May 08,2002
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Ceasefire Oregon Gun Turn-In May 11
Ceasefire Oregon will hold its ninth gun
turn-in to reduce the threat of gun violence
and increase public awareness of gun safety
on Saturday. May 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
six Portland area locations.
The event is sponsored by local law en
forcement agencies, community leaders, the
medical community and gun violence preven
tion advocates.
Gun violence has become a major public
threat. By a voluntary surrender of firearms,
the Ceasefire Oregon Education Foundation
hopes to reduce the number of preventable
gun injuries and deaths.
Guns are exchanged for merchandise cer-
tificates equaling $50 dollars. Information on
safe storage, gun safety and gun violence
prevention will be available at each site.
The turn-ins are scheduled at the following
collections: Lutheran Center for Christian Min
istries, 4219 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd.; Eastport Plaza, 4104 S.E. 82nd Ave.,
Suite 300; Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
Station #67, 13810 S.W, Farmington Rd. at
Menio in Beaverton; Clackamas Fire Station,
2930 S.E. Oak Grove Blvd. at McLaughlin in
Milwaukie; the Human Resources Building,
Tuality Hospital, 232 S.E. 8th Ave. in Hillsboro;
and Gresham Fire Station #4 on Northeast
192nd and Halsey in Gresham.
A little girl tests the new tricycle track behind Early Head Start on North M ississippi and Skidmore.
The track will be used for a kid's race during a family-friendly m ulticultural fair.
A PROGRAM OF THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN HEALTH COALITION
FESTIVAL TO BfilAG fOOD, nusic, CRAFTS
2 8 0 0 N . V a n c o u v e r A v e n u e , S u ite 1 0 0 , 9 7 2 2 7 ; 5 0 3 4 1 3 - 1 8 5 0
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and made possible
Sponsored by the
in part by Legacy Emanuel, PSU-RRI and CareOregon
REACH
WHAT?
stands
for
Racial and
Ethnic
Approaches to Community Health.
It is a community action plan to decrease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Oregon African American
community.
an African American
is twice as likely to die from a
in Oregon
WHY?
stroke and one and one-half times as likely to die
from a heart attack.
Boise Eliot School and historic Mississippi
stage first multi-cultural festival
Food, music and crafts will lure
area residents to the first annual
Portland M ulti-C ultural Festival,
with special events in north P ort
land over three days beginning
T hursday, next w eek.
R esidents in the Boise neigh
borhood and parents o f Boise-
Eliot Elementary School organized
the events w hich features live
m usic, m ulti-cultural food and
ch ild ren ’s activities. T he festival
is a celebration o f our rich local
culture and talent w ith a fam ily-
friendly focus.
A storybook parade and food
court highlight the kick o ff to the
celebration on T hursday, M ay 16,
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Boise-Eliot
school, 630 N. Frem ont.
A com m unity talent show and
outdoor m ovies wi 11 lure people to
the celebration on Friday, M ay 17
at the Mississippi Rising Ballroom,
833 N. Shaver.
O n S atu rd ay , M ay 16, a d y
nam ic stage lineup o f India rock,
g o sp el ja z z , w o rld fo lk , N ativ e-
A m erican flu te and g o sp el hip
hop w ill take p lace on M issis-
sip p i A venue b etw e en F rem o n t
and S k id m o re, from 10 a.m . to 5
p.m.
T he O regon Z oo will offer its
Bug Z oo exhibit and Early H ead
Start hosts a tricycle race. Local
crafts and a com m unity garage
sale will offer unique and inexpen
sive treasures.
T he festival is draw ing sup
port from N W N atural, Safeco,
L egacy H ealth System , T ri-M et
and K B O O 90.7F M .
F or m ore in fo rm atio n , call
M issy at 503-916-6171.
Mandela and Tutu: The Next Generation
Son, daughter of South African leaders to visit Portland
higher incidence
of premature death, diabetes, stroke, heart
African Americans have a
attack and high blood pressure.
Nontombi
Naomi Tutu,
the daughter o f
Archbishop
Desmond Tutu.
