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Committed to Cultural Diversity www.portlandobserver.eom April 1«, 2002 (Lite sportiani» (©bserüer SECTION “fBvidglnp ffo ttla n d i Gammunitiea” n nt nt u n i t y a 1 e n b a r Red Cross Training ‘ Portland Hosts Black Mayors The Oregon T rai 1 C hapter o f the A m eri can Red Cross will o ffer "W hen I’m in C h a rg e ” at A lam ed a C o m m u n ity School at 2732 N.E. F rem ont in P o rt land. The class will be held on April 29, from 6 p.m . - 8:30 p.m . T his 2.5 hour course is intended to train children ages eight to eleven-years-old how to respond to and be safe in “hom e alone” situations. T o register, call 503-823- 3180 o r go online to w w w .redcross- pdx.org. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (from left), former New York Secretary o f State Randy Daniels and Atlanta MayorShirley Franklin (on big screen) address a public town hall meeting Sunday at the Oregon Convention Center. Black public administrators from across the country were in Portland to discuss issues ranging from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to public health challenges in African American communities. Humane Society Photo Contest D o you have a favorite photo o f your pet? The O regon H um ane Society is looking for g reat p ets for its Fuzzy, Furry, and Feathered Friends photo contest. The grand prize w inner and theirpet will be featured in the O regon H um ane Society ’ s sum m er m agazine and w ebsite and receiv e a $50 gift certificate to Pro Photo S upply. T o enter, call 503-285-7722. Race for the Roses S u p p o rt O re g o n ’s fu tu re by p a rtic i p a tin g in the F o u rth A n n u al “ R ace fo r the R o ses,” P o rtla n d 's on ly h a lf m arath o n and a 5 K R u n /W alk on S u n d h y , A p ril 21. T h e ev e n t b e g in s at the O regon S q u are C o u rty ard near the L lo y d C e n te r at 7 a.m . fo llo w ed by the 5K R u n /W alk at 7 :3 0 a .m . T o re g iste r, call A A S p o rts at 503-331 - 3140 or go o n lin e to w w w .ra c e 4 th e ro se s.o rg . Domestic Violence Hotline A re you interested in helping others gain social service skills and w orking tow ards social ch an g e? T he P ortland w om en’s C risis Line is seeking volun teer advocates to staff its 24-hour dom estic violence hotline, and p ro vide legal and Sexual assault ad v o cacy. M ust be 18 years old o r older. Call 503-419-4352. P hoto by D avid P iechl / T hf . P ortland O bserver Voices Raised On Mideast Violence New Seasons Market E v er w o n d er w hy e a tin g c h o c o la te seem s to p u t y o u in a b e tte r m o o d ? C u rio u s about o th er fo o d s th at co u ld affe c t y o u r m o o d o r m ay b e ev en y o u r m em o ry ? T h e N ew S easo n s M a rk e t is o ffe rin g a free c la s s on how fo o d affe c ts m o o d s on T u e s day, A pril 16 at th e C o n c o rd ia sto re, lo c a te d at 5 3 2 0 N .E . 3 3 rd A ve. C all 503-288-2323. Earth Day Celebration P o rtlan d is c e le b ra tin g E arth D ay w ith an ev en t c a lle d P ro cessio n o f the S p ecies. T h e p a ra d e is a w ay fo r m any to co n n ect to the n atu ral w orld u sin g the m ed ia o f art, d a n c e and m usic. Join the p ro c e s sio n on S u n day , A pril 28 by w e a rin g a h a n d m ad e co stu m e o f an e n d a n g e re d sp ecies or p lay in g m u sic to p ro m o te en v iro n m en tal aw aren ess. F o r m ore in fo rm atio n ,call 503-452-4483. Lewis and Clark Expedition T he U .S. A rm y C o rp o f E n g in eers is h o stin g tw o p e rfo rm a n c e s o f the h isto ric a l in te rp re ta tio n p ro g ram , “S a cag aw ea S p e a k s” at n o o n an d 3 p.m . on A p ril 14 at th e B rad fo rd Islan d V isito r C e n te r at B o n n ev ille L ock and D am . A d m issio n is free, b u t s e a t i n g is l i m i t e d . J o y c e H u n sak er, an aw a rd -w in n in g sto ry teller w ill portray the Shoshoni guide fo r the L ew is an d C la rk ex p e d itio n . Call 541-374-8820. Calls for peace and justice issue were heard Friday during a downtown Portland rally addressing the violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Former State Rep. JoAnn Bowman of Portland called for the end o f the violence and protection o f civil liberties. “When I say I stand for justice, I don't just mean me, I mean every person on the planet," Bowman said. photos by D avid P ie < hi VT he P ortland O bserver B y D avid P i . echl T he P ortland O bserver H undreds o f dem onstrators took to dow ntow n Portland streets Friday