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Page 4 The Skanner June 14, 2017 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2017 brought to you by PHOTO COURTESY OF OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING Visit us at a store near you Portland Metro THURSDAY, JUNE 15 INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON THE FOOTBRIDGE OVER BURN- SIDE.:Learn about the community fundraising campaign and construction plans for an elegantly designed pedestrian bridge to create a safe passage over the busy road along the Wildwood Trail between Washington Park and Forest Park. Free and open to all that are interested. 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., World Forestry Cen- ter, Cheatham Hall, 4033 SW Canyon Rd. Darrell Grant Wins Emmy SATURDAY, JUNE 17 SENIORS, DO YOU WANT TO REMAIN IN YOUR OWN HOUSE OR A[ARTMENT AS YOU AGE?: If you want to learn more about North Star Village, part of the nonprofit Villages NW, attend this meeting. You’ll learn all about North Star Village, including membership, programs, services and volunteer opportunities. Noon – 1:30 p.m., Good Neighbor Pizza, 800 NE Dekum St. ECOFEST: PARTYFOR THE PLANET: Ecofest, free community event! Celebrate sustainability and environmental awareness. This family-friendly outdoor festival at Salem’s Riverfront Park. Festival includes, healthy food & beverages, kid’s activities, per- formances & yoga. Lots of fun activities for the whole family. $5 suggested donation, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Riverfront Park, 200 Water St. NE., Salem. 2017 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION: “Education is Empowerment”. Celebration includes: Grandma’s Best Pie Contest, Spoken Word, Hip Hop Music, Family fun and much more! 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Clark College, Foster Hall, 1933 Ft. Vancouver Way., Vancouver. TASTE OF TIGARD FOOD FESTIVAL: Sip, Stroll and Savor! Come meet the entrepreneurs who create food & beverage products in Tigard. Then sample and share their unique offerings. This festival is free & open to the public. You may purchase a pre-or- dered tasting passport for $15 which entitles visitors to a sam- ple from every vendor. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m., Tigard Heritage Street Trail, 12345 SW Main St., Tigard. Oregon Public Broadcasting received 13 Emmy Awards from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which took place on June 3 in Seattle. Among the winners was Portland-based jazz pianist Darrell Grant, who won Best Musical Composition/Arrangement for Oregon Experience - ’Jazz Town:’ Portland’s Golden Jazz Age. Grant has released eight albums as a bandleader, along with numerous recordings as a sideman, and continues to be both an educator and leader in the arts. As a tenured professor of jazz studies and the associate director of the School of Music at Portland State University, Grant is also the founding director of the Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute. Portland News Briefs Community Organizations Hold Bystander Training In the wake of the May 26 stabbings of three men who came to the aid of two young Black girls on a MAX train in Portland, several community organiza- tions are holding workshops to train participants in bystander intervention and de-escalation. The Skanner has learned of two upcoming events. June 17 Bystander Intervention Training at Oregon Peace Institute The Oregon Peace Institute, in collaboration with Students United for Nonviolence will lead a three- hour introductory bystander intervention training to help community members address potential vio- lence in public spaces. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 17 at the Oregon Peace Institute, 3315 N Russet St. in Portland. Trainers will teach participants how to de-escalate situations using proven methods that give support to individuals who are being targeted by hate, oppres- sion, and even violence. If you do not know what to do when you see others being targeted, or you are being targeted yourself, this will be a great opportunity to learn strategies and share ideas. For more information, email oregon.peace.insti- tute@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/ oregonpeace/. MONDAY, JUNE 19 FAMILY GAME DAY: Play with our “Giant Game Sets” including big chess, connect four and tic tac toe. Add to the fun and bring your swimsuit to play in the Teacher’s Fountain! 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Director Park, Downtown Portland. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 CAREER FAIR! Please join us at the Hilton Portland and Execu- tive Tower for this Career Fair. Please bring 10 to 15 resumes, dress business professional, This is a free event for job seekers. Parking across the street Tower $5-$6. 