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to be run by college-educated
folks, much more likely to have
more than 20 years of experience,
and because running an African
American business is so difficult,
people generally have high qual-
ity. Otherwise they wouldn’t sur-
vive.”
Templeton added that with the
host of issues facing Black peo-
ple in today’s society, spending
money with Black entrepreneurs
is one of the most powerful ways
to make a “statement.”
Katrina Ford’s food cart, Taste
of the Bayou, situated at the cor-
ner of N. Fremont and Vancouver,
is one of the nearly 50 restaurants
listed on the Facebook event page.
Ford said she is excited for the
city to take a bite (or two) out of
her Cajun- and Creole-style cook-
ing with recipes she says comes
directly from her great-grand-
mother and grandmother who are
both New Orleans natives.
“The love of cooking came from
being around my Grandmother,
my momma and my aunts, too,
and it’s been a blessing to give
back [by starting] a business,”
Ford said.
Ford said the new restaurant has
been a hit, and she is excited to
have more customers in the com-
ing weeks.
Mayor Charlie Hales also
chimed in with support telling The
Skanner Black Business Week is a
“great opportunity to support an
important sect of our community.”
“It’s human nature: we go to the
shop nearest us, or to the restaurant
we’ve been to a hundred times be-
fore,” Hales said. “The beauty of
Black Restaurant Week, or Black
Business Week, is to remind us all
of the diversity and complexity of
Portland’s business community.”
“Food is delicious. It is a way
to spend time with family and
friends,” Pearl said. “Sharing food
is sharing love and all of those
good things, and I think that sup-
porting Black businesses while
you’re doing it is really fantastic.”
Abbey Creek Vineyard
Aberus Ethiopian Restaurant
AJ Java
Alberta St. Fish & Chips
Alle Amin
Amalfi’s Restaurant
Bete Lukas Eth Rest
Cannons BBQ
Caribbean Kookpot
Cason’s Fine Meats
Chez Dodo
Clyde’s Prime Rib Restaurant
& Bar
Columbia International Cup
Crown Q
DaddyD’s BBQ
Dalo’s
Dixon’s Rib Pit
Dub’s St. Johns
Ella’s Kitchen Soul Food
Eliot e-Mat cafe
Emame’s Ethiopian
Enjoni Cafe
Enat Kitchen
Fuel
Gojo Ethiopian
Goldie’s Texas Style BBQ
A Heavenly Taste
Horn of Africa
Jamaican Homestyle
Cuisine
Mama San Soul Shack
Mama’s Kitchen
Norma’s Kitchen
Olive or Twist
Oregon Public House
Peaches Ready Spaghetti
Cart
Pink Rose
Portland Prime
Poshette’s Cafe
Po’Shines Cafe De La Soul
Q Burger
Queen of Sheba Int’l Foods
Rahel’s Ethiopian
Right Bayou Cajun Cuisine
at Bigfoot Growlers
Safari Restaurant
Sengatera
Spice of Africa
Sunday Table Kitchens
Sweet Street Bbq
Solae’s Lounge
Steakadelphia
Stoopid Burger
Taste of the Bayou
Vera James and Joyl
Kitchen
Wing and a Prayer
Villages
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community where all of these ser-
vices would be available, but it is
very expensive,” Baldwin said.
The Genworth Financial company
estimates the median price of as-
sisted living care in Oregon to be
$46,560 per year.
The first virtual retirement vil-
lage was started in 2002 in the
Beacon Hill neighborhood of
Boston.
Since then, more than 150 more
villages have established them-
selves and there are 120 more in
development worldwide.
Each village is a grassroots ef-
fort; the structure is based on
the needs of the communities it
serves.
The villages in North and North-
east Portland are planning to have
a network of social service and
home health care agencies, stra-
tegic partnerships with neighbor-
hood organizations and social and
cultural activities.
There are also plans for a vet-
ted vendor program that reviews
and approves licensed contractors
who perform home maintenance.
