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FRIDAY – SATURDAY, JUNE 10 – 11
DRESS FOR SUCCESS -- CLOSET SUMMER CLOTHING SALE: Come
shop ‘til you drop at Dress For Success and score amazing deals
on new and gently used women’s designer clothes, shoes and
accessories. Noon – 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday,
Dress For Success Oregon, 1532 NE 37th Ave. Suite B.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
LEGACY SALMON CREEK HEALTHY KIDS FAIR: Join our annual cel-
ebration of kids and families at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical
Center in Vancouver. Bike helmets for purchase for $6, Child
passenger safety seat check, fun activities for all ages and much
more. Admission is free and donations of canned food for Share
Vancouver’s backpack program are welcomed. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.,
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, 2211 NE 139th St., Vancouver.
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN GRAND FLORAL PARADE: Spectacular all-lo-
ral loats, bands & equestrians march through the Coliseum to
downtown Portland. Watch the parade for free along the 4.2-
mile route. Parade kicks-of at 10 a.m.
TUESDAY, JUNE 14
JUNETEENTH: WORDS ALONG THE WAY: Join us on the North Port-
land lawn as we celebrate Juneteenth with words and music un-
der the skies. First come, irst served. 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., North
Portland Library, 512 N. Killingsworth St.
LEAD POISONING PREVENTION WORKSHOP: Free workshop
where participants learn how to prevent lead exposure in their
home. Qualiied participants receive a free kit of safety and
testing supplies. Register for this workshop at www.commu-
nityenergyproject.org or call (503) 284-6827 x 109. 6 p.m.-7:30
p.m., Community Energy Project, 2900 SE Stark St. Suite A.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
JUNETEENTH OREGON CELEBRATION “BRIDGING THE GAP”: Family
fun, parade, community vendors, music, family activities, food
vendors, live entertainment, kids area, hip hop yoga and spoken
word. The parade starts at 10:45 a.m. Parade starts on 8th & Jar-
rett travels South on MLK – then West on Russell. Then events
will be at Emanuel Field, NE Graham & Vancouver following pa-
rade. Noon – 7 p.m.
2016 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION: “SUPPORTING SUCCESS FOR
BLACK STUDENTS LIVES ’”: Hosted by Black Lives Matter, Vancou-
ver. There will be food, sweet potato pie contest, entertainment,
vendors, T- shirt contest winner announced, sales of winning
T-shirt, and so much more. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Marshall Community
Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver.
THE COURTYARD AT ONE NORTH SUMMER PARTY: THIS IS THE
PLACE TO BE: The Boise and Eliot Neighborhoods are getting
a new public space, and to welcome the community into the
courtyard. One North is throwing a summer gathering in the
style of a classic neighborhood block party. We will One cele-
brate the past, present, and future. Free for the community to
enjoy. 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., N. Fremont between N. Williams & Van-
couver Ave.
Seattle Metro
THURSDAY, JUNE 9
FIRST HILL PARK COMES ALIVE WITH MUSIC: The First Hill Im-
provement Association is using the power of music to enliven
and enrich First Hill Park. Buskers will be in the park everyday
between Memorial Day and Labor Day providing a total of 276
hours of music during both lunch and the after work hours. 11
a.m. – 1 p.m., First Hill Park, 1201 University St.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
PARK IN THE HEART: Park in the Heart is a children’s workshop at
the park under a caravan tent. Kids learn techniques and partic-
ipate in projects using diferent materials. Free 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Ballard Commons Park, 5701 22nd NW.
See Community Calendar on page 5
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Last Chance to Catch ‘Streetcar’
Demetrius Grosse plays Stanley and Kristen Adele plays Stella in Portland Center Stage’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which opened
May 20 and runs through this weekend on the U.S. Bank Main Stage. Tennessee Williams’ iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece
studiesthe unraveling of Blanche DuBois, a fading southern belle. When she arrives unexpectedly on the doorstep of her sister, Stella,
and her brother-in-law, Stanley, Blanche is clinging desperately to a persona designed to help her survive. For more information or to
buy tickets, visit www.pcs.org/streetcar.
Portland News Briefs
Oregon Humanities Ofers Free
College Course for Adults
Oregon Humanities is accepting applications for
Humanity in Perspective (HIP), a free, eight-month
college course ofered in downtown Portland. Adults
living on low incomes and looking to challenge them-
selves are encouraged to apply.
