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www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity February 7. 2 0 0 7 Super Bowl Win M etro Dungy beats protege Smith fo r biggest win o f his career iCl’c ^.lortlaitb QDbscrticr See Sports, page B6 / c o m m u n it y C a le n d a r Bernice King Honored Saturday, Feb. 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the H oli day Inn Convention Center, 1441 N.E. S e c o n d A v e ., th e W illia m s -K in g V ancouver A venue B aptist Church schol arship banquet will host Bernice A. King, the youngest daughterof'D r. Martin Luther King, Jr., as the motivational keynote speaker. Tickets are $50 per person. For more information, call 503-282-9496. Ghana Women’s Art Exhibit W SU Vancouver, 14204 N . E. Sal mon Creek Ave., hosts a pow erful W est African art exhibit with guest lecturer and well-knowni G hanaian art historian Nii Q uarcoopom e. T he gallery hours are M onday thru T hurs- day from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Fridays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more inform ation, call 360-1 546-9580. Say Hey Meet and Greet Thursday, Feb. 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Partners in D iversity will host a Say Hey, NW meet and greet reception to welcome new professionals o f color to Oregon and Southw est W ashington, at S elf E nhance ment, Inc., 3920 N. Kerby Ave. Call 503- 5 16-3505 orem ail nakashim av@ mac.com. Girl Scouts Screen Video Sunday, Feb. 11, from 2 p.m. to4 p.m., at the) Kennedy School Theater, the Girl Scouts will raise funds for its Fam ily G iving Pro gram with the screening o f the locally produced video “A Circle is Round.” Men’s Wellness Screening Saturday, Feb. 10, Legacy Emanuel Hospi tal, Lorenzen Center, host M en's W ellness screening, 8 a.m. to Noon: health-screen ing tests are available for a fee o f $10, to schedule a required appointm ent, call 5034 335-3500. PCC: Recruiting Fair Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Portland C om m unity C ollege C ascade C am pus Student C enter Building-Diningj Room . 705 N. K illingsw orth St., host the free instructional fair to inform part-tim e faculty candidates o f available opportuni ties. Presidents Day Rally M onday, Feb. 19, show your support to im prove Portland public schools. Sup porters will rally, rain-or-shine, on the capi tal steps in Salem at Noon. Visit stand.org/ or/2007rally for more information. SECTION B C ritical H ousing Success Southeast site transforms unsafe area Lincoln W oods has a sordid past life as adilapidated drug house amid a v acan t field, but now stands proudly as an affordable and safe com m unity for East County resi dents. Lincoln W oods. 2333 S.E. 130th Ave., is the latest com plex opened by Human Solutions, a local non profit serving low-income and home less individuals and fam ilies in M ultnom ah County. T he new neighborhood en v e lopes four buildings made up of apartm ents and tow nhouses for 70 fam ilies, including nearly 200 chil dren. The original house was set on crum bling foundation with rotten floors, broken window s, m old and num erous leaks left by squatters and frequenting drug addicts. But y o u 'd never know that by its present sight. From the advanced framing tech niques and energy efficient co n struction to a playground as its centerpiece, Lincoln W oods is a brightly painted and landscaped exam ple o f how one organization can transform an unsafe area into a accessible com m unity for low-in- com e families. In a city w here affordable hous ing is a critical social issue, Lincoln W oods' monthly rent is set at 30 percent to 50 percent o f the Area M edian Income. In their part to fill the gap, every unit was leased less than two weeks after the grand open ing last month. The southeast Portland affordable housing community of Lincoln Woods opened last month with 77 apartments and townhouses for families with children. Portland non-profit Human Solutions demolished this drug house and turned the property into a new housing site, with the help of $8 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits and a $1 million loan. Portland International Film Festival Sisters Fat Tuesday T uesday, Feb. 20, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 137 S.W . Sixth Ave., Sisters o f the Road, a non-violent com m unity advocacy group, will celebrate breaking ground on the P ersonalistC enterexpansion, with Fat T uesday festivities include music, gum bo, and Mardi G ras fun. All are welcome to this free event. Black