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Please come ready to discuss and bring ideas.
Please do not hesitate to come up to any member of the
Executive Committee to offer to volunteer. What is your
passion?
For more information call 503-284-1234.
The Links’ 45th Gala
Tapping Fresh Talent Career Expo
PHOTO BY BERNIE FOSTER
The Eighth Annual Tapping Fresh Talent Career Expo for
job seekers with disabilities will take place at the Oregon
Convention Center, Portland Ballrooms 256-257 on April
23, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The event is free to any job seeker
with any type of disability, including veterans with disabil-
ities.
Resume review is available from 10 a.m. to noon. Work-
shops on empowerment and networking take place at 9 and
9:30 a.m. Student Central, an event for students and young
adults with disabilities, will take place from 10 – noon.
2015 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA). In 1990, when the ADA
passed the unemployment rate for people with disabilities
was twice that of the non-disabled population.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters will be
available for attendees who are hard of hearing or deaf.
Interested participants who would like to attend, but need
accommodations
may
contact
Incight
at
employment@incight.org. For more information including
all exhibiting employers, directions, specific instructions on
public
transportation
please
visit:
www.tappingfreshtalent.org.
The Portland Chapter of the Links, Inc., celebrated their 45th annual Diamonds and Denim Gala,
Saturday, April 18 at the Benson Hotel. The group honored longtime members and gave out
scholarships to (not in order) Channelle Crittenden, Lillie Jones, Naomi Likayi, Zhane Richardson,
Evan Tewelde, Manuela Tshala, Trevon Brazile and Ariel Shaw.
Spit/WRITE Writing and Spoken-Word
Performance Workshops
An informational meeting about the city-sanctioned
Youth Poet Laureate Project is Monday, April 27, 5-6:30
p.m. at Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St.
This week, dozens of high school students performed
poetry on the Newmark theater stage for Verselandia. Now
organizers want to continue the poetry project with educa-
tional workshops and events called Spit/WRITE, mentored
by Portland artist Renee Mitchell and others.
With the support of the City of Portland, Multnomah
County Library, Portland Public Schools, Literary Arts,
Regional Arts & Culture Council, Artists Repertory Theatre
and more than a dozen local, youth-oriented non-profits,
we’ve created an opportunity to continue to showcase youth
writers, rappers, emcees and poets with the inaugural Port-
land Youth Poet Laureate project.
May Day Fundraiser for Black
Midwives
The winner of this competition, which started in NYC and
is spreading to urban cities around the country, will receive
a national book deal and the opportunity to do a regional
book tour.
The deadline to apply is through the end of June. So, to
prepare teens - ages 13-19 - for the opportunity to be THE
regional youth ambassador for literacy, arts and youth
expression, Spit/WRITE will be organizing FREE writing
and spoken-word performance workshops - led by local
professionals. We will also promote information about age-
appropriate, open mic opportunities so youth around the
metro area can practice their spitting-into-the-mic skills.
For more information write to info@spitwrite.com.
Portland NAACP Meeting
The monthly NAACP members meeting is Saturday,
April 25, noon - 2 p.m. in the first floor boardroom, Red
Come celebrate International Midwives Month with a
special screening of “Bringin’ In Da Spirit,” narrated by
Phylicia Rashad. It’s a documentary celebrating the history
of the Black midwives who committed themselves to holis-
tic answers in the face of powerful misconceptions about
the practice.
The event is Friday, May 1, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., Terrell Hall,
Room 122PCC Cascade Campus, 72 N Killingsworth St.
After the film, Shafia Monroe will moderate a panel dis-
cussion with Pastor E.d. Mondiane, Mariah Taylor and
Willie Poinsette with reflections on the film and their sto-
ries about the midwives in their lives, the role that Black
midwives play today and how to get more women to
become midwives. After the discussion join the panelist,
guests and the ICTC members for refreshments, socializing
and purchase ICTC -T-shirts.
This is a fundraiser, reserve your spot by April 28 at
www.ictcmidwives.org.
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FIRST EVER CAMBODIAN/LAO/THAI NEW YEAR IN THE
PARK. This is a chance to celebrate with
Portland’s Cambodian, Lao and Thai
communities, who celebrate New Year each
April. All are invited to this free and vibrant
cultural celebration. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Glenhaven
Park, NE 82nd Ave. at NE Siskiyou Ave.
Tuesday April 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
Saturday April 25
82ND AVENUE OF ROSES PARADE & CARNIVAL
DAYS. Parade starts at 9:30 a.m. followed by
Carnival days until 4 p.m. Parade route 82nd &
Boise to Yamhill & SE 80th Ave. Carnival and car
show will be at Eastport Plaza.
FILM SCREENING. “ARRESTING POWER: 50 YEARS
OF PORTLAND POLICE REPRESSION.” This
documentary features interviews with families of
people killed by police and victims of
harassment and intimidation, as well as local
activists, historians and community organizers. 7
– 9 p.m. First Unitarian Church, Eliot Chapel SW
Salmon at SW 12th Ave.
Friday May 1
MAY DAY CELEBRATION WITH MORRIS DANCING AT
DIRECTOR PARK. Come watch ritual Morris
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Dancing and celebrate May Day! 10 a.m. –
noon. Director Park, Lower Terrace.
Saturday May 2
RHS GROUNDBREAKING AND BBQ. Following the
ceremony there will be a free BBQ lunch and
self- guided tours of the campus. 11 a.m.
Roosevelt High School, 6941 N. Central St.
18TH ANNUAL MAY DAY CELEBRATION. Mother’s
Day gifts for sale, bake sale, Flower Baskets for
sale, handmade outdoor items for sale,
rummage sale and much more. Fun for the
whole family. 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Family of Christ
Lutheran Church, 2500 NW 129th St. Vancouver.
Saturday – Sunday May 2 – 3
2015 DOUBLE ALL – DAY SHAPENOTE SINGING.
Come sing early American Shapenote music with
us! Beginners are welcome! 9:30 a.m. – 3:30
p.m. both days. The Little Church, 5138 NE 23rd
Ave. Portland. This event is free and open to all
ages.