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LifeWorks Barbecue Celebration
Tamara Goldsby
(from left), Sherrilyn
Blanton, Delores
Taylor, Olivia Jeffries.
Jackie Strong and
Elizabeth Betts cel­
ebrate during the
LifeWorks NW sum­
mer barbecue held
July 18 at Peninsula
Park to honor clients
of the organization's
King, Project Network
and Concordia sites.
LifeWorks NW is a
community-based
agency providing
mental health and
addictions services.
t’s Who You Know at Say Hey, NW!
Meet and greet for
professionals of color
In the biz and new to the city? Join Say
Hey, NW! - Oregon and southw est
Washington's multicultural meet andgreet
for professionals o f color.
Partners in Diversity invite you to attend
a Say Hey reception, Thursday, Aug. 10
from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Oregon
Convention Center, Portland Ballroom, 777
NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Say Hey, NW is a reception held quar­
terly to honor and welcome new profes­
sionals of color, who have arrived to the
area in the past 18 months.
contact Vicki Nakashima of
The event brings together
Partners in Diversity at 503-
these professionals with a
516-3505
or
em ail
more established “welcom­
nakashimav@mac.com.
ing brigade”. Attendees in­
Say Hey packets con­
clude community leaders,
tain information and spe­
corporate and government
cial goodies, and provide
representatives, community
opportunities to learn about
organizations and individu­
the community as a way
als willing to help make the
for the new (and not so
honorees feel welcome and
new) to learn about w hat’s
more connected with their
going on. lfy o u r organiza­
new community.
■RTS'/',« '. I \ tion would like to include
Everyone is welcome and
something in the packet,
encouraged to attend. If you Vicki Nakashima
send
an
e m ail
to
are new, or know someone new, please
nakashim av@ m ac.com .
(AP) - Danny Glover helped
launch a campaign to rally Puerto
Rico's hotel workers to join a
local branch of “Unite Here” a
(large U.S. labor union in a bid to
gain better pay and benefits.
Glover, a resident of Port­
land, whose movie credits in­
clude "The Royal Tenenbaums"
and the "Lethal Weapon" se­
ries, joined leaders of a Puerto
Rico union, which represents
about 2,100 employees at nine
hotels in the U.S. territory, to
call for the island's hospitality
workers to unite under a single
banner.
"The union's fight is to con­
struct a world in which we want
to live," Glover said at a news
c o n fe re n ce S unday at the
Condado Plaza Hotel & Casino
in the capital of San Juan.
Glover, 59, has long been in­ Danny Glover (center) joins hotel workers in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sunday to help
volved in political activism.
organize a labor union and increase local wages. (AP photo)
African
Coalition
Dinner
The African Community Coali­
tion of Oregon board of directors
will host their first annual Summer
Dinner and Party fundraiser Satur­
day, Aug. 5 from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. at
10534 N.E. Sandy Blvd., second
floor.
All area residents are invited to
the festivities which will begin with
cocktails, followed by a program at
8 p.m. and party at 10 p.m. Volun­
teers are still needed. Eor more in­
formation, please call Regena Jones
of the African Community Coali­
tion of Oregon at 503-761-0243
(days)or 503-254-4888 (evenings).
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