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Kwanzaa Celebration 2013
Celebrate Kwanzaa with drumming, food,
gifts, family activities and a visit from the
Brown Clown, from 3-6 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 28 at New Columbia Community Edu-
cation Center, 4625 N. Trenton, Portland,
OR 97203.
The celebration is sponsored by the Inter-
national Center for Traditional Childbearing
and the African American Breastfeeding
Coalition.
Cost is free and all are welcome. For more
info or to RSVP call 503- 460-9324
The third principle of Kwanzaais Ujima:
To build and maintain our community
together and make our brother’s and sister’s
problems our problems and to solve them
together. At the celebration, you will be
invited to drink from the Unity Cup and
learn why our collective work will strength-
en our whole community and support
healthy families.
Union Gospel Mission Will
Serve 700 meals Christmas
Day
Union Gospel Mission is preparing to
serve over 700 meals to the homeless and
people in need on Christmas Day, Decem-
ber 25 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Union
Gospel Mission. Guests also will be receiv-
ing gift bags containing gloves, hats,
scarves, and other items. Union Gospel
Mission anticipates giving away over 500
gift bags.
Union Gospel Mission is still seeking
donations of warm clothing, sleeping bags
and blankets. Those items may be dropped
off at 3 NW Third Avenue in Portland. For
more information call 503-274-4483. Finan-
cial donations to support this event can be
made at www.ugmportland.org
Musical Chairs: Oregon
Politics Version
The Multnomah County Board of Com-
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missioners has appointed Barbara Smith
Warner to represent House District 45.
Smith Warner, who is married to Chris
Warner, chief of staff for City Commission-
er Steve Novick, will replace former State
Representative Michael Dembrow, who was
appointed to the State Senate. Dembrow
replaced Jackie Dingfelder, who left to join
Mayor Hales’s staff, replacing Baruti
Arthuree as a senior policy advisor.
House District 45 includes communities
in Northeast Portland, Parkrose, and May-
wood Park.
Get SMART
Submit to Oregon
Humanities
Oregon Humanities magazine is looking
for story submissions for its Spring 2014
issue. “We invite readers to send posts, sub-
missions on the theme, “Me.”
Writers may wish to explore concepts
such as individualism, narcissism, celebrity,
and confessional culture— using history, lit-
erature, law, politics, and any other disci-
pline of the humanities.
Send your submission (400 words maxi-
mum), by January 27, 2014, to posts@ore-
gonhumanities.org.
Students Question OSU
Diversity
Some black students at Oregon State Uni-
versity are questioning the university’s
commitment to diversity. The Corvallis
Gazette-Times reports that students are rais-
ing the issue with a video posted online.
OSU Black Cultural Center President
Anderson DuBoise III points out that just
over 1 percent of OSU students are black.
Graduate student Dominique Austin says
Oregon State doesn’t do a very good job of
recruiting people from Portland or inner
cities and that OSU needs to address the
feelings of isolation experienced by black
students on a predominantly white campus.
Steve Clark is OSU’s vice president for
university relations and marketing. He
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SMART Volunteer James Walker is one reason why his student, Justin, at
Faubion Elementary, is becoming a good reader. SMART, wich stands for
Start Making a Reader Today, is looking for more volunteers to read with
elementary students. Research has found that shared book reading during
a child’s earliest years is one of the strongest predictors of early literacy
skills. Contact SMART at 101 S.W. Market St. Portland, OR Phone: 971-634-
1616
called the student video “profound and
provocative.” He says several high-level
administrators met last week to discuss the
issue and plan to meet with the students
who made the video after winter break.
Clark says OSU’s campus has become
more diverse over the past decade.
Drive Sober
This holiday season, the Oregon State
Police, Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association,
and Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police
are reminding the public that driving under
the influence causes deaths and police are
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stepping up patrols to prevent people from
driving dangerously.
Starting midnight Friday, Dec. 20,
through midnight, Sunday, Dec. 22, police
officers nationwide and in Oregon will be
stepping up enforcement efforts.
* Have designated drivers. Plan to have
sober drivers at your party who can help
get folks home safely. .
* Plan to stay overnight. Make pre-
arrangements to stay overnight at your
friend’s home or in a hotel room where
you won’t have to drive if you have been
drinking.
* Monitor car keys.
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P ORTLAND 2013
B ULLETIN B OARD
Sunday January 5
KWANZAA CELEBRATION: Free and open to all.
Libation ceremony, music, food, entertainment
and spoken word. 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. City Hall, First
Floor, 1221 SW 4th Ave. Portland, OR 97204
Saturday December 28
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
Friday December 27
COMMUNITY MEETING AT KING SCHOOL: The
Department of Dual language Immersion would
like to invite the public to a community meeting
at the school to explore the possibility of starting
a Mandarin Immersion program next year. 6 p.m.
4906 NE 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97211
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KWANZAA WILL BE CELEBRATED AT THE NORTH
PORTLAND LIBRARY: Noon – 2 p.m. The principle
of the day is UJIMA: Collective work and
responsibility. Passion Art Theater will do a
presentation and Mama Maklin (Joyce Harris) will
lead the Kwanzaa ceremony. This is a family
event, open to all. Please come and join us.
North Portland Library, 512 N. Killingsworth St.
Tuesday December 31
URAL THOMAS PLAYS THE RADIO ROOM ON NEW
YEAR’S EVE: Radio Room will be hosting a free
New Year’s Eve Party with live music by Portland’s
Soul King, Ural Thomas. 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. 1101 NE
Alberta St. Portland, Or 97211
PASTOR APPRECIATION FOR PASTOR DWIGHT
MINNIEWEATHER: Help us to show appreciation to
a man of God who works tirelessly for our
community, the church, and our youth. 3:30 p.m.
Christ Memorial Church, 1552 N. Killinsworth st.
97217.
Wednesday January 15
ART EXHIBIT – MATTHEW W. LITTLEKEN – ONE MUST
LEARN TO SEDUCE: Artist talk: 1 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Opening Reception in the Gallery: 2 p.m. – 4
p.m. Terrell Hall, 102 PCC Cascade Campus, 705
N. Killingsworth St.
Thursday January 16
HEAD TO THE OCEAN: A DAY OF SHARED CULTURE
IN PRAYER: Noon – 6 p.m. Music, dance, spoken
word and performances with the focus and
intent of healing the ocean through prayer.
Yachats Commons Auditorium, 441 Hwy101
North. Yachats OR 97498.