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Portland Observer Black HistOiy Month
February 10, 2010
Facets of Africa Matinee Series
Interstate
Firehouse
celebrates
black history
I I
Concordia University welcomes inspirational
religious leaders for Black History Month events this
February. All events are free and open to the public.
Visit u’lVH’.cu-portland.cdu for more information.
Rev. D r. John N u nes,
p r e s id e n t a n d C EO o f L u t h e r a n
W o r ld R e lie f, w i l l d is c u s s e f f o r t s to e r a d ic a t e m a l a r ia in
A f r ic a .
I February 5, 1:00 p.m.
luther hall room 121
Rev. D r. W il l H a rd y , pastor of Highland Christian
Center in northeast Portland, wilt join Concordia's
Chapel Service. I February 11, 10:30 a.m.
st michafis
LUTHERAN CHURCH, 6700 NE 29TH AVE (NEXT TO CAMPUS!
Rev. A lv in Bibbs, executive director of multi-church
relations for Willow Creek Church in Chicago, w ill
discuss The Emerging Church and Race Relations."
I February 18, 7:00 p.m.
luther hall room 121
Saeeda W r ig h t, worship leader at the Rehoboth World
Healing Center in southeast Portland, w ill share her gift
of song during Concordia's Chapel Service.
I February 24,10:30 a.m.
st
M ichaels L utheran church ,
6700 NE 29TH AVE (NEXT TO CAMPUS!
Portland's most vibrant per
forming artists share legends and
personal tales representing they
man facets o f A frican-based
culture in Facets o f Africa dur
ing Black History Month at the
Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center, 5340 N. Interstate.
Events include a Facets Fam
ily Day on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 1
p.m.; a Facets Matinee Series,
T u esd a y s and T h u rsd a y s The Intestate Firehouse Cultural Theatre, 5340 N.
through Feb. 18 at 10 a.m.; and Interstate Ave., hosts the Base Roots Theatre produc
a galley exhibit through Satur tion of Rocket Man, now playing through Feb. 27.
day, Feb. 20.
production called Rocket Man,
Featured performing artists in
shows through Feb. 27. The play,
clude 1 labiba, a native ofGhana,
produced by Base Roots The
W est A frican who has per
atre Company, is about the inti
formed in the United Sates and
mate romance o f true love and
internationally for 15 years;
the heroic romance o f the spirit.
Caton Lyles, who has been ac
ThelFC C is a community arts
tive on the local music scene for
center that aw akens cultural
30 years; and Graceila Teofield,
awareness by creating an envi
a keeper o f family tales that
ronment for artists and audiences
brings the richness o f Caribbean,
to explore, honor and celebrate
Central American and Ameri
diversity.
can cultures through the spoken
word.
Caton Lyles
A world premiere o f a stage
Rev. Jackson to Speak at UO
Rev. Jesse Jackson, president
and founder o f the Rainbow/
PUSH Coalition, will visit the
University of Oregon to talk about
leadership and social justice.
The Tuesday, Feb. 16 talk,
“With Justice for All: Human
Rights and Civil Rights At
Home and A broad,” is open to
the public and will be held at 1
p.m. at Erb M emorial Union
ballroom , 1222E. 13th Ave. in
Eugene. Doors open at 11:30
a m-
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Jackson has been called the
"conscience of the nation" and humane priorities. Over the past
the great unifier," challenging 30 years he has played a pivotal
America to establish just and role in virtually every movement
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for empowerment, peace, civil
rights, gender equality, and eco
nomic and social justice. He is
known for bringing people to
gether on common ground across
lines o f race, class, gender and
belief.
Jackson began his activism as
a student leader in the sit-in
movement and continued as a
young organizer for the South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ference as an assistant to Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. He went
on to direct Operation Bread
basket and subsequently founded
People United to Save Human
ity (PUSH) in Chicago in 1971.
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