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Committed to Cultural Diversity www.portlandobserver.com March 24. 2004 Neville Brothers M etro Big Easy sound coming to Chinook Winds r Îlîl ^Sortlanò CDhseruer See Focus, page B3 SECTION C o ni in u n i t y a le n d a r Local YWCA Counseling Center Opens Coffee Talk City C om m issioner Jim Francesconi will talk about hit support for minority, women and emerging small businesses at OAME Cascade's “Coffee and Issues” forum from 7 to 8:30a.m. March 26 at 4134 N. Vancouver Ave. For more information, call 503-249-7744. Bert Kile, interim director of Red Cross will also talk about disaster preparation. .’t « * 7 Valuable Discussion A talk about Values, Cultures and Conflict isat 6 p.m. April 6 at WomanTree Resource Center, 2641 N.E. Alberta St. Tickets, ranging from $1 to $5, are on a sliding scale. For more informa tion, visit www.womantree.org. Benefit Laughter ComedySportz hosts a benefit show for the Portland Tillamook Cooperative Preschool at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 17atl963N.W. Kearney Street. Tickets are $ 10. For more information, call 503- 236-8888. w > Bunny Love • The Oregon Human Society is open Easter Sunday, April 11, for Easter bunny adoptions from and a lesson on how bunnies make great pets. The Easter Bunny will be there from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call 503-285-7722 or visit www.oregonhumanes.org. E Dr. Adrienne Wolmark (right), director o f the new YWCA Counseling Center on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., talks with intern Amy Carroll. The YWCA of Greater Portland is expanding its reach by opening the YWCA Counseling Center on Northeast Martin Luther King Bou levard at Russell Street. The site will complement exist ing programs and services offered at the YWCA facility downtown, with a new convenient and wel coming location in the northeast community. The YWCA first established coun- seling services in the early '70s. Today, the services include guid ance and support to individuals and families seeking couple counseling, anger management, chi Id and sexual abuse survivor help and transgender counseling and group support. For more information, call 503- 294-7400. photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver Wellness Workshops New Seasons Market offers a workshopcalled Allergies: Noth ing to Sneeze At, from 7 to9 p.m. M onday, March 29 at the Concordia store, 5320 N.E. 33 Ave.Toregister,call 503-288-3838. Diversity Summit Looks to New Frontiers Hospice Training Kaiser Permanente is offering free training to adults interested in providing physical and emo tional support to terminally ill patients. The trainings are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9:30 p.m.. from April 27 through May 13. For more infor mation, call 503-499-5285. F Mark Williams S5R>1 • > r Bloomfest Easter Seals Oregon announces BloomFest from Apri 16-10, ask ing volunteers to coordinate and sell fresh-cut tulip bunches for $5. For more information, call 503-228-5108ext. 317. L Jehan Sadat Heart Walk Raise funds and save lives with a 5KZ1K Heart Walk beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 22 at the Eastbank Esplanade. Main Street Festival Plaza. To register, call 503-233-0100 or visit www.walk.americanheart.org. Interest In Adoption? A free information meeting for prospective adoptive parents held the third Wednesday of every month from 7 to 8:30p.m. at Belmont Public Library, 1038 S.E. 39“’ Ave. For more informa tion, call 503-226-4870 or visit www.openadopt.com. Reunion Watch photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Jocelyn Guiltor leaves the Multicultural Senior Center with his tax returns thanks to Danh and Kimhong Nguyen, husband and wife Tax-Aide volunteers. FREE Tax Help Offered Tax return services available at local sites Former students and faculty of Girls Polytechnic, James Mon roe and Washington-Monroe high schools have the 66,h an nual all-school dinner at 5 p.m. Volunteers are now offering free tax Monday, April 12atOurLadyof return preparation for seniors and people Sorrows School, 5239 S.E. Woodstock Blvd. Tickets are with lower incomes at several sites, includ $15. For more information, call J ing the Multicultural Senior Center, the 503-236-6557. Matt Dishman Community Center and the Miracles Club in northeast Portland. Stick Up for Seniors Elders in Action is sticking up The effort is part of the Tax-Aide for seniors with a Web Evalua program, sponsored by the Internal Rev tor Training from 9:30 a.m. to enue Service, the Oregon Department of noon on Wednesday, March 31 Revenue and AARP. at the PCC Southeast Center, Most Tax-Aide sites provide service 2305S.E. 82 Ave.. Room 119and on Saturdays with some locations offer an Ombudsman Training from ing weekday service and by appointment. 9:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 29 through April 1. For more infor The Multicultural Senior Center, 5325 mation, call 503-823-5269orvisit N.E. Martin Luther King. Jr. has Tax- www.eldersaction.org. Aide volunteers available each Monday morning and Saturdays. The exact times for all locations in the Portland area are available by calling AARP Tax-Aide at 888-227-7669 or 800-829-1040. “The Tax-Aide program reaches out to seniors and to people with low-to-moder- Oregon Department of Revenue, and AARP. They prepare basic Form 1040 tax returns, including Schedule A for itemized deductions, claims for the Earned Income Tax and other tax cred its, and the comparable state tax forms The Tax-Aide program reaches out to seniors and to people with low- to-moderate incomes who could use some help preparing their tax returns. — Shawn George. 1RS spokesperson ate incomes who could use some help preparing their tax returns,” said Shawn George, IRS spokesperson. “Our volun teers are the heart of this program. Many have been volunteering for years." The volunteers are trained by the IRS, for seniors, the disabled, and people with lower incomes or limited English proficiency. Volunteers do not prepare complex or business returns. continued on page H8 Judy Shepard Three respected authorities on human rights and strengthening understanding between diverse viewpoints are keynote speakers for a Portland conference on diversity. New Frontiers in Diversity: Diversity Summit, presented by Portland General Electric, will be held, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at the Oregon Convention Center. The featured speakers include Jehan Sadat, the widow of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat; Judy Shepard, the mother of anti-gay hate crime victim Matthew Shepard; and Mark Williams of Thought 21, a consulting and technology firm that helps solve human interaction programs. The Diversity Summit is designed for people interested in learning about foster ing workplace diversity, including busi ness owners and managers, human re sources personnel and community lead ers. Registration information is avaitable on the Internet a, PortlandG eneral.com / DiversitySummit.