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Graduation to the Sisterhood
Community members turned out April 2 for the Girls in Action for Power graduation ceremony. The
group is a leadership program for 11 to 19-year-old girls.
Emergency Response Tested
Celebrate
Interstate
Portland Fire Department crews and TriMet conduct an emergency drill Thursday on the
Interstate Max Yellow Line at North Interstate Avenue and Winchell. The simulated accident
placed a wrecked vehicle with passengers on the tracks and a train with riders needing to be
evacuated. Interstate Max is opening Saturday, May 1 with free rides, entertainment and
special events at each new station between the Expo Center and the Rose Quarter.
neighborhoods • businesses • cultures • people
Jackie Robinson’s Daughter to Visit
Interstate MAX Yellow Line represents a new standard in community
partnerships for our regional transportation projects.
Saturday events planned in Vancouver, Portland ’
Sharon R obinson, daughter library to help prom ote this free K illingsw orth in Portland.
T h e title o f R o b in s o n ’ s'
and biographer of baseball leg­ event.
Robinson will make a brief ap­ V ancouver library presentation
end Jackie Robinson, will present
“Prom ises to Keep: How Jackie p e a ra n c e at th e V a n c o u v e r is also the title o f her latest book,
Robinson Changed Am erica” at 2 NAACP membership meeting and which her publisher, Scholastic
p .m . S a tu rd a y , A p ril 17 at reception from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Inc., describes as “a warm, inti­
V ancouver Com m unity Library, Saturday at AME Zion Church, mate portrait of A m erica’s sports
3605 E. 13th St., Vancouver and at and civil rights pioneer, told from
ltX)7 E. Mill Plain Blvd.
The V ancouver branch of the an 11 a.m. book-signing at Re­ the unique perspective o f a real
NAACP is partnering with the flections Book Store, 446 N.E. insider: his only daughter.”
• Local artists worked closely with neighborhoods to weave their history
and culture into the art at each of their 10 new MAX stations.
• Over $8 million in construction contracts was awarded to North/
Northeast Portland Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms.
Interstate MAX Yellow Line is more than just a transportation project.
It's a national model for engaging local and minority firms, strengthening
community-based businesses and honoring neighborhood history.
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