For
STAY
TUNED...
more information programs such as
HOLLA (youth peer education) and Lookin'
Tight Livin' Right (beauty and barber
shop based education) to decrease the
disparity of preventable chronic diseases.
Prince Cedza
Dlamini, the
grandson o f
Nelson
Mandela.
C elebrating 10 years o f provid
ing affordable housing for low
income families, Portland Com mu
nity Reinvestm ent Initiatives in
vites everyone to a special en
gagem ent featuring the daughter
and grandson o f tw o o f South
A frica’s m ost prom inent leaders.
N ontom bi N aom i T u tu and
Prince Cedza Dlamini will be guest
speakers at the PCRI anniversary
celebration on Friday, May 10 from
Sponsored
HOT S chool and H istoric M ississippi
i 8 th
T hursday M ay i 6
B oise -E liot S chool
620 N. Premont
IO AM - 8 PM
S torybook P arade
B ig W orld B eat
M ilagro B ailadorfs
F lying R hino
M ulti -C ultural F ood C ourt
OVER 2 0 KID-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES!
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B allroom
F r id a y M a y
M ississippi R ising
#33 N . Shaver
7 PM - 9 PM
S aturday M ay 18
M ississippi A venue S treet F air
N . Mississippi Ave. between N . Premont & N . Sktclmon
IO AM - 5 PM
G r a n d fa th e r ' s R ib -O ff C h alleng e !
C om m u n ity T alent S h o w
&
O utdoor M ovies !
N-T ouch (gospel ja z z )
T he N ew S henanigans (woman's rock)
T he R eparations (hip hop improv)
T he R edeemers (ja zz & soul)
A frican D ancb
G ospel M usic W orkshop of A merica
children ' s dramas
childrens choirs
IR ike R ace
O regon B ug Z oo
S kateboard D emos -
A rts & C rafts M arket
FIRE! (gospel hip hop) C ommunity G arage S ale
K ama (w o rt J fo lk)
F or F urther I nformation C all M issy S chachnbr 5 0 j.9 1 6 .6 1 7 1 : P rinting C ourtesy o r I h i W o o d sh sd : S pecial I ha n k s
to S C R A P
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the First C ongre
gational C hurch, 1126 S.W . Park.
A special reception w ill follow at
S elf E nhancem ent, Inc., 3920 N.
Kerby.
T utu is the daughter o f A rch
bishop D esm ond Tutu.
H er life m ission is to carry
on the leg acy o f h e r fa th e r
by b u ild in g g e n d e r c o a li
tio n s acro ss rac ial lin es an d
striv in g fo r ju s tic e , b o th in
h er n ative S o u th A frica and
g lo b ally . She is the fo u n d er
an d c h a irp e rso n o f the T u tu
F o u n d a tio n , w h ic h fro m
1985 until 1990 helped South
A frican refu g ees in A frican
co u n tries. T h e fo u n d atio n
g av e refu g ee s sc h o la rsh ip s
so th a t th e y co u ld learn
skills that w ould m ake them
self-su p p o rtin g w hile in e x
ile, as w ell as preparing them
fo r c o n stru c tiv e ro les in the
free S o u th A frica.
Prince Cedza Dlamini is the
grandson o f N elson M a n d e la .
and is b om into the royal
fam ily o f Swaziland.
He se rv e s as a m o tiv a- •
tional sp eak er w o rld w id e in
the fig h t ag a in st b ig o try ,
p r o m o tin g
h is
g r a n d f a th e r's p h ilo s o p h y
o f im p ro v in g rac e rela tio n s
by p ra c tic in g fo rg iv e n ess
and re c o n c ilia tio n . P rin ce
D lam ini recently returned to
B o sto n to fu rth e r h is e d u
ca tio n in in te rn atio n a l rela
tio n s.
For m ore event inform a
tion or to purchase tickets to
the anniversary event, call
503-288-2923, extension 16.
T o learn m ore about PCRI,
v is it th e ir w e b s ite at
www.pcrihpme,prg.