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Radical Women Meeting
On July 13, Patti Duncan, femi
nist professor at Portland State
University and Mary Ann Curtis,
Radical W omen activist from
Seattle will both report on their
travels in South Korea and China.
The event will take place at 6:30
pm at the Bread and Roses Center
located at 819 N. Killingsworth.
Food will be served for a $6 dona
tion. To arrange childcare, rides,
work exchanges or more informa
tion call 503-240-4462.
Reading: Why White Kids
Love Hip Hop
On Monday July 18, come hear
readings from the book that has
been praised as a bold bomb
shell. Author Bakari Kitwana ar
gues that hip-hop has broken
down more racial barriers than
any other social development of
the past three decades. With this
brave tour de force, Kitwana takes
his place alongside the greatest
African-American inteilectualsof
recent history. “Eschewing tired
cliches, refusing racial pieties, and
resisting old habits of thought,
Kitwana clears a brilliant path to
fresh insight.” This free event
will be at the Powell’s bookstore
located on 37"’ and Hawthorne
Blvdat7:30PM .
Family Fun Days
Local fam ilies will attend a se
ries o f Fam ily Fun Days at Irv
ing Park in northeast Portland
this sum m er, sp o n so red by
First Step Sports A cadem y, the
N ortheast C oalitions o f N eigh
borhoods, Portland Parks and
R ecreation and other support
ers. Each Friday afternoon from
July 15 to Aug. 5, parents,
gran d p aren ts, aunts, uncles,
cousins, siblings and ev ery
one else under the sun are in
vited to learn about issues like
health, com m unity housing and
local services. H ealth ch eck
up clinics, pam phlets and not-
profit representatives will be
on hand.
Geek Fair Five!
On July 16 starting at 1 p.m.,
com e let out your inner geek
with Free
G eek, an organization that re
cycles and refurbishes donated
com puters to make them av a il
able to volunteers. They are
celebrating their 5lh year an n i
versary w ith a com m unity fair
and street party. One o f the
highlights will be the “ Beat-
the-G eek” gam e show and the
Sm ash-tacular: inspired by the
movie “O ffice Space” atten d
ees will get the chance to beat
com puter printers to pieces. For
m ore
in f o r m a tio n
v is it
w w w .freegeek.org/geekfair.
Problem Pooch
On July 16at 11 a.m ., there will
be an inform ation session is
for those interested in ad o p t
ing a new dog or sim ply ju st
wants to find out why dogs do
what they do. T here will also
be a question and answ er fo
rum facilitated by the O regon
H um ane Society B ehavioral
D epartm ent. The event will
take place at the O regon H u
mane Society located at 1067
NE C olum bia Blvd. For more
inform ation visit w w w .Oregon
human.org or call 503-285-7722
Free Homeownership
Orientation
P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity L and
T rust (PC L T ), is a non-profit
com m unity organization that
helps first tim e hom ebuyers
with lim ited incom es to pur
chase a single fam ily home.
B ecom ing a hom eow ner may
not be as hard as you thought.
This event is on M onday July
18 at 6 p.m. at the PCLT office
located at 3109 NE Broadw ay.
F or m ore in fo rm a tio n visit
w w w .pclt.org or call 503-493-
0293.
The soothing and uplifting voices o f Blind Boys o f Alabama will warm hearts Aug. 2 6 when the group performs at the Oregon Zoo.
Big name musicians
featured each week
Animals aren’t the only ones that’ll be
cooing and cawing at the Oregon Zoo this
summer. This year’s Summer Concert Series
will host a variety of popular musical acts
sure to wake up Portland’s wildlife with
Chris Isaak, Blind Boys of Alabama, Indigo
Girls, Ozomatli, Bruce Hornsby and many
more.
The season kicked off July 6 with
Ladysmith Black Mambazo and will con
tinue through Aug. 31. All shows begin at 7
p.m.
W ednesday, July 13 will feature a Chi
cago Blues Reunion with Harvey Mandel,
Nick Gravenites, Sam Lay, Tracy Nelson,
Barry Goldberg and Corky Seig. A popular
group in the ‘60s, the players observed
greats like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf
with a style all their own - and they're back
to jam once again.
Guitar heartthrob Chris Isaak will take the
Grammy winning singer Suzanne Vega
performs at the Oregon Zoo on Friday,
July 22.
stage on Friday, July 15 with Brandi Carlile.
Soulful and intelligent, Isaak has moved
toward a modern pop-rock style, but is still
crooning with those recognizable vocal
chords.
Socially conscious folk duo the Indigo
Girls will perform with Girlyman on Sunday,
July 17. Grammy-winners with a loyal fanbase,
the Indigo Girls offer revolutionary, political
messages strong enough to inspire change
through song.
Put on your dancing shoes for some
Zydeco lovin’ with Rosie Ledet on Wednes
day, July 20. One of the genre’s up and
coming stars, Ledet’s rural upbringing helped
shape her style - full of tradition, energy and
Creole-French attitude.
