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February 7. 2 0 0 7
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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
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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 ."