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Grant Writing for
Women of Color
This hands-on, empowering workshop is
for women of color who are dancers, musi-
cians, painters, designers, sculptors, photog-
raphers, filmmakers, spoken word artists,
actresses, writers, community organizers
and other creatives. Come and learn how to
turn your ideas into compelling grant narra-
tives and budgets, and how writing grants
can aid your artistic process. You deserve
this opportunity to get a grant to fund your
project and learn how other women of color
artists just like you have been able to find
good local and national funding matches for
your work.
Presenter: S. Renee Mitchell is an award-
winning writer, multimedia artist and for-
mer journalist, who was nominated - twice -
for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. She left a
25-year newspaper career in 2008 to rein-
vent herself as a social-justice grant writer,
creative consultant and a creative healing
griot, who nurtures hope, empowerment and
inspiration into the lives of women of color
and young girls. She has successfully
secured grant funding for her own art and
theater projects and for other organizations
and individuals. She is also working as a
contracted writer for Literary Arts’ Writers
In The Schools program, Wordstock, and
Portland Public Schools.
Grant Writing for Women of Color
March 16, 2013, 10am – 1pm
Salon Comunal, 6856 NE Killingsworth,
Portland,
OR
97218.
Registration fee: $20
Portland Women’s Crisis
Line Celebrates 40
Years of Service
The Portland Women’s Crisis Line marks
its anniversary by expanding their annual
fundraiser and spinning it into a 70s-themed
costume party. The event, Safety in Num-
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bers, is April 5, in the Melody Ballroom’s
Lower Ballroom from 6-8 p.m., with an
after-party upstairs in the Grand Ballroom
from 8-11 p.m. Both events are all-ages.
Proceeds from the event will fund pro-
grams and services for survivors of domes-
tic and sexual violence. The Women’s Crisis
Line is one of the oldest domestic and sexu-
al violence agencies in Portland.
Tickets for the gala are $100, which
includes a seated dinner, live and silent auc-
tions, and a VIP pass to the Birthday Bash.
A separate ticket is available for the Birth-
day bash only for $20, to include live music
by Meltdown, a photo booth, and a cash bar.
For more information and to buy tickets
visit http://www.pwcl.org.
Princess Erica
Concordia University
Launches New
Doctorate of Education
Concordia University’s new, accredited
Doctorate of Education degree will be
offered both online and on the Portland
campus, beginning May 2013.
The new degree was approved by the
Northwest Commission on Colleges & Uni-
versities, the regional authority on educa-
tional quality and institutional effectiveness,
as recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education. The director of the new Ed.D.
Program is Jerry McGuire, Ph.D. Dr.
McGuire brings 39 years of public school
experience as an Oregon teacher, principal,
curriculum coordinator, and superintendent,
as well as having earned a B.S, M.Ed. and
Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.
McGuire’s research is focused on democrat-
ic participation in problem solving and deci-
sion-making, organizational development,
instructional effectiveness, administrative
leadership and more.
Doctorate students pursuing Concordia
University’s Ed.D. can select from two
areas of emphasis: Educational Administra-
tion and Teacher Leadership.
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Congratulations to Erica Baldwin of of Benson High School, the first Portland
Rose Festival Princess named for 2013. The junior, who is very active in
sports and Self Enhancement Inc., hopes to someday become a
veterinarian. She is an intern at the Black United Fund, an Outdoor School
student leader, and more. Follow the Rose Court on Facebook and at
www.rosefestival.org.
For more information about Concordia
University’s new doctorate of education, go
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to www.cu-portland.edu/coe/doctorate.
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P ORTLAND 2013
B ULLETIN B OARD
Tuesday March 12
Friday March 8
THE EASTER BUNNY IS IN HIS SPRING GARDEN. Visit
him, first level near Nordstrom. March 8 thru
March 30. Monday’s – Saturday’s 11 a.m. – 8
p.m. Sunday’s 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Lloyd Center
Mall.
If you have an event you want to share
with the community, email it two weeks
in advance to The Skanner at
info@theskanner.com
Thursday March 7
HISTORY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, ORGANIIZING & THE
CENTER FOR WOMEN, POLITICS AND POLICY
PRESENT. The Portland’s Women’s Movement Part
2, Building from Activism to Institutions. 7 – 8:30
p.m. 2nd Floor Gallery, Urban Affairs Building,
PSU, 506 SW Mill Panel, Q & A discussion is free.
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JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL 12TH ANNUAL
MULTICULTURAL FILM FESTIVAL. Here Today- Where
Tomorrow: View THRIVE and engage in our sure-
to-be-controversial discussion about what on
earth it will take for us all to THRIVE. 6 p.m. North
Portland Neighborhood Library, 512 N.
Killingsworth St. FREE
Saturday March 9
Friday March 15
GRAND OPENING OF PORTLAND PARKS &
RECREATION’S 46TH COMMUNITY GARDEN.
Helensview Community Garden becomes
Portland’s newest site for growing healthy, local,
fresh food. Noon – 1 p.m. 8678 NE Sumner St.
There is plenty of parking in the schools parking
lot of on the street. Light snacks and refreshments
will be provided.
FAMILY FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT. Your musical night
out with the kids. Free with suggested donation.
Refreshments are sold at the door. Local
musicians in a live, informal setting. Appropriate
for all ages to enjoy. 7:15 p.m. Community Music
Center, 3350 SE Francis St.
Sunday March 10
WHAT THE WORKERS HAVE TO SAY. Stories you have
never heard before. 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Oregon
Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Ave.
Sunday March 17
SAVE AMERICA’S POSTAL SERVICE. Save Saturday
delivery & door- to – door mail delivery march
and rally: Rally is at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
March to Portland’s main Post Office. 2 – 3:30
p.m. Meet at Pioneer Courthouse Square.