Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, August 14, 2019, Page 10, Image 10

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CAREERS Special Edition
August 14, 2019
for
Block Party Green Hop
C ontinued from f ront
Maxey 100th Birthday Party
The Maxey Family is hosting
a BYOP (bring your own picnic)
100th birthday celebration for
our “Queen Mother” Mrs. John-
nie Maxey on Saturday, Aug. 24,
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Dawson
Park on North Stanton and Wil-
liams Avenue.
We hope you can join us for
this blessed celebration! Cake &
Punch will be served.
Mrs. Maxey has lived in Port-
land since 1941. Friends and
family are encouraged to bring
your favorite picture of Mrs.
Maxey. Birthday cards only -
please no gifts. There will also
be a money tree.
Cards can also be mailed to
Mrs. Johnnie Maxey in care of
Carolyn Gahlena and Maxey
Easterly
P.O. Box 12681, Portland, OR
97212
You can also post your
pictures with the hastag -
#jomturns100, @jomturns100
Mrs. Johnnie Maxey will
celebrate her 100th
birthday on Saturday, Aug.
24 with a family picnic at
Dawson Park.
or you may email them to the
family or request more informa-
tion at jomturns100@gmail.com.
by cannabis prohibitions in the
past.
Headlined by local emcee
Fountaine, and doubling as
the artists’ album release par-
ty, Green Hop’s second annu-
al free block party will take
place Saturday, Aug. 17 from
1 p.m. to 9 p.m. near the cor-
ner of Northeast 16th Avenue
and Killingsworth Street.
Green Hop co-founder
Karanja Crews, who runs
the dispensary with fellow
northeast Portland-raised Ni-
cole Kennedy, said the event
is meant as a re-claiming of
space for displaced black res-
idents that everyone is wel-
come to celebrate.
“The Block Party represents
a ‘re-entrification’ movement,
which means to re-enter a
neighborhood that has been
gentrified,” Crews said.
Fountaine said he is excited
to perform at the block par-
ty not only because of what
Green Hop means to the com-
munity but also because he
will get to debut his newest
album, “South of Nowhere.”
“I lost around six family
members this year, so every-
thing coming together, being
around black love, a good
time, a good environment at
one of the staples will be nos-
talgic, and a good ‘stay-cation’
to let go and let everything
loose.”
The Willamette Week Best
New Band finalist for 2019
will be performing along-
Online-Based Business Degrees
advisors work with applicants to
find which courses are best suited
istrative professional degree or for their skills—no tests are nec-
certificate.
essary.
The college’s placement center
The one-off professional devel-
C ontinued from P age 7
side local acts Bocha, Donte
Thomas and all of the newly
formed “Produce Organic”
collective, [E]mpress, The
Dutchess (formerly Nina XO),
King Wess and a clear crowd
favorite from last year’s
party,
drummer/songstress
MadamGoLong.
In addition, all proceeds
from the event will benefit
Green Hop academy, which
teaches black and Latino com-
munities the cannabis industry
from “seed to sale,” offering
them a rare insight into the
booming multi-billion dollar
legal arena of all-things Mary
Jane.
There will also be a vari-
ety of local vendors and info
booths for people to enjoy.
opment classes take place in the
college’s Oregon City campus in
September and October and in-
clude courses such as Emerging
Leader, Mentor Training, Cus-
tomer Service and Conflict Reso-
lution.