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May 16. 2007
Mother’s Day Tea Party at King Elementary
Students show off language skills
by R aymond R endleman
C ald ero n stood up and recited a
S panish translation. T h e applause
For nine years now , C onnie w as deafening.
M o d e ’s second grad e has c e l­
T h e g ro u p w as p ro u d to have
eb rated M o th e r’s D ay in a S o u th ­ stu d e n ts te a c h in g o n e an o th e r
ern style w ith sw eet tea, pastries la nguage skills d u rin g th ese fo r­
and the soothing tones o f L ouie m ative years o f learn in g to read
A rm stro n g .
and w rite.
T h is y ea r. M o d e d e c id e d to
M ode is esp ecially proud o f
m ix th in g s up by e x h ib itin g the in tegrating a S o u th ern tradition
la n g u a g e sk ills o f h e r 2 0 s tu ­ into a d iv erse part o f north and
d e n ts , e x a c tly h a lf o f w h o m northeast P ortland.
live in S p a n ish -sp e a k in g h o u se ­
"I w as insp ired by living in
h o ld s.
L ou isian a, and all the m others,
First, a group o f six students d a u g h te r s a n d g r a n d m o th e r s
led by C ou rtn ey A dam s recited a w ould get to g eth er for a relaxing
poem in E nglish titled “ M om is aftern o o n on M o th e r's D ay ,” she
W ow !" for a large, appreciative sa y s.
au dience o f parents and te a c h e r's
O ne o f h er stu d en ts. S avan n a
assista n ts.
Joh n so n , had an o th er in terp reta­
T h en an o th e r g ro u p o f s tu ­ tion, saying, "W e do th is becau se
dents that included Jose R ojas- ev ery o n e loves their m others, and
S alazar and R ogelio H ernandez- w e esp e c ia lly .”
T he P ortland O bserver
continued
photo by R aymond R endi . iman /T he P ortland O bserv er
Kisha Nelson and her son Ayzalah Walker have fun at King Elementary in northeast Portland during
last Friday's Mother's Day Tea Party in Connie Mode’s second-grade class.
Liberia President to Visit Portland
World’s first
black woman
head of state
Liberia President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf, the world’s first black woman
head of state and Africa’s first woman
president, will host an invitation-
only com munity forum early Friday
afternoon. May 18 at Concordia
University in northeast Portland.
That evening, she will speak as a part
ofthe W orld A ffairsC ouncil’sInter-
national Speakers Series at the Arlene
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Fighting
Video Brings
Arrests
Arts
Revitalize
Corner
SchnitzerConcert Hall.
At C oncordia, S irleaf will speak
to m em bers o f the greater Portland
are a's L iberian com m unity, which
is estim ated to be around 200 indi­
viduals, as well as the local African
and A frican-A m erican com m uni­
ties. T his invitation-only event will
feature entertainm ent by the local
A frican com m unity, the conferring
o f an h o n o r a r y d e g r e e by
C oncordia, presentations by the
Liberian com m unity and a short
talk by President S irleaf follow ed
by a question and answ er period.
The W orld Affairs Council is
Four students were arrested on as­ May 9 with students, directed at par­
sault charges after an after-school ents who might fear for the safety of
video was posted on the internet their children.
you.tube.com showing several
The Portland Public School district
Jefferson students fighting in a bath­ said the fighting wasn't a stranger-to-
stranger attack and that the students
room.
S c h o o l le a d e r s s e n t h o m e a le tte r
involved were suspended pending ex­
holding a press conference with
P re sid en t S irle a f at 4 p.m . at
P ortland's University Club.
At her evening lecture, Presi­
dent S irleaf will talk on the chal­
lenges facing her country and all o f
Africa in building modern com peti­
tive econom ies, fairer political sys­
tems, and societies where health
and opportunity are open to all.
Tickets for the evening lecture
are available through Ticketm aster
at 503-790-2787. Invitations forthe
noontim e com m unity forum have
already been dispersed and are not
available to the general public
pulsion hearings.
“Jefferson does not tolerate vio­
lence in any form and will continue to
cooperate with Portland Police dur­
ing any criminal investigations that
may result from this event," the letter
to parents said.
from Front
In true E thos fashion, rather
than m ake p eo p le sit through
a b o rin g se ries o f lectu res,
classro o m s w ill be co n v erted
into p erfo rm an ce sp aces, g iv ­
ing fam ilies the rare o p p o rtu ­
nity to atten d a n u m b e r o f
co n c erts in an u p -clo se and
p erso n al settin g .
T h e th em e o f th e ev e n t is
"H ere, T h ere & E v ery w h ere."
it aim s to h ig h lig h t the w ide
v ariety o f E th o s’ program s.
W hile trav e lin g aro u n d the
building, guests will hear v ari­
o u s sty les o f m usic p erfo rm ed
by the o rg a n iz a tio n ’s students
and in stru cto rs, in clu d in g its
c h ild re n ’sc h o ir. a S uzuki v io­
lin ist, and d ro p -in hip hop and
beat-m akers.
In addition, the com m unity
will try out an assortm ent o f
musical instrum ents in one of
E th o s’ instrum ent “test-drive"
room s and participate in free
m usical w orkshops.
T he music cen ter’s em phasis
on "hom espun, niche business”
has forged com m unity connec­
tions.
E th o s se rv e s stu d e n ts in
th e P o rtla n d M e tro p o lita n
A rea, and in rural co m m u n i­
ties th ro u g h o u t O reg o n , but
o rg an izers are m ost excited
ab o u t ev e ry o n e co m in g to ­
g eth er at th e ir north Portland
location to sho w case talent.
“It’s not ju st a studio envi­
ronm ent; there’s lots o f audi­
ence participation,” says Hun­
tington.
M usicians, poets and other
perform ance artists can book a
sp o t
by
c o n ta c tin g
travis@ elhos.org or calling 503-
312-1716. Broadcast time is lim­
ited, so perform ers should get in
on the action soon.
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