Marc Cohn and Suzanne Vega will wow
au d ien ces w ith in sp ira tio n a l m usical
storytelling on Friday, July 22. Cohn won a
Grammy in 1991 forbest new artist, and his
hard work shines through introspective lyr
ics reminiscent of Joni Mitchell or Jackson
Browne. Vega, first made popular with her
Grammy-winning hit “Luka,” has carved a
comfortable niche for herself with a thought
ful blend of pop, folk and urban rock.
Norton Buffalo will be wailing on the
blues harp with the Knockouts on Wednes
day, July 27. Buffalo’s wide range of styles
allow him to move effortlessly from blues
Zydeco performer Rosie Ledet will
headline the Oregon Zoo Summer
Concert Series on Wednesday, July 20.
and jazz to country and rock - placing his
discography among artists like Johnny Cash,
the Doobie Brothers and Steve Miller.
A d v e n tu re -se e k in g p ia n is t B ruce
Hornsby will tickle the ivories with jazz,
bluegrass, vaudeville and rock on Friday,
July 29. With a popular career that spans the
last two decades, Hornsby has earned him
self three Grammys and has sold more than
10 million albums.
Haitian Queen of Song Emeline Michel
will belt out traditional but unique rhythms
on W ednesday, Aug. 3.
The Gipsy Kings will have feet moving
with modern and traditional flamenco on
Saturday, Aug. 6. French-born, the group
has clapped, sung and plucked their way
through beautiful arrangements for more
than 20 years.
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Nurse Advances Profession, Patient Care
Honored for long
career in nursing
The Oregon Nurses A ssociation has
honored Registered Nurse Elizabeth “Liz"
Washington, 77, of Portland with the 2005
ONA Meritorious Service Award, recogniz
ing her 37 years of outstanding contribu
tions to the profession of nursing, her com
munity and the ONA.
“I believe in finishing what you start,"
says Washington. “There are many ways to
reach your goals-just find the one that best
fits you.”
Her many years as a registered nurse are
sprinkled throughout with a firm motivation
to advance the nursing profession and pa
tient care. While with the Multnomah County
Hospital, now known as Oregon Health Sci
ences University, she was known among her
staff for her innovative ideas for constant
improvement. She was the hospital's head
nurse for the psychiatric crisis unit and later
head nurse for the orthopedic unit.
In her early years of nursing, W ashing
ton learned about the power of nurses’ voice
as a collective bargaining unit. Today, still
supporting nurses' collective action, she
Since 2002, W ashing
ton has chaired the ONA
history committee, which
sp e a rh e a d e d
the
association’s 100lh anni
versary celebration in
2004. She continues to
lead the committee in
overseeing the archiving
of ONA historical pho
tos and documents.
Her current com m u
nity and career activities
center on helping children and older adults.
Asa member of the Washington State Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary and the American l e
gion Auxiliary Honor Society’s Eight and
Forty, she focuses on services to veterans
and children with cystic fibrosis, lungs and
other respiratory diseases well as providing
scholarships to registered nurses interested
in caring for such children. She also serves
on the Cascade Mental Health Older Adult
Advisory Board and is a consultant to Fire
side Adult Foster Homes.
W ashington received her associate de
gree in nursing from Clark C ollege in
Vancouver, Washington, and her bachelor
of Science in nursing from the OHSU in
Portland.
When nurses join
together as one voice,
both their patients and
their profession benefit.
- Elizabeth Liz'Washington, registered nurse
Registered Nurse Elizabeth 'Liz'
Washington has been a leader in her
profession for 3 7 years.
says, “When nurses join together as one
voice, both their patients and their profes
sion benefit.”
W ashington’s career also included the
Block N urses Program , which provides
care to older hom ebound adults in her
neighborhood. In addition, she was a
patient care assessm ent nurse with the
Oregon M ental Health Resource Program
w here she w orked with m entally and
physically challenged people living in
foster homes.
Related to state nurse leadership experi
ence. in 1977 Washington was appointed by
the Governor to the Oregon State Board of
Nursing, serving two terms and a stint as
president. She also served on the Human
Rights and Nominating committees, the
Nurse Assistance Network and the Na
tional American Nurses Association House
of Delegates for the ONA. On the local level,
she served on the board of directors for one
of O N A ’s largest districts.
Best of Jazz and R&B Album Features All-Star Lineup
Clarence Smith, along with producers
Duke Jones and the legendary Norman
Connors, is the guiding force behind one of
this year’s most refreshingly musical, star-
studded collections in “Love Pages.”
A conceptual album by a collective aptly
named The Café Soul All-Stars. Smith, the
co-founder of Essence Magazine, feels it fills
a definite void in the musical marketplace.
"Like many others, I love and appreci
ate two sem inal eras in Am erican music:
Jazz. and R&B,” Smith said. “For me, the
idea behind the Love Pages project was
sim ple, create an environm ent that allows
great players and singers who share a
sim ilar reverence for the musical tradi
tions I’ve alw ays held dear to showcase
their talents on one fantastic CD ."
The recording enlists some of the most
respected names in both jazz and R&B.
George Benson. Peabo Bryson. Glenn Jones.
Vesta, Christopher Williams. Jon Lucien.
Maysa of Incognito fame, not to mention the
Earth, W ind & Fire horn section.