9 a.m. – noon, Portland Hilton and Executive Tower, 521 SW Sixth Ave. FRIDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 23 – 25 June 25 Bystander Intervention Training at Living Room Realty Living Room Realty will host a bystander interven- tion workshop facilitated by Teressa Raiford of Don’t Shoot Portland from 2 to 5 p.m. June 25 at 1401 NE Al- berta. The goal of this workshop is to learn how to be an ally when encountering threats to others, and how to reduce danger for the most vulnerable while keeping ourselves and others safe. Organizers are asking for a suggested $5 to $20 sliding scale dona- tion to benefit Don’t Shoot Portland, with no one being turned away for lack of funds. Space is limit- ed to 70 people. Please RSVP at www.facebook.com/ events/1986912874871316. 25TH ANNUAL GOOD IN THE HOOD MULTICULTURAL MUSIC, ARTS & FOOD FESTIVAL: The GITH music and food festival is the largest multi-cultural festival in the Pacific Northwest. This three-day festival opens with a community parade that travels through NE Portland and ends at Lillis – Albina Park, N. Flint St. & N. Russell St. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 24 m me • nts o k • learn • co nt • lo c a l n e w s • eve See Community Calendar on page 5 Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church to Renovate Lower Level Spaces ebo in y o u r c o m m u n ac it 2017 GOOD IN THE HOOD PARADE: Starting at King Elementary school through Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. the parade ends at Lillis – Albina Park. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. THE NAACP PORTLAND BRANCE INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO ITS MONTHLY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: President Jo Ann Hardesty and executive leadership will provide update on cur- rent and future initiatives. Noon – 2 p.m. New location: Concor- y ! • L i ke u s dia University: Luther Hall, 2811 NE Holman St. on toda F y • “OUR SONS” – A THREE PART “ART IMPACTING COMMUNITY SERIES”! Art, exhibit, theatre and community dialogue. Explored impact and solutions to youth and gun vio- lence. This is a free event and no reservations are re- quired. Simply attend and participate if you’d like! 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Concordia University, Hagen Campus Center, NE TheSkannerNews 27th & Holman St. The Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church is pleased to announce its Capital Campaign Improvement Project to reno- vate its lower level spaces of their Historic Church site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Through this endeavor, the church is committed to fostering community livability and greater communal participation among its neigh- bors, by connecting cultural engagements, along with providing adequate spaces for educational pro- grams for youth, and social service programs offered by the church. On June 7, Prosper Portland awarded the renovation project $62,500 through its Livability Grant Program to support the capital improvements; other grant op- portunities are being sourced to support the project. This vibrant venture includes a major renovation of the Public Assembly Fellowship Hall; once finished, the hall will be one of the largest venue spaces avail- able in the heart of North Portland community for rental for weddings, receptions, company gatherings or meetings, bar/bat mitzvahs, workshops, rehears- als, or community performances. A community con- ference hall will also be designed and made available to community groups and small non-profits looking for a meeting place. Other property improvements include the en- hancements of an enlarged commercial grade kitch- en area, the redevelopment of the public entrances, Two ADA Restrooms, the installation of two educa- tional classrooms designated for the afterschool iUr- ban Teen Program, and the installation of the first Portland permanent exhibition hall that features the history of African Americans in Portland and the Albina area; a 900-square foot museum that seeks to highlight, and bring to understanding American his- tory through the lens of the local African American experience. The museum will become a popular edu- cational spot for local school field trips, and tourists visiting Portland. The renovation project has many community sup- porters that include Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Or- egon Black Pioneers, Travel Portland, New Seasons Market, Portland Public Schools, Portland Parks Bu- reau, The LINKS, Inc, the World Arts Foundation, Inc., Avalon Flowers, Vanport Mosaic Project, Del- ta Sigma Theta Sorority, Portland State University Black Studies Department and many others. Seattle News Briefs Department of Financial Institutions Warns Public of Property Buying Scam The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) urges consumers verify that any escrow agent they do business with is authorized to do business as an escrow agent. DFI received a re- port that a Washington State consumer lost more than $30,000 in a scam involving a fake escrow agent. See Briefs on page 5