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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
WASHINGTON PARK CELEBRATES “GOOD TIMES” IN PORTLAND
CONCERT: This summer free for all program that brings free
marts to our local park is one reason Portland is such a great
place to live. Come listen to all the free music. 6 p.m., Washing-
ton Park Rose Garden, 400 S.W. Kingston Ave.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
LEGACY’S COMMUNITY WELLNESS FAIR! Free fun & educational
activities for all ages. Bike helmets for $6, child car seat checks
plus recycling of old seats, health & wellness ideas and much
more. 10 a.m.– 2 p.m., Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Randall
Children’s Hospital, 2801 N. Gantenbein Ave.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
22ND ANNUAL COLUMBIA SLOUGH REGATTA: Join our on-the-wa-
ter festival and celebrate the Columbia Slough! Over 400 people
will meet at the St. Johns Launch to launch into the safe slack
water of the Columbia Slough. Individuals and families are wel-
come to bring their own boats. A donation of $8 per person is
requested. No one is turned away! 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Borrow a boat
or bring your own. 9837 N. Columbia Blvd.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10
THE NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
“PLATINUM CELEBRATI”! Come join us for a pre-anniversary ser-
vice with guest Preacher and former Pastor, Rev. Robert C. Joint-
er. 7 p.m. 3725 N. Gantenbein St.
WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 – 12
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2016: Ages 3 to adult. Age appropriate
lessons for everyone. Free to the community. Bible lessons, re-
freshments, activities, crafts and much more. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.,
First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 4304 N. Vancou-
ver Ave. For more information call (503) 206-4135.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
KIDS NIGHT OUT: CRAFT EDITION: Kids Night Out Craft Edition –
games, crafts, snacks and fun for your children, ages 6 weeks to
12 years old. RSVP online ASAP! Space is limited! www.tinyurl.
com/knofail 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. , Resource Center for Students with
Children, Portland State University, 1825 S.W. Broadway St.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
ALLEN TEMPLE C.M.E. CHURCH GROUNDBREAKING CELEBRATION:
See Community Calendar on page 5
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Splash Pads
Portland Parks & Recreation’s splash pads and fountains around the city are open through the end of September to help residents stay
cool. Cool of through the end of September. Splash pad hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; fountain hours mirror park hours. Fountains have
chlorination and recirculate waterm while water in splash pads drains away – like running through the sprinklers. A list of splash pads
is available online at portlandoregon.gov/parks/splash.
Portland News Briefs
Bethesda Lutheran Seeks Volunteers
for Home Heroes Program
Bethesda Lutheran Communities has launched a
program for volunteers called Home Heroes. The
program will foster friendships between community
members and people with developmental disabilities
supported by Bethesda.
Home Heroes will work with Bethesda’s Direct Sup-
port Professionals to assist people with disabilities
participate in fun activities. They can assist with dai-
ly housekeeping or help others ind their faith. The
experience will create new, meaningful friendships
and bonds over shared interests. Home Heroes will
make a diference and be forever changed in the best
possible way.
The program has launched in four states: Colorado,
Texas, Wisconsin and Oregon. In Oregon, Bethesda
is looking for volunteers to get involved in the Bea-
verton, Cornelius and Tualatin areas. Among these
irst locations, the goal is to recruit 100 volunteers. In
the future, this program will be a vital part of every
Bethesda location across the country.
To apply or learn more information about Home
Heroes, visit http://bethesdalutherancommunities.
org/get-involved/volunteer/bethesda-home-heroes/
or contact Kirsten Whitsitt at (920) 262-6515 or send
an email to Kirsten.
Whitsitt@mailblc.org.
Matthew
Desmond’s
‘Evicted’ Selected
for Everybody
Reads 2017
Next January, Mult-
nomah County Library
will launch Everybody
Reads 2017, the library’s
15th annual communi-
ty reading project, with
Matthew
Desmond’s
“Evicted: Poverty and
Proit in the American
City.”
“Evicted” the lives of
people in Milwaukee,
Wis. — tenants and land-
lords alike — who are
grappling with the cir-
cumstances of eviction.
This acclaimed work
looks into the circum-
stances that precede
eviction and chronicles the compounding efects on
lives, families and communities aterward.
Matthew Desmond is the John L. Loeb Associate
Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard Universi-
ty and codirector of the Justice and Poverty Project.
He is the author of the award-winning book On the
Fireline, coauthor of two books on race, and editor
of a collection of studies on severe deprivation in
America. His work has been supported by the Ford,
Russell Sage, and National Science foundations, and
his writing has appeared in the New York Times, The
New Yorker and Chicago Tribune. In 2015, Desmond
was awarded a MacArthur “genius grant.”
Extra copies of the books will be available in Janu-
ary 2017 at all neighborhood libraries, and e-books
will be downloadable from the library catalog, thanks
to the generous support of The Library Foundation.
Readers are encouraged to share extra copies with
friends, coworkers and neighbors.
Beginning in February 2017, share your thoughts
at a book discussion at your neighborhood library or
bookstore.
Desmond will speak on March 9, 2017, at the Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are available from
Literary Arts.
Everybody Reads, a community reading project of
Multnomah County Library, is made possible in part
by The Library Foundation with author appearance
made possible by Literary Arts.
2016 Collins Lecture to Feature The
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III
Senior pastor of Chicago’s Trinity United Church
of Christ, Dr. Otis Moss is part of a new generation
of ministers committed to community advancement
and social justice activism. He practices and preaches
a Black theology that calls attention to the problems
of mass incarceration, environmental justice and
economic inequality. Dr. Moss’s creative Bible-based
messages entwining love and justice have inspired
audiences worldwide. He is the author most recently
of Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding
Hope in an Age of Despair.
Dr. Moss will be joined by representatives of Ore-
gon’s Black, Latino, Asian and Native American com-
munities, who will discuss racism as they experience
it in Oregon today. Workshop leaders will address
community policing, mass incarceration, the pro-
phetic voice in the public square, and building the
Beloved Community.
The event will take place Nov. 3. Opening plenary
and workshops from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Lecture by The
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III at 7 p.m. at Concordia Universi-
ty, 2811 NE Holman St., Portland, Oregon.
The annual Collins Lectures, sponsored by the Col-
lins Foundation and a signature event of Ecumeni-
cal Ministries of Oregon, explore issues related to
See Briefs on page 5