Committed to Cultural Diversity
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March 24. 2004
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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.
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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.
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Bunny Love
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.