July 22,2014
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Promoting peace in the surrounding neighborhood and community at large, members of the young-
adult Multnomah County program ‘Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere’ paint a mural
Friday at the intersection of North Killingsworth Court and Borthwick Street. One block from
Jefferson High School and next door to Rosemary Anderson High School and Piedmont Church, the
mural depicts bees amongst the trees and a nest surrounded by the healing powers o f honey; it’s
called the ‘Big Bang of Peace. ’
Big Bang of Peace
Passerbys of the north Port
land intersection of Killingworth
Court and Borthwick Street will
almost surely notice its newest
instillation; a street mural of peace.
Painted by m em bers o f the
Multnomah County young-adult
group Striving to Reduce Youth
Violence Everywhere.
The colorful landscape depicts
four trees, four bees, and a nest of
flowing honey, a reference to the
powers of good health and medi
cine. It’s titled the “Big Bang of
Peace.”
Antwoine Thomas, 26, de
signed the mural over a span of
months said the installation is
meant to represent a healing from
youth violence and the preven
tion of youth violence before it
starts.
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LifeWorks NW will open a new mental health and addiction treatment facility Thursday geared to
African American women that also provides affordable substance-free housing. An artist's rendering
shows the Center for Hope and Recovery at Northeast Mallory Avenue and Beech Street.
New Treatment Center to Open
Facility combines addiction services with housing
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F o o d
A leading mental health and alcohol treatment facility in north-
addiction treatment provider will east Portland Thursday. The $ 18-
open a new residential drug and million development includes af-
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