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Committed to Cultural Diversity www.portlandobserver.com June 18. 2003 CETtje ^portlanb (Dbseruer SECTION B hhbhmi C o a in l e m n u d n i a t y r ‘Good in the Neighborhood’ Keeps Tradition Fun at the Car Wash Have your car washed for a good cause from 10a.m. to 4 p .m . Sat urday at 605 N.E. Ivy St. All pro ceeds benefit the University Park and Richard Brown Headstart Centers. Northeast to shine with music, parades and special events by L ee P erlman T he P ortland O bserver Art Therapy The comm unity festival now known as Reflections coffee shop, 448 N.E. "Good in the Neighborhood" may, in some Killingsworth St, is helping to de- ways, be getting closer to its roots. stigmatize mental illness by host The former "Good in the Hood” is moving ing an art therapy exhibit from the from Holy Redeemer School on North women ofProject Network. Work V ancouver to King School Park just o ff will be displayed from Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 4815 through Saturday, June 28. Free. N.E. Seventh Ave. Events kick o ff at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Homowo Summer Camp June 26 with a party at Kennedy School in Immerse your child in African A rts for a fun-filled week o f | northeast Portland with entertainment by G rooveyard, the Molly Malone Irish danc Homowo African Arts and C ul ers and spoken word artists. tures 10“1 Annual Sum m erC am p The main draw is a weekend o f concerts at the Friendly House C om m u by multi-ethnic performers on Saturday and nity Center, 1737N .W .26,bAve. Sunday, June 28 and 29 at King School Park The camp is from July 14 through and a parade beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for chil June 28th from Emanuel Hospital up North dren aged three to five and from east Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for children aged Entertainm ent by the likes o f Norman six to 11. Camp is $ 125 forthree to Sylvester, the Thara Memory All Stars, the five-year-olds and $200 for six to Patrick Lamb Band and Linda Hombuckle 11 -year olds. For m ore inform a will perform on the Main Stage at King Park. tion, call 503-288-3025. A second M ulti-Cultural Stage will feature Naturopathic Medicine the likes o f the Gypsy Caravan belly danc Learn how healthy living can I ers, the Ballet Folklórico de Woodburn and begin in the garden— not the | Maze! Tov Orchestra. m edicine cabinet— at a naturo- A Kid Space will offer a craft making, pathicm edicineseriesffom 7to9 I clowns, and face painting by master artist p.m. Tuesdays through July 22 at Roger W itter. There wi 11 also an In formation P C C ’s Portland M etropolitan Village with booths by public and non-profit Workforce Training Center, 5600 agencies and organizations, an Ethnic M ar N.E. 42 Ave. Cost for the series is ketplace with unique goods by 30 vendors, $ 5 6 o r$ 1 6 each . For more infor-1 20 food booths, and a beer and wine garden. mation, call 503-978-5143. The Northeast Coalition o f N eighbor hoods has taken over management o f the Juneteenth Celebration festival after 11 years at Holy Redeemer. The The annual Juneteenth Parade, I separation was “on good terms," in one them ed “Living the D ream ,” be gins at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethel | spokesperson’s words, as the school found the burden o f liability too much to handle. AM E Church, 5828 N.E. 8lb Ave. Another significant change is that since The parade features bands, drill I team s, vintage cars and oth er festive m archers. Juneteenth events kick o ff with an ice cream social on T hursday from 2 to 5 | Portland jazz great Norman Sylvester will join other top performers during the new ‘Good in the Neighborhood" celebration at King School Park on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and June 29. King School is less enclosed than Holy Redeemer, organizers will not charge admis sion. However, there will be a request for donations at a suggested scale o f $5 per individual, $ I per child and S10 per family. Participants are also encouraged to bring canned goods to donate to the Oregon Food Bank. This year, the festival will lose the small army o f Holy Redeemer parent volunteers. Community activists have come forward to replace them, but more are needed. Those wishing to helpare urged tocall 503-282-1288. Paul Knauls, ch ief parade organizer, re calls the inspiration for the festival in the late '80s when there was so much negative press Sitting down over a burger is resolving problems in Portland 0855. Blood Olive The Red Cross M obile Museum I brings new meaning to a blood | drive. The interactive museum, along with food, vendors and a I jubilee atm osphere, begins at 6 p.m. Friday at the intersection o f North Vancouver A venue and I North Russell Street. The carni val continues from noon to dusk | Saturday and Sunday. Reunited 283-4901. Everything Old Is New PHOTO BY J AYMEE R. C u T l/T H E PORTLAND OBSERVER Pearl Smith practices her curtsies for the Les Femmes Debutante Ball. Smith, a Les Femmes member for four years, will graduate from Mountain View High School this month and plans to attend college in Texas. Belles o f the Northwest The Concordia N eighborhood I BY J aymee R. C vti A ssociation's 5,h Annual Yard T he P ortland O bserver Sale isfrom9a.m. to4p.m . Friday, Being ladylike and being strong, July 25, Saturday, July 26 and confident women go hand in hand, Sunday, July 27 between N orth say m em bers o