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The line to get inside the Cascade Campus job fair wrapped around the block during last year's
event. This year's job fair will take place Tuesday, April 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., again in the
college gym on the school’s north Portland campus.
Cascade Job Fair Set
Portland metro area, makes its
annual return on Tuesday, April
24. An assortment of area em
ployers will be on hand at the
event - the 15th annual Job Fair
- set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
The C ascade Cam pus Job Cascade Campus Gym, 705 N.
Fair, one of the foremost re Killingsworth St.
sources for job seekers in the
“W e’re so excited to have a
Event to pack
college gym
with resources
Arisi,
C lassifieds
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on page 4
Activist in Race for Metro Seat
pages 12-18
C alendar
free seminar this year by the
author o f Social M edia Job
Search for Dummies,” said Cas
cade Career Services Director
Becky W ashington, coordinator
of the Job Fair. “Looking for
work has certainly changed in
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A community organizer and
form er chief of staff to City
Com missioner Nick Fish is her
alding his experience in govern
ment and grass-roots activism to
bring better outcomes in hous
ing, jobs and the environment.
Sam Chase is running for a
seat on the Metro Council, a
regional government jurisdiction.
He would represent parts of
north, northeast and northwest
Portland if elected to the District
5 seat in the May Primary Elec
Sam Chase
tion.
Chase has worked as the ex
ecutive director of the Oregon
Opportunity Network to help
create affordable housing and
economic opportunity for w ork
ing families, seniors and people
with disability.
As the former executive di
rector of the Coalition of Com
munity Health Clinics, he said he
helped provide heathcare for
more than 50,000 uninsured or
under-insured people in ourcom-
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