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Committed to Cultural Diversity M etro September 21. 2005 www.portlandobserver.com Churches Rally for Hurricane Survivors National and local religious organizations provide relief ^tlortlanb © b seru er See page B3 o m m u n it y C a l e n d a r Back to SCRAP The School and Community Re use A ction Project is hosting a free day o f w orkshops e sp e cially for teachers and students on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 3901A N. W il liams Ave. Topics include note book m aking, puppet making, musical instrum ents, starting a reuse center in your classroom and more. Pre-registration is requested at 503-294-0769 or ed u catio n @ scrap actio n .o rg . Sewing for YWCA Y W C A ’s W om en O ffenders R eh abilitation, T raining and Help Program is accepting d o nations o f fabric and sew ing m achines in good w orking co n dition for the Clark County Jail’s work center. The inm ates are learning sew ing skills by m ak ing nightgow ns and donating them to the women and girls liv in g in th e Y W C A ’s SafeChoice Dom estic Violence S h e lte r. D o n a tio n s can be dropped o ff at the YWCA Clark County on 3609 Main St. in V ancouver. For more inform a tion, call 360-906-9153. Renters Rights Hotline T he com m unity A lliance o f Tenants is looking for volun te e rs to s ta f f th e R e n te rs ’ Rights Hotline. The m ajority of callers are low-income families. This hotline enables renters to save money, protect their rights and to prevent hom elessness. V olunteer training is on Sept.24 to 25 during the afternoon. No experience is required. For more in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t S arah Buckley at 503-460-9702. Home Ownership Seminar P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity L and T rust will hold a home ow ner ship sem inar on Tuesday, Sept. 27 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the St. JohnsC om m unity C enter on 8427 N C en tral St. H om es through the organization are sold to first tim e hom ebuyers with lim ited incom es at below market prices. For more infor m ation, visit w w w .pclt.org or call K elly C aldw ell at 503- 493-0293. Rev. Renee Ward leads a call to end senseless violence Saturday during a march aimed at restoring and rebuilding a sense of family in the community. photos by M ark 'Violence Must Stop' March A community march and rally R&B entertainment, dance teams in honor of Asia Bell James and and speakers. The non-profit Senseless Vio all other victims of violence was held Saturday in northeast Port lence Leads to Silence organiza tion sponsored the third annual land. event. Contributions for on-going About 100 people spilled out onto the streets between Irving efforts to reduce violence in the and Alberta parks to speak out community can be mailed to the against gun violence and rebuild a organization at P.O. Box 3845, sense offamily in the community. Portland, OR 97208-3845 or by At Alberta Park there were calling Perlia Bell at 503-421- games for kids, gospel, jazz and 0078. In a grand opening o f the newly renovated M ark Building, the Portland Art M useum will host tw o w eeks o f free adm ission to the public from Oct. 2 to Oct. 16. Official cerem onies will be held Oct. 2 at noon with a full day of activities including live music, local entertainers and stage coach rides. Brewery features local metal artist DeW ayne M ayes’ m edium is metal, sculpt ing shadow ed w orks o f art into copper, brass and stainless steel. For him, experim enting with this type o f canvas is a labor o f love. “ It’s so fluid - different m etals have differ ent qualities,” Mayes said. “You have to really be sure o f what you w ant to do. You c a n ’t erase it. It’s a great challenge, so you try your Native American Literature N ative A m erican literature is celebrated at the Collins G al lery located on the third floor at the Central Library, 801 S.W. 10lh Ave through Sept. 29. DeWayne M ayes’ sculptures are being showcased at Roots Organic Brewery through October. Salmon Festival years •Scommunity service About 100 people Saturday joined the third annual community march in honor o f Asia Bell James and all other victims o f gun violence. Supporters walked from Irving Park to Alberta Park in an event sponsored by the Senseless Violence Leads to Silence organization, a non-profit group. Sculpting With Steel Free Admission to Portland Art Museum M etro P ark’s Annual Salmon Festival will take place from 10:30 a.m. to5 p.m. on Oct. Sand 9 at Oxbow Regional Park. The event celebrates the return o f the fall Chinook salm on to the Sandy River, offering cultural exhibits, river walks, children’s activities, arts and crafts d em o n s tr a tio n s , m u sic an d s to r y te llin g , h o rs e d ra w n wagon rides, salm on barbecue and a food court. For more in formation, call 503-797-1850 or visit w w w .m etro -reg io n .o rg / salm onfestival. W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver absolute hardest.” The H illsboro resident has been at it for 22 years, starting out as a w elder and m oving into art full-tim e after m aking an im pressive metal coffee table for his wife. “M ostly I was ju st w orking on inventions during that time. Then my w ife asked me to make her a coffee table. I ju st put scorpions in it at first and visualized the border around it. Everybody really liked it,” M ayes said. “I bought $600 worth of steel and went at it. I kind o f stopped searching at that point and w ent at the art aspect.” From then on, life meant a constant carving o f ideas that inspired M ayes, such as nature, Egyptian legends, or political events such as the dow nfall o f Saddam Hussein. “I’ll go ahead and think of the image and the image almost speaks back to you," Mayes said. D escribing his piece illu stra tin g a w olf, continued on page H5 Students Helped Into Health Careers Barriers broken with OHSU opportunity programs Oregon Health & Science Uni versity School of M edicine's new Health Careers Opportunity Pro gram is helping disadvantaged high school, college and post-college students overcome socioeconomic, educational and cultural barriers to get into medical, physician assis tant and pharmacy schools. OHSU expects the program. funded through a highly coveted, three-year $ 1.2 mi Ilion competitive grant from the federal Health Re sources and Services Administra tion, to increase the number o f cli nicians from underprivileged back grounds who ultimately will pro vide health care to the underserved. “We anticipate that with aca demic assistance, motivated stu- Dr. Stephanie Anderson dents facing economic and educa tional barriers will be more likely to gain admission into health care pro fessio n al p rogram s," said Dr. Stephanie Anderson, principal in vestigator for the grant and assis tant dean for minority affairs in the OHSU School of Medicine. “We believe these students can do the work if given the opportu nity,” Anderson said. "With this program, we have the potential to change the face of training pro grams at OHSU.” Shannel Adams, 23, a recent graduate of Duke University and a Portland St. Mary’s Academy alum nus, participated in the program this summer. For 10 intense weeks. Adams and 13 other pre-med stu dents were enrolled in the HCOP P ro fessio n s T estin g P rogram , which prepares students for the Medical College Admission Test or the Graduate Record Examina tion. Schtxtl of Medicine faculty and students utilizes the most current continued on page H5