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H ealth
Metro Reduces Barriers
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For minority, women and small business owners
The regional government
M etro has made new commit-
ments to hire minority-owned,
wom en-owned and emerging
small businesses.
To increase opportunities for
M W ESB firm s the M etro
Council has directed staff to
expand outreach to additional
minority business groups, in-
eluding the Asian, native Ameri-
canand Hispanicbusinesscom-
munities.
M etro is also planning to
package construction projects
C alendar
to fit within the current sheltered prime contractors to subcon-
market program for projects up tract at least 15 percent of their
to $50,000; engage the Office work to M W ESBs and require
of M etro Attorney to promote them to formally report their use
the use ofMWESB firms within ofM W ESB subcontractors.
the bounds o f state and local
Diversity goals will be in-
contracting rules; and create an eluded as evaluation criteria in
electronic notification system for all Metro RFPs and to increase
M W ESBs to provide auto- MWESBtrainingthroughoutthe
mated notice of upcoming bids agency, including the Oregon
and requests for proposals Z ooandtheC onventionC en-
(RFPs) and include em ployee ter. M etro aspires to utilize
compensation as a factor in the M W ESB contractors for 15
selection of service contractors, percent o f the total value of
M etro also will encourage every formal bid and RPF.
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A local writing group called
The Portland Fiction Project
present the Benefit of Doubt: A
Performance Fundraiser for
Domestic Violence Awareness
on W ednesday, Dec. 8 at the
Alberta Rose Theatre in north­
east Portland.
Along with M onica Drake,
the author of Clown Girl, local
writers Geneva Chao, Shanna
Seesz, George Rachel, Scott
Warfe, and Alice Clark will read
domestic violence-inspired fic­
tion pieces.
A lso perform ing a piece
from her play, Tangoing with
Tornadoes, will be form erOr- S. Renee Mitchell
egonian colum nist and p lay­
wright, S. Renee Mitchell, and
the dance troupe Trip the
D a rk .
T h ro u g h o u t th e
evening, musical interludes of
“Death and the M aiden” will
be heard from cellist Kendra
C arpenter and the band, F u­
ture Historians will play a set.
All proceeds will benefit the
YWCA, Portland’s resource
for women empowerment and
survivors of abuse, and Bradly
Angle, a community activist of­
fering survivors o f domestic
abuse and sexual violence op­
tions for safety, empowerment,
and hope.
New Rules for Motorcyclists
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As o f January 1, new m o­
torcyclists aged 30 and under
m ust com plete an approved
m otorcycle safety course be­
fore they can be issued a m o­
torcycle endorsem ent by the
Oregon Department of M otor
Vehicles.
The rule is part of a phased-
in law passed by the 2009
Legislature.
Since 1997, O regon Law
has required all riders under
21 to com plete a Team O r­
egon Basic R ider T raining
course as part o f the endorse­
ment process. Starting Jan u ­
ary 1, all new riders betw een
the ages o f 21-30 m ust take
either the Basic or Interm edi­
ate Rider Training course.
Additional age groups will
be phased in eahe year over
the next few years. For more
information about the law and
motorcycle endorsements and
training, visitoregondmv.com.
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