edition
CAREERS special
June 20, 2018
The
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Week in Review
C ALENDAR
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Sponsored by:
Keeping it Affordable
Non-profit partners with AmeriCorps to revitalize homes
D anny p eterson
t he p ortlanD o bserver
A nonprofit in northeast Port-
land is hosting 12 AmeriCorps
volunteers this summer to protect
vital affordable housing by up-
grading homes with green tech-
nology, building community gar-
dens and more.
The work is being done in
conjunction with the Sabin Com-
munity Development Corp., a
non-profit located on Northeast
Alberta Street that has been ded-
icated to providing long-term
affordable housing for low and
moderate income residents in the
face of rising housing costs since
1991.
Sabin maintains a tenant base
that is 73 percent African Amer-
ican, a demographic similar to
what many of north and northeast
Portland’s pre-gentrified inner city
neighborhoods were comprised of
in the early 1990s. Many of the
residents served by Sabin have
been there over a decade, and with
AmeriCorps’ help, they’re revital-
izing the homes of over 100 low
income families.
“We are really excited to have
AmeriCorps volunteers here,”
said Sabin CDC’s Executive Di-
rector Mary Schoen-Clark. “They
will help us lift up our capacity to
improve the housing and lives of
photo by D anny p eterson /t he p ortlanD o bserver
the people we serve,” she added. In an effort to preserve affordable housing in gentrified northeast
The work is designed to in- Portland, volunteer AmeriCorps workers work on upgrades to the
crease a sense of belonging by Alberta Commons Apartments, including landscaping, as plants
are prepared for transfer to a new garden. The apartments are
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owned by the non-profit Sabin Community Development Corp.
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
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M ETRO
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
Honored for Social Justice
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Two residents of the Vancou-
ver area are being honored by
the YWCA of Clark County for
their leadership in working to-
ward the elimination of racism
and the promotion of peace, jus-
tice, freedom and dignity for all.
Cindi Fisher and William
Clark will receive the Val Josh-
ua Racial Justice Award and the
Youth Social Justice Award, re-
spectively, during an awards cer-
emony on Saturday, June 23 at 1
p.m. at Clark College in Vancou-
ver.
The event will be held in
conjunction with the Vancouver
NAACP’s celebration of June-
teenth, the unofficial holiday
marking the end of slavery in the
William Clark
Cindi Fisher
United States.
The award ceremony will
be followed by a job fair and a
panel discussion on ending sys-
temic racism, as well as family
friendly activities throughout the
day, music, and dance from Port-
land’s Groovin Highsteppers.