p ro testing recent incursions and killings by Israeli forces in the W est Bank and G azaStrip. M archers circled P ioneer Square, chanting against the m ilitary actions o f A riel S h aro n ’s governm ent, and the policies o f the U nited States, w hom they claim favor the Israeli occupation and use o f force. D em o n strato rs w ove P alestin ian flags, handed out fliers, and displayed signs, som e show ing pictures o f Israeli s o ld ie rs b e a tin g P a le s tin ia n s and young children cow ering from gunfire. A m o ck Israeli ch eck p o in t w as set u p o n B ro ad w ay . “ Israeli so ld ie rs" d ra p e d in the S tar o f D avid, h eld ro a d b lo ck s and b ark ed new s o f delay s and d isa p p o in tm e n t to dow ntow n d riv ers, and th en re tre a te d to the sid ew alk s w ith e ach g reen light. The Israeli governm ent has claim ed the checkpoints and occupation are n ec essary to defend itself against suicide bom bers, calling them terrorists and d e claring negotiations useless under such circum stances. A few pro-Israeli dem onstrators also attended. O ne man held a sign which read, "A rafat and Bin Laden, Tw in T ow ers o f T erro r." A nother man passed out pam phlets condem ning the Arab treatm ent of Jew s over hundreds o f years. T he m arch ev e n tu a lly c o n d en sed around a podium w here various speakers echoed the stance o f the crow d, and call ing for an “immediate withdrawal o f Israeli troops from Palestinian cities, tow ns, and population centers.” Mazen Malik, an Arab American, spoke o f a situation so degraded, “am bulances were being shot at". He continued, “W ith out justice, there can be no peace.” Those w ords becam e a m antra for the crow d, w hich thundered with drum m ing and enthusiastic applause. Recent Israeli policies have stated how ever that there will be no peace until the suicide bombers have been contained. The responsibility for this containm ent has largely been placed on the shoulders of Palestinian leader Arafat, w ho has re peatedly been warned to reign in the bombers or face military insurgencies. Form er State Rep. Joann B ow m an of northeast Portland spoke as w ell, call ing for an end to the violence and pro tection o f civil liberties. "W hen I say I stand for justice, I d o n 't ju st m ean me, I m ean every person on this planet.” M any o f those w ho spoke called for a peace and prosperity that w ould in clude both Jew s and A rabs. O ne Jew ish man said he loved the Jew ish people, but he also said he “loved the P alestin ians just as m uch.” H is com m ents w ere m et w ith a p plause and cheering. Five Planets Line Up Celebrated by OMSI at Rooster Rock on April 20 A starry p h en o m en o n is a b o u t to o c c u r and y o u ’re in v ited to en jo y th e ev e n , w ith a party . Five visible planets and the Earth’s moon will dance across a palette painted by dusk April 20, when M ercury, Venus, Mars. Saturn, Jupiter and the M oon will gather in the west in the evening sky. “ I, is rath e r rare to h av e five p la n e ts in a n early p erfect lin e ," said Jim T o d d , P la n e ta riu m D ire c to r a, the O reg o n M u seu m o f S cien ce and In d u stry , “and the w axing g ib b o u s M oon w ill certainly add d ra m a .” T o ce le b ra te the e v e n t, O M S I, R ose C ity A stro n o m ers and O reg o n P arks and R ecreatio n are th ro w in g an A s tronom y D ay S tar P arty a, R o o ster R ock A » S tate P ark in th e C o lu m b ia G orge on S atu rd ay , A pril 20. w eather perm itting. T h e free e v e n , starts a, 6 :3 0 p.m . at th e p ark , lo cated ju s , east o f S andy o ff 1-84. T o d d said th at th is is an ex cellen t o p p o rtu n ity fo r star w atch ers to view th e p la n e t s , a s te l e s c o p e s a r e n ’t needed. “T h a t's a n o th e r asp ect th a, m akes this o c c u rren ce u n iq u e - the fact tha, w e'll have five naked-eye planets in the sk y ,” he said. A lth o u g h the plan ets w ill be v isible for sev eral ev en in g s befo re and after A pril 20, T o d d said that ev en in g w ill o ffe r the b est v iew in g , as th e plan ets w ill line up in an alm o st straig h t line. <1 T he best v iew in g is aw ay from c lu s ters o f b rig h t city lights. F o r th o se w h o p lan to tra v e l to R ooster R ock S tate Park, it is advised to call O M S I's S tar Party Inform ation Line at 5 0 3 -7 9 7 -4 6 1 0 to ch eck for p o ssib le c a n c e lla tio n s due to w eath er. P arking a, R o o ster R ock is $3 p er carlo a d or $ 1 ,5 0 fo rO M S I m em bers.