History Foundation T he Black History M useum o f O regon is seeking the brilliant m inds o f concerned individuals to help in restructuring the museum foundation'seom m ittee. Call 503- 284-0617 for more information. Weight Loss Series N ew Seasons M arket at Northeast 33rd and Killingsw orth Street will host free w eight loss classes on Feb. 28, March 28, and April 25 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Community Support T he African A m erican Health Coalition, a non-profit that touches the lives o f m il lions o f African Am ericans each year, rem inds you to support your com m unity organization. All donations, grants, and gifts are tax deductible. For more inform a tion, visit aahc-portland.org. Diabetes Support Group Legacy Emanuel Hospital hosts a diabe tes support group the first and third T hurs days o f every month, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., inR oom 1027. Bradley-Angle House T he Bradley-A ngle House needs volun teers to help its outreach against dom estic violence. W om en o f color and bilingual w om en are encouraged to call. For more information, cal 1503-282-9940. Parenting Classes N ew borns d o n 't com e with instruction m anuals but parents and parents-to-be can attend classes through Providence H ealth System s to learn about a variety of to p ic s fro m p ain and c h ild b irth to breastfeeding to infant CPR and much more. For a schedule o f events, call 503- 574-6595 or visit: providence.org/classcs. Which is the more dangerous predator: an eagle or a shark? That's a trick question in the New Zealand film "Eagle Vs Shark" at Regal Broadway Metroplex. Visit nwfilm.org for show times and dates. Kicks off with broad mix fo r movie lovers The Northwest Film Center rem inds movie lovers there is life beyond big-budget H ollyw ood w ith the 30th Annual Portland International Film Festival, Feb. 9 through Feb. 24 on silver screens across the city. This y ear's festival opens Friday at the Newmark Theatre at the Portland C enter for the Perform ing Arts, with the internationally aw ard w inning G er man film “The Lives o f O thers,” this y ear's O scar nom inee for the Best Foreign Language Film. D irector Florian Henckel von Donners will be in attendance, joining the audience for the opening night party in the theater's foyer, featuring m usic by P ortland’s Stolen Sweets. Festival films also will be shown at the Regal Broadway Metroplex, KM X)SW Broadway: Newmark Theatre, 1111 S .W .B ro ad w ay ;C in em a2 l.6 l6 N .W . 21st Ave. and the NW Film C en ter's W hitsell A u ditorium in the Portland Art M useum, 1219 S.W. Park Ave. T he film festival is one o f the region's most culturally diverse arts events and offers a window continued on page B5 Diversity Officer Takes Helm P aul S c a rle tt, d ir e c to r o f Portland’s Bureau o f D evelop m ent S erv ices, has p rom oted M ikal Shabazz to a newly created position for m anagem ent o f the bureau's diversity developm ent/ cultural com petency and affirm a tive action program s. Shabazz is charged with ad dressing various levels o f bureau work related to conflict resolu tion, relationship building, o u t reach. recruitm ent and a host of other assignm ents. "This appointm ent is aim ed at furt heri ng one o f my pri mary goals within the bureau and that is to foster and prom ote a positive, productive and accepting w ork ing environm ent for both our em ployees and cu sto m e rs” , says Scarlett. Shabazz has been em ployed with the city for 18 years and Mikal Shabazz “37 Uses for a Dead Sheep" will be screened at Regal Broadway Metroplex. 1000 S.W. Broadway, during the Northwest Film Center's Portland International Film Festival, Feb. 9 through Feb. 24. Mikal Shabazz promotes workplace goals worked previously as a plumbing inspector. As a respected leader in the com m unity, he brings years of experience to the position in deal ing with cultural com petency is sues and facilitating resolution o f com plex interpersonal and group conflicts. He is an internationally known speaker on diversity issues and recently traveled to Sierra I ro n e to assist villagers with health, infra structure and com m unity issues. “T o ev o lv e the co n c ep t o f d iv e rsity fro m c o m m itte e to co m m itm en t, th ere m ust be a firm reso lv e on the part o f m an agem ent to d ism a n tle sy stem ic ex c lu siv ity an d co n stru e , from the gro u n d up in c lu siv ity not only in w ords but in d ee d s," says S h ab azz. "C h an g e is no, alw ay s easy , bu, n e c e ssa ry ."