ff in
sing “ Happy Anniversary, PSU.”
Saturday, Feb. 24, the party opens at 3
p.m. with the Scottish pipe and drum band
Clan Macleay and a parade o f 1946 to 1996
Chevrolets moving from PSU through down­
town. A t 4 p.m. in the PSU Smith Center,
invited dignitaries, including Portland Police
C hief Charles Moose and a Vanport-era stu­
dent and a current PSU student w ill discuss
PSU then and now.
The group Dub
Squad w ill
e nte rtain with
several o th e r
groups during
P ortland S tate
U niversity's 5 0 th
anniversary gala.
The college
began serving the
m etro area in
1 9 4 6 as the
Vanport
Extension Center.
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Foundation
Recruits Members
You can improve the quality o f life for
those suffering the with the painful, hered­
itary blood disorder o f sickle cell disease
by volunteering your time and talent each
month. The Sickle Cell Foundation needs
volunteer board members. Call 249-1366
for more information.
cation fee, without a credit history and only
the demands o f several hours o f manual la­
bor.
Urban League Plans Equality Dinner
R
onald Daly, president of telecom­
munication* for R.R. Donnelley
& Sons Co., will be guest speak­
er at the Urban League of Portland’s
Equal Opportunity Dinner Feb. 22 a t the
Portland Hilton.
Daly, whojoined the nation’s largest printer
as a proofreader in 1964 and now leads one
o f its worldwide divisions, w ill discuss his
experiences as an African American who has
broken through corporate America’s glass
ceiling.
U ntil recently, Daly was president o f R.R.
Donnelley Norwest in Portland.
The theme o f this year’s dinner is “ B u ild ­
ing Community: Education, Employment and
Equality.”
The program w ill focus on how the Urban
League works with others to advance the
cause o f equal access and opportun ity through
education and employment. The dinner co-
chairs are Keith Lovett, senior vice president
Ronald Daly
o f human resources for Fred Meyer and Dr.
Judith Ramaley, president o f Portland State
University.
Urban League s Equal O p p o rtu n ity
Awards w ill be presented three individuals
who have advanced the cause o f equal oppor­
tunity: State Rep. Avel Gordly, Self En­
hancement, Inc. President Tony Hopson and
Volunteers o f America President/CEO Gerald
McFadden.
Gordly has been a lifetime champion o f
social justice. In the legislature she helped
secure passage o f bills to promote fairness in
the justice system and is a chief sponsor o f a
statewide initiative petition to raise the m in­
imum wage. She is a co-founder o f the A fri­
can American Legislative Issues Roundtable
and the Unity Breakfast Committee, two
groups which advocate on a variety o f issues
for the African American community She
gained experience working in local nonprofits,
including House ofU m oja, American Friends
Service Committee and the Urban League
Tony Hopson founded Self Enhancement
in Portland in 1981 as a one-week summer
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camp for 80 high school students. Today, the
program serves more than 700 urban youth a
year and w ill soon be moving into a new
center that is being built in inner north and
northeast Portland.
Like Gordly, Hopson has worked tireless­
ly to give back to his community - where he
was nurtured and came o f age - and help
young people reach their potential.
Since McFadden moved to Portland in
1992 to lead Volunteers o f America, the local
affiliate has expanded its programs serving
young families, the frail elderly, and ex-
offenders.
McFadden has been a leader in building
successful partnerships with the Urban League
and other nonprofits and in bringing new
services to North and Northeast Portland.
These include the Marie Smith Center for
seniors and the Common Bond program for
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