îlie ^O rtlau b ©tserUCr February 8. 2006 Page AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH and the American Experience Grass Roots Bookstores transcend labels The installation of windows marks the first days o f business for “In Other Words, " a bookstore for and about women at its new location at the corner of Killingsworth and North Williams Avenue. photo by I saiah B oi nJ T he P ortland O bserver Ingredients for life photo by SAFEWAY Ö S arah B i . ount /T he P ortland O bserver The Black Rose Collective has transitioned from a free porch to a bookstore and political information shop on North Mississippi Avenue. Many o f its books feature Portland writers and publish ers, making them a rare find at many traditional booksellers. continued from Front a meeting space free for community use. The plan is to build partner ships and offer reciprocity dis counts to its neighbors like Ethos, North Portland Bike Works and the Alberta Co-Op, Burns said. She hopes the bookstore will fit into the neighborhood's busy ac tivist scene that focuses on race and ethnicity. “ It’s our intention to use fem i nism to effectively impact m ulti issue social activism ,” she said. “ It’s a criticism o f feminism that race and class aren ’t on the front burner, but where I stand person ally, it’s all facets of the same fight.” The Black Rose Collective is former “free porch" turned political information shop at 4038 N. Missis sippi near Shaver Street. Since its humble beginning as a jumble of free clothing, food and household items, the collective remains dedi cated to a principle of providing services, not turning a profit. “All we do is try to make enough to pay our rent,” col lecti ve member Genevieve Moore said. The house next door is the Mis sissippi Avenue Co-op, an eight- bedroom communal living space serving as an alternative to the renter/owner status quo. It was during one of their monthly meet ings that a member proposed the idea of expanding their free porch into an infoshop. About a year later, with help from the Portland Alli ance of Collective Workers, the Black Rose opened. The tiny shop is a collection of political, feminist and anti-racism hooks, exclusively from indepen dent presses. These books are a rare find in traditional bookstores, and a local section spotlights Port land writers and publishers. The collective’s six members, plus a handful of volunteers, run the shop from noon to eight p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. The collective also keeps a growing list of at least 100 people willingto lend a hand with future projects, includ ing plans to create a community mural in the near future. Forum on Living Wage Jobs at Safeway this Valentine's Day! Lawmaker addresses local issues State Rep. Chip Shields will host a series o f com m unity fo rums over the next several weeks spotlighting issues for residents in his inner north and northeast Portland House D istrict 43. The forums will cover living wage jobs, the w ar in Iraq, health care and schools. “At this critical time in Oregon's history, it is more important than ever that we come together as a community to share ideas and con cerns on these vital issues,” Shields said. The forum on living wage jobs will be heldon Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepre neurs, 4134 N. Vancouver, with guest Tom Chamberlain, president of Oregon AFL-CIO and Sam Brooks, chair of OAME. Iraq War: A Local Response will take place March 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Emmanuel Temple Church, 5 123 N. Michigan with guest State Rep. Paul Holvey, w hose son served in Iraq. The meeting on health care will be held on March 22, also from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Irvington Village, 420 N.E. 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