Opdyke and Baldwin said it is
important to verify services so se-
niors can feel safe opening their
doors without being scammed or
sold unnecessary upgrades.
Both Baldwin and Opdyke said
that transportation was the biggest
need for seniors who want to re-
the morning to look forward to,”
Opdyke said. “That is just as pow-
erful if not more powerful than
probably anything else that we
could provide.”
Most villages are yearly mem-
bership organizations. The devel-
oping villages are still figuring out
their due. Opdyke and Baldwin
‘People build this tight-knit group and
people they feel like they belong’
main living in their homes. Some
villages hire drivers, others rely
on volunteers.
Opdyke said the social member-
ship is one of the most important
parts of the village. In other com-
munities there are potlucks, social
events, book clubs and exercise
groups. She believes having a
community keeps people feeling
engaged.
“People build this tight-knit
group and people feel like they
belong, they feel like there is
still something to wake up to in
are looking at Eastside Village
in Southeast Portland which is
launching next month.
Eastside Village charges $500
for a single person or $740 for a
couple each year. There is also a
reduced charge for people who
want only a social membership.
Baldwin said the biggest chal-
lenge in developing the village
is marketing. She wants to reach
people who are older than 65
years old who may not be using
the internet. It is a challenge to de-
scribe a virtual village when most
Warren said this pledge is the
foundation of the organization.
Black Women for Peace formed
in 2010 after responding to a call
to action by Multnomah County
Commissioner Barbara Willer.
actually see more peace in our
communities and in our homes
and in our schools,” Warren said.
She describes the pledge as
peace in action, but says it is dif-
ficult to support liberty and while
people think of a brick and mortar
building, she said.
She also wants to be able to
reach the diverse racial and eth-
nic groups in Northeast Portland,
so their needs are included in the
growing community.
A large appeal of aging in place
is the idea that both the younger
generations and older generations
benefit from living in a multi-gen-
erational neighborhood.
“I think that we oldsters have
something to offer our neighbor-
hoods, I think that by us staying in
our neighborhoods, on our blocks,
and shopping at our local stores --
we have something to offer here,
we bring something to this whole
fabric of our society,” Opdyke
said.
For more information on the
Northeast Village PDX email
nevillagepdx@gmail.com or call
(503) 895-2750.
For more information on the
North Star Village email north-
starvillage@comcast.net or call
(503) 978-0540.
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11 and 29 years old.
An important part of the festival
is to introduce the Black Women
for Peace pledge to the performers,
their family and festival attendees,
Warren said. In the pledge, each
of the letters for the word “peace”
form action statements to support
life choices that reduce violence.
P: Protect the liberties of others as
well as my own.
E: Educate myself towards being
the best me that I can be.
A: Actively listen to others rather
than judge.
C: Choose to give grace rather
take offense.
E: Extend myself to others sin-
cerely without seeking any-
thing in return.
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Each of the letters for the word ‘peace’
form action statements to support life
choices that reduce violence
She asked for community based
strategies to support youth and ad-
dress gang violence.
“Black Women for Peace be-
lieves that if individuals would
commit to taking the pledge and
live by this pledge that we would
turning the other cheek to offense.
The event also celebrates cul-
tural diversity through the talent-
ed youth. Organizers specifically
reached out to performers from
many different racial and ethnic
communities. Multicultural per-
formers include the PACC Wushu
Chinese Dance Team and Dragon
Team dancers.
Warren said she hoped attend-
ees will take on the peace pledge.
She is also looking forward to
watching the young artists express
themselves. During the auditions,
she saw how gifted Portland’s
youth are.
“You’ve seen that television
show, ‘America’s Got Talent.’
Portland’s got a lot of talent.”
The 2015 Peace Festival is
sponsored by Multnomah County,
the City of Portland, Providence
Health Services, Moreland Con-
sulting, PassinArt Theatre Com-
pany, Unlimited Choices and Ava-
lon Flowers.