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Its Good When Its Good In The Hood
Sellwood Riverfront Concerts
C elebrate the last sum m er o f the 20th
century w ith friends and neighbors in
local parks around the city. The Sellwood
Riverfront Concert on the W illamette
R iver (just north o f the Sellw ood Bridge)
will start on July 5 and July 12. Concerts
begin on M ondays from 6:30 PM until
8.30 PM. Call 823-2223.
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W orld W a lk for Breastfeeding
La Lee he League international’s World
W alk for Breastfeeding will be held on
Saturday. A ugust 7 from noon to 4 PM in
Lair Hill park in dow ntow n Portland. The
one-m ile symbolic w alk will begin at 1:30
PM on the running track adjacent to Lair
Hill Park. La Leche League International
(LLLI) is a nonprofit organization that
p rovides in form ation and support to
200,000 breastfeeding mothers in 66 coun­
tries every month. Call 503/524-9616.
W om an, Thou A rt Loosed!
W om en throughout the country and
around the world anticipate their largest
Christian gathering to date, as they prepare
to converge in A tlanta for Bishop T.D.
Jakes’ fourth annual Homan, Thou Art
Loosed! Conference at the Georgia Dome
July 29-31. “W ailing W omen W in” is
theme for the 1999 conference - billed by
the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one o f
the top five m eetings (ranked in atten­
dance) Atlanta hosts. On-site registration
will open at 10 AM on Thursday. The
event is free and open to the public, how­
ever, preferred seating has been reserved
for pre-registrants. Call Pamela Gadsen at
214/333-6447.
Left to right: B .J.W ade. C ynthia W ashington, City of Portland Commissioner Jim Franseconi, ShayW ashington, Susan W oolwine
and Ivy Huff join th e Portland Observer to cele b ra te th e festivities th a t m ake th e
Hood... Good.
Explore Africa This Sum m er
The Homowa African Arts and Cultures
is presenting a four-week series o f African
arts day camps for children ages 6-12. The
day camps begin July 19 and run through
August 13. Each week-long camp occurs
Monday through Friday from 9 AM until 3
PM. The series begins July 19-23 at the East
Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th
Ave. The second camp follows July 26-30 at
Whitaker Middle School, 5700 NE 39th. For
additional information, call 503/288-3025.
Bubbling Brown S ugar, above, a Portland social club form ed 2 0
years ago, p a rtic ip a te d in th e Good in th e Hood Parade for the
second tim e . The club p a rtic ip a te s in various com m unity
a c tiv itie s and support various causes and each o th er. Their
parade a ttire w as co urtesy of Adidas. The president of Bubbling
Below, right: The kids of B.i.K.E. were
familiar faces to those in the hot dog line
at the Good in The Hood festivities following
the parade on Saturday. The children rode
the parade w ith their coach, John
Benenate. Kid of B.I.K.E. (Bicycles and
Ideas for Kid’s Empowerment) believe they
have a budding reputation in the community
as leaders in
cycling.
The
k id s
a re
reflecting their
c o m m u n ity
leadership self-
im a g e
th is
sum m er
at
U nthank Park
by c o a c h in g
other children,
u s in g
a
c u r r ic u lu m
created by the
O ly m p ic
Training Center,
called “Kids on
Bikes”.
For information
a b o u t
v o lu n te e rin g ,
m e m b e rs h ip ,
or c o a c h in g ,
p le a s e
c a ll
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Brown Sugar is Florene B radley.
Hip Chicks and A ctivists
Hip Chicks and Activists is looking for
women ofcolor and men ofcolor, especially
African-Americans living in NE Portland to
join our social activist theater group. Open
house and informational fun gathering on
Saturday, July 10“’. Call 306-9000.
Rem em bering Hiroshima &
N agasaki
An event coordinated by Physicians for
Social Responsibility and W om en's Inter­
national League for Peace and Freedom
will be holding an annual event memorial­
izing the victims o f the Hiroshima and
Nagasaki bombings and will call for the
elimination o f nuclear weapons. The event
will be on August 6 from 6-7 PM at the
Japanese American Historical Plaza (NW
Naito Parkway and Couch St.). Call Jenni­
fer Aldrich at 503/274-2720.
Help Needy Children
The L.l.F.E. (Low-Income Families
Emergency) Center is having its I (P annual
back-to-school drive for needy children (K-
12). The drive will start July 1 through Au­
gust 10. 1999 The Center needs new and
good usable clothing to ensure needy chil­
dren are properly prepared for the upcoming
school year Ifyou need more information or
would 1 ike to volunteer for the giveaway, call
Leslie Garth at 503/284-6878. All donations
maybe dropped o ff at the L.l.F.E. Center at
2746 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Or, call the Center
for a pick-up.
W om en Entrepreneur«
The Women Entrepreneurs o f Oregon,
Portland Metro Chapter are having meet­
ings on the second Tuesday o f each month
For more information about each specific
meeting and to make reservations, call 5 4 11
858-3323.
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Meyer Memorial Awards
$1 Million Grant to S.E.I.
