June 14, 2017
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The Juneteenth Oregon Parade is a Portland tradition. The annual event returns this Saturday, June
17, starting with the parade at 10:45 a.m. and then a day long festival at the Legacy Emanuel Field
at North Russell and Williams Avenue.
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Celebrate Juneteenth!
‘Freedom Day’ in Portland and beyond
Free celebrations for June-
teenth, also called Freedom Day,
are held Saturday, June 17 in Port-
land and Vancouver, and on Mon-
day, June 19 at the Oregon Shake-
speare Festival in Ashland.
The Juneteenth Oregon Cele-
bration, founded 45 years ago by
the late and beloved community
leader Clara Peoples, will start
Saturday at 10:45 a.m. with a pa-
rade from the Safeway parking lot
on Northeast Martin Luther King
Jr. Boulevard, then proceeding
down MLK to Russell Avenue,
and ending at the Legacy Emanuel
Field at North Williams. Festivi-
ties will then continue until 6 p.m.
with live music, art, food, and a
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children’s play area. For more in-
formation, visit juneteenthor.com
A free Juneteenth BBQ hosted
by the Nat Turner Project will take
place Saturday, from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m. at the c3:initiative, a com-
munity and arts gallery space at
7326 N. Chicago and North Den-
ver Avenue. Dub’s St. Johns will
provide the food and there will be
music, poetry, face painting, and
an art gallery to celebrate African
American culture.
The Vancouver branch of
the NAACP hosts a Juneteenth
themed event, “Education is Em-
powerment” on Saturday at Foster
Hall on the Clark College campus.
The family friendly event will in-
clude a pie contest, spoken word,
Hip Hop, African Dance, food and
more.
On Monday, June 19, the Or-
egon Shakespeare Festival will
host its 19th annual Juneteenth
celebration on the Courtyard
Stage in Ashland, celebrating with
spoken word, dance, hip hop, art
and theatre. For the full line up,
visit osfashland.org.
Juneteenth
commemorates
when U.S. soldiers brought word
of President Lincoln’s Emancipa-
tion Proclamation to Galveston,
Texas, two years after it was is-
sued. It is the oldest celebration
of the end of slavery in the United
States.
Sign Up for Albina Head Start
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Albina Early Head Start and
Head Start is hosting three open
house events this summer where
you can attend and tour the organi-
zation’s pre-school learning facil-
ities, meet teachers and home vis-
itors, and sign up for the program.
Albina Head Start offers ser-
vices for children 6 weeks to 5
years old for income eligible par-
ents. There is also a home-based
program for prenatal moms.
The open houses are June 28
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Rich-
ard Brown Albina Head Start, 605
N.E. Ivy; July 15, from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m., at the Garlington Albina
Head Start, 4515 S.E. Flavel Dr.;
and July 26, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,
at the Owen Blank Albina Head
Start, 909 N.E. 52nd Ave.
There will be food, fun for the
kids, and a raffle and each open
house. Interested families should
bring documents showing income
from last year, and the child’s
proof of birth and name.