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Committed to Cultural Diversity www.portlandobserver.com September 7. 2005 Chata Addy, a talented drummer and dancer from Ghana, West Africa, will perform at the Global Portland Festival. M etro ^ lo rtla n b (©hscruer SECTION o m m u n ity C a l e n d a r Career Fair T he P o rtla n d E m p lo y m en t G uide’s Fall Career Fair will be held Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Hilton Portland and Executive Towers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Employers from a wide variety of industries will be represented and the event is free to the public. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , v isit www.employmentguide.com. PCC Admissions Global Festival to Promote Understanding The Admissions Offices of Port land Community College will hold a question and answer session for prospective students regis tering for fall classes with infor mation booths at the Lloyd Cen ter Mall on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10a.m. toôp.m .T hisisalast chance opportunity to sign up for college courses before the term begins on Sept. 26. beyond in person registration on Sept. 19. For more information, visit www.pcc.edu/news. Bones and Brew The Bones and Brew Festival has moved to the Pearl District this year, and will be held Saturday, Sept. 10 from 12 to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 11 from 12to6p.m. Four city blocks will be filled with BBQ, music, small and local microbreweries and microdistill eries. Mural Dedication A dedication ceremony will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to noon for the commu nity mural titled “Learning Be yond,” located at SE 28lh and Start Streets. Ping Khaw-Sutherland, designer of the mural, will be honored with music and refresh ments. For more information, visit www.crossingeast.org. Global Portland Festival The second annual Global Port land Festival will take place on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Holladay Park from noon to 6 p.m. A huge vari ety of cultures wi 11 be represented through diverse music, speak ers, dancing and food. This is a free event, sponsored by the Community Language and Cul ture Bank. For more information, visitwww.clcbank.org. Immigrant’s Odyssey PSU Professor David A. Horowitz will speak on a m em oirof Jewish families migrating from czarist Russia to their settlement in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. M at 10:30 a.m .at the Oasis Edu cation Center, located at 621 SW 5,h Avenue in the downtown Meier and Frank building. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , v isit www.oasisnet.org. I Double S will mix R&B with French, Senegalese and American hip-hop at Sunday's multicultural celebration to honor our common humanity. Humanity theme of annual Sept. 11 gathering H olladay Park across from Lloyd C en ter in northeast Portland will soon have the whole world in its hands - or at least part o f it. A diverse gathering o f m ulticultural entertainm ent will be featured at the G lo bal Portland Festival on Sunday, Sept. 11 from noon to 6 p.m., in its second year of ‘crossing the borders” to prom ote inter racial unity. A brainchild o f the C om m unity Lan guage and C ulture Bank, the volunteer- based festival is a culm ination o f more than 40 local organizations. Through speakers, world music and dance, w ork shops, yum m y food and a ch ild ren 's area, photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Volunteers for the Global Portland Festival include Kayse Jama (from left), Ann Kasper, Scott Beck, and Mary Prottsman. Sunday's multicultural celebration at Holladay Park in northeast Portland is scheduled on the anniversary o f Sept. 11, 2001 to honor our common humanity. attendees are bound to have their eyes opened to countless cultures outside of their com m on realm , including those of Cuba, Poland, Senegal, G hana, Palestine, Iran, Korea and many others. The gathering boasted more than 3,000 people in its first year. “It started it as a time and space for all Portlanders to gather together and build some relationships where there’s usually a lot o f division and a lack o f aw areness of who people are,” said Scott Beck, a volun teer with Com m unity Language and C ul ture Bank. O ne out o f every eight residents of Portland is o f im m igrant status, which is why it’s so im portant to celebrate the grow ing com m unity. “It’s becom ing increasingly apparent that w e’re already interconnected,” Beck said. “This is a chance to recognize that there are a lot o f different people already living in Portland and to learn from each other and grow together in a place where we can easily remain isolated. It’s to have some com m on ground through recogniz ing that com m on human interconnection to build a chance for peace here, hopefully o th ercitiesan d in international relations.” MayorTom Potter and City Commissioner Sam Adams, along with other area leaders, are also scheduled to speak on the impor tance of understanding diversity. The Global Portland Festival is free and open to the public, rain or shine. For more inform ation, visit w w w .clcbank.org. Jefferson High Reunion Jefferson High School will host its Class of 1955 reunion, celebrating 50 years since graduation, on Fri day, Sept. 16 from 7 p.m. to mid night at the Gateway Elks Lodge on 7 1 1 NE lOO"1 Street. A no host bar with appetizers will be fea tured. For more information, call Hal Freitag at 503-243-2350. Saturday Wellness Walk for Health, Fitness Annual event led by new Blazer coach Echoing a national sentiment that living long takes exercise, the African American Health “Problem Pooch” Canine 101 Coalition will host its third annual Wellness Within classes will offer an open discus REACH Walk on Saturday, Sept. 10 at Dawson sion for new pet owners and adopters, or for those just curi Park in north Portland. Hundreds of supporters ous, on why dogs do the things are set to walk in celebration of community they do. The next class will be health. held on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 11 Trail Blazers Head Coach Nate McMillan will a.m. at the Oregon Humane Soci serve as Grand Marshal, kicking off the benefit ety on 1067 NE Columbia Blvd. for the coalition's free physical activity classes S ug g ested d o n atio n is $10. program, which serves more than 1,500 local Please leave pets at home. For African Americans. more information, call 503-285- “I look forward to being an active member in 7722 o r v isit w w w .oregon- Portland's African American community and humane.org. participating ... seems a natural place to start,” McMillan said. “It will be a great day and a perfect setting to lend my support to the AAHC’s mission.” Longtime Portland resident and businessman Paul Knauls Sr. will serve as Community Grand Marshal. The free physical activity classes being sup ported by the walk are part of the Racial and Canine 101 years •'community service Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program, which seeks to reduce risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease - the leading cause of death among African Americans. Portland State University's Regional Research Institute has documented that more than 1,500 local African Americans participating free physical activ ity classes in association with the program. “We want to make physical activity a cultural norm in our community,” said AAHC President Corliss McKeever. “I'm proud that we can offer a service that is truly needed and embraced by the community." Saturday's walk begins at 9 a.m. and participants can choose to take the 1.5- or 4-mile route through north and northeast Portland neighborhixxls. Event- day activities begin at 8 a.m. with registration. The band Ocean 50.3 will perform as part of the day's festivities that include a children's exhibit by the North Portland Public Library and refreshments. Pre-registration is encouraged at www.aahc- portland.org/events.htm. For more information, contact AAHC at 503-413- 1850 or www.aahc-portland.org. Trail Blazer Coach Nate McMillan will lead Saturday's Wellness Walk sponsored by the African American Health Coalition.