• Prestigious non-profit funding
organization continues 10-year
record of outstanding support
S e lf E n h a n c e m e n t, In c ., (S E I) a n ­
n o u n c e s M e y e r M e m o ria l T rust h a s
aw ard ed a $1 m illio n g ran t o v er the next
five y ears in th e form o f a ch a lle n g e grant
in w h ich S E I w ill raise
m atch in g funds to b en efit
S E I’s E le m en ta ry S chool
program . T his is the 10th
y e a r M e y e r M e m o r ia l
T ru st has co n trib u ted to the
n o n -p ro fit y o u th o rg an iz a­
tio n w ith its first g ran t
aw ard to SEI going d irectly
to fund th e fo u n d in g o f
S E T s E le m en ta ry S chool
P ro g ram in 1989.
SETs
E le m e n ta r y
S chool P ro g ram is th e first
p o in t o f en try for SEI p a r­
tic ip a n ts, b e g in n in g in the
seco n d grade. T h ro u g h the
E lem en tary S ch o o l p ro g ram , SEI p a rtic i­
p an ts rec eiv e p o sitiv e o p tio n s, su p p o rt
an d safety . T h e 10th an n iv ersary o f the
M ey er M em o rial T ru st grant to SEI co in ­
cid es w ith S E T s first g rad u a tin g class to
hav e been a p a rt o f th is p ro g ram sin ce its
incep tio n .
“ N o o th e r ag e n cy o ffers th is k ind o f
in te n siv e , c o n tin u o u s an d co m p re h en siv e
su p p o rt as o u r E lem en tary S chool P ro ­
g ram .” said T ony H o p so n , fo u n d er and
p resid e n t, SET “ M ey er M em o rial T rust
g av e us th e o p p o rtu n ity to b eg in o ffe rin g
th is p ro g ram ten years ag o and w ill c e l­
eb ra te S E T s C lass o f 2 0 0 0 as its first
g rad u a tin g class from th e program .
S E T s E lem entary School P rogram p ro ­
vides structures, goal-oriented personal d e­
v elo p m en t and violence p rev en tio n ser­
vices to m ore than 500 second-through
fifth grade inner-city P ortland youth each
y ea r.
T h e E le m e n ta r y
S chool P ro g ram p ro v id es
for case m anagem ent o f an
advocacy for SEI p a rtic i­
pants w ith in sch o o ls and
w ith in th e c o m m u n ity ,
tracking scholastic ach iev e­
m ent and b ehavior. D uring
after school hours and on
the w eekend, the program
provides su p erv ised , task-
focused ed u c atio n , re c re ­
ation and p erfo rm in g arts
activities that provide safety
and options not ty p ic ally
available to in n ercity youth.
D uring sum m er m onths the
p ro g ram p ro v id es an ex p an sio n o f th e a f­
ter-sch o o l program to an all-d ay program .
T h e late F red G. M ey er w ho e s ta b ­
lish ed th e ch ain o f retail sto res cre ate d the
M ey er M em o rial T rust his nam e th ro u g h ­
o ut the P acific N orthw est. W hen M r.
M ey er d ie d in 1978, his w ill e stab lish ed
th e T ru st, b eq u eath in g it n early tw o m il­
lio n sh a re s o f stock in F red M eyer, Inc.
All sto ck in F red M eyer, Inc. w as so ld
p rio r to the b eg inning o f the I ru st s o p ­
era tio n s and th ere is no rela tio n sh ip be-
tw een the com pany
and th e T rust. At
the c lo se o f its fis­
cal y e a r on M arch
31, 1999, the tru st
has asse ts o f ap ­
p ro x im a te ly $450
m illio n , m ak in g it
on e o f th e la rg e st
fo u n d atio n s in the
U n ited S tates.
Founded
in
1981 b y T o n y
H o p so n , SEI is a
n o n -p ro fit o rg a n i­
za tio n co m m itte d
to
h e lp in g
P o rtla n d ’s in n er-
c ity y o u th m ak e
p o sitiv e ch o ices to
a c h ie v e th e ir full
p o ten tial. L ocated
in n o rth P o rtlan d ,
SEI
p ro v id e s
y o u n g p eo p le w ith
c o n s tr u c tiv e o p ­
tio n s fo r p erso n a l
s u c c e s s to h e lp
them av o id the pit-
falls o f d ru g s and
Founder and
v io le n c e . T o d ay ,
S E I se rv e s 1,200
s c h o o l-a g e y o u th
w ith s e r v ic e s in 11 P o rtla n d p u b lic
sc h o o ls in n o rth /n o rth e a st P o rtla n d as
w ell as in afte r sch o o l an d su m m e r p r o ­
gram in its new C e n te r fo r S e lf E n h a n c e ­
m en t. SEI has b ee n re c o g n iz e d as a
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President of SEI, Tony Hopson
n a tio n a l m o d el o f y o u th v io le n c e p re v e n ­
tio n by th e U .S . C e n te rs for D ise ase s
C o n tro l an d w as ran k e d in th e to p 100 o f
P re sid en t G eo rg e B u sh ’s th o u sa n d P o in ts
o f L ig h t.
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