Committed to Cultural Diversity
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April 30. 2003
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-Jefferson Dancer Anna Lescher on her recent trip to France
SE Community Fair
Kellogg Middle School will
host a community fair on Friday,
May 2 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. At
tendees will have a chance to
meet the families and represen
tatives from businesses, com
munity organizations, churches
and schools in the neighbor
hoods serving M arshall,
Franklin and Cleveland high
schools. Fairgoers will be en
couraged to decorate a tile in
support of the Kel logg Commu
nity Garden. The tiles will be
glazed, fired and returned to the
school for pickup by May 9. For
more information, call 503-988-
4055.
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Firehouse Rummage
and Estate Sale
A rummage and estate sale to
benefit the Interstate Firehouse
Cultural Center will be held on
Saturday, May 3 and Sunday,
May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
4075 N.E. Sandy Blvd. Furniture,
art, theater props, books and
household goods will be avail
able for bargain prices.
May Day Celebrated
Fresh from their recent perfor
mance tour in France, the Jefferson
Dancers are scheduled to perform
locally Wednesday, April 30 through
Saturday, May 3 at the Newmark
Theatre in downtown Portland.
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Acclaimed group will
perform locally
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this week
the dancers with an all-expenses-paid-retum
trip in 2005.
Local unionists in the anti
war movement will report on the
impact of organized labor in stop
ping war and attacks on work
ers' rightson Saturday, May 3 at
7 p.m. at the Bread and Roses
Center, 8 19N. Killingsworth. For
more information, call 503-240-
4462.
north Portland received standing ovations at
The dancers and their chaperones were
also honored at a special dinner where
Centro Cultural Burrito
Benefit Saturday
their four recent appearances in the south of
France and hope for the same reception for
Gonzales, company manager Diane Priest
and Jefferson High School Principal Larry
their annual performances on Wednesday,
On Saturday, May 3 and Sun
day, May 4 from 11 a.m.to5p.m.
celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a
jumbo burrito to benefit Wash
ington County’sC'entroCultural.
a group that aims to help people
meet basic human needs and
promote economic and social de
velopment for diverse commu
nity groups. New Seasons Mar
ket Concordia at 5320 N.E. 33"'
Ave will donate 100 percent of |
the $5 paid for each burrito with
brown rice, black and pinto
beans, T illamook cheese, lettuce,
sour cream, salsa and guacamole
to Centro Cultural. The burrito
also comes with chips, a cran
berry oatmeal cookie and Blue
Sky Soda.
Write Around Portland
ReadingSunday
Write Around Portland, a non
profit group known for helping
the city’s writers find their cre
ative voices, will present an
evening o f prose and poetry at
the First Congregational Church,
1126S.W. Park Ave., on Sunday,
May4at6:30p.m. For more infor
mation, call 503-796-9224.
Street Roots Benefit
On Sunday, May 4 Street
Roots will hold its first inaugural
benefit beginning at 5 p.m. at
Berbati's Pan, 10 S.W. Third in
downtown Portland. Stars of
Track and Field, The Upright
Dub Orchestra and Street Root’s
own Jeffery Robert Harrison will
perform. There will alsobeapro-
motional trailer for an up-coming
docum entary on northeast
Portland's Dignity Village.
OAMETradeshow
The Pacific Northwest's larg
est minority, women and emerg
ing small business luncheon and
tradeshow will be held from 10
a.m. to4p.m. on Thursday, May
8 at the Oregon Convention Cen
ter. The OAME sponsored
tradeshow will feature more than
160 small and large businesses.
Charter School
Seeks Minority
Teachers
The internationally acclaimed Jefferson
Dancers from Jefferson High School in
“The principal at one school has suggested
that our two schools establish an annual ex
change program for dance students,” reported
Jefferson Dancers' Artistic Director Steve
Gonzales.
April 30 through Saturday. May 3 at the Newmark
Dashiell were presented with French medals in
appreciation for the cultural exchange by Mon
Theatre in the Portland Center for the Performing
Arts in downtown Portland.
sieur Andre Guinde, the regional Counsel Gen
eral from Marseilles.