f Les Femmes, an east 22nd and 42nd Avenues and o rg an izatio n aim ing to educate Prescott Street toC olum bia Bou levard. M ultiple homes p artic i-1 young people in the finer social pating. graces. Thirteen local young women, all recent high school graduates, will be MHCC is currently registering I presented to the community at the annual Les Femmes Debutante Ball, students for sum m er classes be beginning at 5 p.m., Sunday, June 29 ginning on Monday. Continuing and returning students who have at the Marriott Hotel, 1400 S.W. attended MHCC during the Iasi Naito Pkwy. year may register by calling 5 0 3 -1 As members o f Les Femmes, girls 491-6000. are taught “how to act, how to talk. Mt. Hood Registers for SummerTerm east to 15th Avenue, south to Alberta Street, cast to Seventh Avenue, and south to the school grounds. Once consisting o f "three kids on bi cycles," according to one organizer, to the largest neighborhood parade in the U.S. with 2,000 participants. Knauls says the attendance may be down a bit this year, but not by much. All participants will receive snacks courtesy o f Fred Meyer. Sylvester, who does much o f the work o f organizing the musical entertainm ent in ad dition toperform ing himself, has had a sim i lar experience. "I used to have to persuade people to com e," he says. "N ow they come to m e." Talking Out the Heat p.m . at L eg a c y E m m an u el LorenzenCenter. A carnival will I take place from noon to 11 p.m . T hursday through Sunday at the L orenzen C en ter grounds at 2801 N. G antebein St. For m ore inform ation,call5O 3-335-1 F eel g o o d at th e T h o m a s I Jefferson High School Class o f 1987 reunion on Aug. 22 and 23. For more inform ation, e-mail about northeast Portland. “Every day the papers carried news about this shooting or that shooting. Some o f us said, ‘Why can’t we show w hat’s good in the ‘hood for a change?” Knauls said Entertainer Norman Sylvester, another festival charter member, said event planners have always brought togethera mix ofdiffer- ent cultural backgrounds and that tradition continues. The parade this year will take a slightly different route. Starting at a lot owned by Legacy Emanuel Hospital at North Wil liams Avenue, it will proceed along North Russell Street to Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, north to Killingsworth Street, how to walk, how to eat and how to sit,” said Ebony Price, a recent Benson High School graduate who plans to study criminal justice at Port land Community College. Myleen Roberts, a recent Jefferson High School graduate, has been w ith Les Femmes since the 8,h grade. Roberts, a Rose Festival princess, plans to study marketing and com munication at the University o f Illi nois. “ Les Femmes has taught me te- straint, patience, love, courage and pride in m yself as an African Ameri can woman in today's society," Rob erts said. by J aymee R. C uti T he . P ortland O bserver Resolutions Northwest staff is encouraging Portlanders to talk to their neighbors, w ork out theirdiffercncesand break bread togetherat its Community Mediation Barbeque from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 19 at the newly renovated K ing Faci I ity and Park, 4 8 15 N . E . 7,b A ve. The staff finds that disputes can pick up in summer months as neighbors are outside, some- times getting on each other’s nerves. Resolu tion Northwest settles common neighborly ar guments such as property lines, noisy pets and other nuisances that could have landed neigh bors in court. And they settle these problems for free. In February, the city o f Portland contracted Resolution Northwest, a nonprofit mediation organization, to help resolve disputes before finding themselves with attorney’s fees and hard feelings. The city previously had its own mediation branch, which was cut to save costs. Using mediation saves money by conserv ing the city 's resources, said Shari Bandes, a mediation specialist. "Som e o f the savings are not tangible. When people solve problems at this lower level, they are not involving other city resources like the city police or parking patrol." she said. Officials site statistics that show 80 percent o f mediations end in a resolution agreed to by both sides and 97 percent o f participants say they would recom mend it to others. “People have told us that the process helped them and their neighbor actually talk, after problems have sometimes accum ulated for years," said Claire Slawson, the program coor dinator. Resolutions Northwest has been in busi ness for 20 years, working with the Multnomah Resolutions Northwest Program Coordinator Claire Slawson. m oron R on W ashincton /T he P okii and O rsekver County Court Juvenile Justice Center to m edi ate sessions between juvenile offenders and theirvictims. The firm recently hired 25 new volunteers its first hiring in more than a year enabling them to resolve conflicts on weekdays and evenings. Slawson is particularly proud o f the diverse group o f volunteers, both women and men, young and old, and o f many different cultures with different language skills. “ W e're supporting the whole city o f Port land and it’s helpful to reflect the populations that we serve." The barbeque gives the comm unity a chance to meet the staff and celebrate mediation. The staff also welcomes the comm unity to tour its renovated office at the King Facility. Besides food, the free barbeque offers music and games forthe whole family. For more information, call 503-823-3152.