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Woodlawn Park
Hosts Earth Day
Saturday celebration a first for
inner Northeast neighborhood
by L ee P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
A cityw ide Earth Day 2007 cel­
ebration will take place Saturday at
W oodlaw n Park in northeast P ort­
land, a trium ph for a neighborhood
that has long fought to keep the
park safe.
Between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. there
will he information, giveaw ays and
activities at some 80 booths pro­
vided by city organizations and agen­
cies; a full schedule o f entertainment
at two concert stages; free health
and wellness classes, entertainment
and activities for kids sponsored by
the I Have A Dream Foundation;
gardening-related activities and a
Better Transportation Fair featuring
classes in bicycle usage.
For those who w ant to ride their
green talk, there will be bike cara­
vans to the festival from 16 differ­
ent locations in the city. Celebrants
will also see artw ork created from
refuse picked up in the surround­
ing W oodlaw n neighborhood in a
Kids V illage Trash or Treasure ex ­
hibit.
In the days leading up to the
celebration, the W oodlaw n A sso­
ciation has been busy. Earlier this
month they held an Easter Egg Hunt
in the park, a graffiti cleanup in the
neighborhood and a fundraising
dance at the Village Ballroom, across
the street from the park at 700 N.E.
D ekum St.
Earth Day celebrations began
nationwide in 1970. This is the eighth
consecutive year that City Repair,
a non-profit that w orks to create
public gathering spaces, has helped
sponsor the Portland event. This
also is the first tim e the celebration
has been held north o f 1-84 in north­
east Portland.
A ccording to festival organizer
Bob New o f City Repair, the deci­
sion was prom pted largely by a
letter from W oodlawn resident Jul ie
M ickalson. She described the com ­
munity as "a multi-ethnic dog w alk­
ing n e ig h b o rh o o d ,” w ith “ six
schools w ithin walking distance,
interesting hom es and gardens, and
a faith com m unity that provides a
stable, Unitarian atm osphere.”
Im provm ents at W oodlawn Park
include a new basketball court by
PHOTO BY M ARK W
Nike, a children’s w ater feature
where a poorly m aintained w ading
pool used to be, and better drain­
age at the baseball field.
“W e’ve made it a place for regu­
lar fam ilies,” says W oodlaw n his­
torian A njala Ehelebe. “It’s well-
used and w ell-loved.”
Com m unity plans for the Albina
and W oodlaw n com m unities have
given the neighborhood some guid­
ance in making im provem ents to
the area, with issues o f speeding
traffic and unsafe pedestrian cross­
ings still unresolved.
Still, W oodlaw n today is an im­
proving neighborhood with people
w ho care enough about it to be
volunteering to make it better, m ak­
ing it a fitting host for Earth Day.
“W e’re excited about bringing
this up north and letting people in
this part o f town enjoy the celebra­
tion,” said New.
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Attendees can learn ways to
protect memory through health
screenings, enjoy a nutritious
soul food lunch, participate in
workshops and receive free re­
spite care for caregivers.
There also will be a screening
of a Marie Smith Center oral
history documentary, plus a
panel discussion about aging in
the African American commu­
nity.
Jennifer Manly, associate pro­
fessor of Neuropsychology at
Columbia University Medical
Center, will be the keynote
speaker. For more details, visit
www.ulpdx.org orcall 503-381 -
0285.
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Are African Americans at
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