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Guest speakers will include World
Arts Foundation executive Teressa
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(Second Chances are For Every
one), Karin Malbourgh, a developer
of school and after-school based
programs, and Portland Public
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positive alternatives to the violence
we’ve been experiencing in our
neighborhoods,” said Washington,
the event’s co-creator.
Mychal Tetteh, who’s been the
chief executive officer at the Commu
nity Cycling Center for less than a
year now, says given the opportu
nity, community-based initiatives like
those brought to him by Preston and
Washington are ones the center
would like to continue supporting.
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