While in France, the dancers made four appear
“It was the experience of a lifetime,” said
ances, two at sold-out benefits and two before local
high school audiences. The Rotary International
benefits raised money for cancer victims and
abused children.
Anna Lescher, Jefferson Dancer and full-time
Jefferson High School student.
Tickets for the upcoming Portland area perfor
mances range in price from $8 to $ 16.50 and are
The Rotarians were so thrilled with the French ■
audiences giving the Jefferson troupe stand
available through Ticketmaster by telephone at
503-224-4400
or
www.ticketmaster.com.
ing ovations that they have offered to provide
Moore Street
Center Opens
Family Outreach
The Salvation Army Moore Street Community and Wor
ship Center has been known in north Portland as center of
hope, a place of worship and a safe refuge for everyone.
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The Salvation Army Moore Street Community and Wor
ship Center will host and open house at its recently opened
Family Outreach Ministry program in North Portland at 5325
N Williams Ave. on Wednesday, April 30,2003 from 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m.
“The Salvation Army would like to invite the community
to come and see how they might be able to help us and our
North Portland neighbors in need,” said Captain Kenneth
Hodder, divisional commander of The Salvation Army Cas
cade Division. “In our current economic climate, The Salva
tion Army is delighted to be able to open a new location to
assist our neediest children and families locally. We’re
holding the open house so people can come out and see who
we are and what we're doing to help in this neighborhood.”
The program officially began -.erving emergency food
boxes and taking prayer requests from low-income north
and northeast Portland families last month. Families
seeking assistance can stop by the Family Outreach
Ministry office on Monday, Wednesday or Friday be
tween I p.m. and 5 p.m. at the entrance on the com er of
M oore and K illin g sw o rth , o r by c a llin g
The Salvation Army at 503-493-3925 to see ifthey qualify
for assistance.
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When Victory Middle School, a new charter
school designed to bridge the achievement gap
between low-income students and pupils in
affluent districts, opens its doors at 2511 N.E.
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. this fall, principal
Rich Blizzard hopes to see the school’s educa
tors mirror the diversity o f the community it
serves.
So far the school has registered 118 o f the 120
incoming sixth graders it needs, but recruiting
teachers through local college placement cen
ters has not drawn many applicants from north
and northeast Portland.
“We want to make very sure that potential
applicants who are living in the area are aware of
the opportunity to serve the children of these
communities,” Blizzard said. “The families en
rolled in the program have asked that we have a
diverse teaching staff and we hope that hap
pens.”
Victory Middle School has plans to employ
two types o f educators. Certified teachers will
lead class lessons in the core curriculum of
language, math, science and social studies. Other
instructors with a college degree and experience
or interest in teaching will follow their group of
30 students through all six periods of the day.
Certified teachers will earn a fixed salary of
$33,000ayear, which Blizzard said «comparable
to the salary of a four-year public school teacher
or a six- to eight-year private school instructor.
The school’s non-certified teachers will make
$20,000, or roughly what a full-time substitute
for Portland Public Schools would earn in a year.
“Qualified substitute teachers would be ideal
for this position,” Blizzard said. “Not only is the
salary good, but the job offers a different kid of
stability and a chance to bond with one group of
students over the course of the year. That’s a
pretty meaningful experience.”
Blizzard's goal is to make Victory’s first year
not only a meaningful experience, but also a
valuable learning experience for students and
teachers.
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Bridgebuilder and Soldier
Bishop 4. A. Wells, Assistant Police Chief Derrick Foxworth, Pastor Roy Tate, Police Officer
Victoria Burton and Dr. Leroy Haynes gather for the Albina Ministerial Alliance Annual Awards
Dinner and Auction Thursday. Foxworth was honored with the Bridge Builder Award and
Burton took home the Frontline Soldier Award for founding the Portland Police Bureau's
Crisis Response Team.
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