Since its inception in 2001, HIP has provided hun-
dreds of adults in Oregon the opportunity to take a
college-level humanities course. Students explore
challenging ideas about power, justice, knowledge,
identity, and community in an engaging and support-
ive environment. Participants in the course improve
their writing, communication, and critical thinking
skills by studying philosophy, literature, US history,
and art history.
Classes meet two weekday evenings per week from
7to 9 p.m., from September 2016 to April 2017, at Or-
egon Humanities’ oice in downtown Portland. The
course is ofered free of charge. Books, bus tickets,
and childcare stipend are provided at no cost. Stu-
dents receive six transferable course credits from
Bard College.
Applications are available online at oregonhuman-
ities.org, and should be submitted by Sunday, July 24,
2016. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and
willing to commit to attending class two evenings per
week during the eight-month program. Applicants
are not required to have a high school diploma or
GED. Those who have a household income of $23,800
or less for an individual or $48,600 or less for a fam-
ily of four are eligible. The 2016–17 Humanity in Per-
spective course is ofered in partnership with Bard
College, Marylhust University, and Portland State
University.
For more information, visit oregonhumanities.org
or contact course coordinator Kyle Weismann-Yee at
kyle@oregonhumanities.org or (503) 241-0543, ext.
112.
Community Alliance of Tenants
Ofers Community Workshops
The Community Alliance of Tenants is hosting
about Renters’ Rights and Responsibilities work-
shops at various locations around the city this sum-
mer. These workships allow renters to learn about
CAT resources for Oregon renters, learn all about
Tenant-Landlord Law and hear about CAT’s organiz-
ing and advocacy and the current Renters’ State of
Emergency.
There will be two workshops at Multnomah County
Library locations June 18, both at 2 p.m. One is at the
Central Library and one is at the Midland Library. For
more info:
https://multcolib.org/events/renters-rights-work-
shop
Portland Underground Graduate School will also
be holding a Tenants’ Rights Series in conjunction
with CAT. For more information visit: http://www.
pugspdx.com/tenants-rights/
If your organization, school, church or communi-
ty group is interested in contracting CAT to present
a workshop, please contact jensi@oregoncat.org for
more info and to schedule.
Portland State University Graduate
Employees Union Is Certiied
The Graduate Employees Union, jointly ailiated
with the American Federation of Teachers and the
American Association of University Professors, an-
nounced today that it is now certiied to represent all
graduate assistants at Portland State University.
The state Employment Relations Board certiied
the union this week, nearly a month ater the union
iled authorization cards signed by an overwhelming
majority of PSU graduate assistants. The Graduate
Employees Union will now represent approximate-
ly 800 graduate administrative assistants, graduate
research assistants and graduate teaching assistants.
The GEU joins two other unions representing grad-
uate employees in Oregon, both ailiated with the
AFT—the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, Lo-
cal 3544, AFT-Oregon, at the University of Oregon,
and the Coalition of Graduate Employees, Local 6069,
AFT-Oregon, at Oregon State University.
Oregon’s FAFSA Plus+ outreach
efort expanding, seeking applicants
The Higher Education Coordinating Commission
(HECC) is pleased to announce that the HECC Oice of
Student Access and Completion (OSAC) is expanding
its FAFSA Plus+ program, a successful initiative to
increase completion of the Free Application for Fed-
eral Student Aid (FAFSA) among high school seniors.
OSAC is expanding the program with a call for appli-
cations among high schools and partners statewide.
The FAFSA Plus+ program currently operates
at more than 110 schools and sites across the state,
providing schools with key data and resources they
need to target outreach eforts and proactively sup-
port students in completing the FAFSA. Educators at
FAFSA Plus+ sites are able to see exactly which stu-
dents have completed the FAFSA, so that volunteers
and staf can provide targeted assistance. Sites also
ofer personalized services and events, such as Col-
lege Goal Oregon, inancial aid nights, senior parent
nights, inancial literary and scholarship resources,
parent communications, and more. In the words of
one FAFSA Plus+ site representative, Yvonne Von-
Holle of Logos Public Charter School, “The FAFSA
See Briefs on page 5