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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
“TAKE THE RIGHT STEPS” FALL PREVENTION CLASS FOR OLDER
ADULTS: Have you fallen? Do you have a fear of falling? This
workshop is for you. This is a one-hour fall prevention work-
shop. It is free and open to the public. 11 a.m. – noon, Immac-
ulate Heart Church Community Hall, 2926 N. Williams Ave. For
more information, please call (503) 287-3724.
MICRONESIAN ISLANDER COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: The second
annual Micronesian Islander Festival will feature multicultural
performances including dancing, music and singing. We will
have Island vendors. Food will be provided by Island Girls Lun-
cheon and much more. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Salem’s Riverfront Park,
116 Marion St. NE, Salem.
Milagro Kicks Off Season 34 with “Éxodo”
Milagro’s 22nd annual Día de Muertos production brings a new, company devised espectáculo built around the theme of diaspora to
the stage. Inspired by the Egyptian Book of the Dead and current refugee stories, the production embarks on a journey of the living
and the dead as they both seek safety and peace in a new home. “Éxodo” is creatively guided and directed by Tracy Cameron Francis,
an Egyptian-American theatre director and interdisciplinary artist, and Milagro’s producing creative director, Roy Antonio Arauz, in
collaboration with company members Patricia Alvitez, Robi Arce, Kushi Beauchamp, Jean-Luc Boucherot, Tonea Lolin, and Samson
Syharath. For more information, visit milagro.org.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
SALMON ARE BACK IN THE CITY: 4TH ANNUAL SALMON CELEBRA-
TION AT WESTMORELAND PARK: Salmon celebration activities
include: Salmon Bake and demonstrations, storytelling (all ages
welcome), fun and interactive intercultural activities and much
more! 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Westmoreland Park, SE McLoughlin and
SE Bybee St Blvd.
Portland News Briefs
NAACP Portland Branch Invites
Community to Monthly General
Membership Meeting
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
INFANT CPR: Spend a few quick hours to learn how help a baby
who is choking, respond to a breathing or cardiac emergency,
and how to childproof your home. Cost is $10.00. No charge to
families with a baby in NICU. Register by calling (503) 814-2432.
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Community Health Education Center, Salem
Hospital Campus, Building D. First floor, 939 Oak St., Salem.
The NAACP Portland branch invites the commu-
nity to its monthly general membership meeting the
fourth Saturday of every month.
This month’s meeting will take place from noon to
2 p.m. Sept. 23 at Concordia University’s Luther Hall,
2811 NE Holman St.
President Jo Ann Hardesty and executive leader-
ship will provide updates about current and future
initiatives. This is an opportunity to connect with
Portland NAACP’s work in advancing racial justice
in the community.
All current and prospective members of the NAACP
are invited to attend.
The mission of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the po-
litical, educational, social, and economic equality of
rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred
and racial discrimination. The vision of the NAACP
is to ensure a society in which all individuals have
equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial
discrimination.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
THE WAKE OF VANPORT SCREENING: Stories told by Vanport sur-
vivors and others closely related to the era, along with archi-
val photo backdrops, will be screened at the Kennedy School
Theater at 1 p.m. Admission is free, but space is limited and
reservations are required. Please go to www.theskanner.com
to register. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave.
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, SEPT. 30 – OCT. 1
LINCOLN CITY FALL KITE FESTIVAL: Watch large colorful kites
take flight at the Fall Kite Festival. Join us on the beach at the
D River State Park recreation Site in the center of Lincoln City
for two days of kite flying fun. Kite flying demonstrations by
experts, free kids kite making and so much more fun. 10 a.m. – 4
p.m. D River State Park Recreation Site, US Highway 101 and SE
1st St., Lincoln City.
Connect with Portland NAACP:
• WEB: www.portlandnaacp1120.org
• FB: www.facebook.com/PDXNAACP
• EMAIL: pdxnaacp@gmail.com
Seattle Bulletin
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Pre-registration, by Oct. 2 is required for a
mammogram appointment.
Mammograms are available, with or without
insurance. If possible, the insurance company
will be billed, but if a woman does not have insur-
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Mobile Mammography Van Comes
Join us for a fun day filled with food, drinks and awesome goods
available to shop from our local maker made businesses. As al-
to Health Fair Oct. 7
ways this event is free and family friendly. Noon – 5 p.m., Grand
“Health Matters” is the theme for the 2017 Worship
Avenue Market Place Courtyard, 2900 Grand Ave., Everett.
in Pink Kick-Off Health Fair, presented by Susan G.
VIETNAM DAY: Join us for Vietnam Day, a commemorative event
Komen Oregon & SW Washington, in partnership
here at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum. This event
with the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace and
tells the story of the Vietnam War through the military planes,
Tuality Healthcare.
vehicles, and helicopters that were actually there. Bring the en-
The community is invited to attend the Health Fair,
tire family for an educational tour through
which will be held at Maranatha Church, 4222 NE
the history you won’t soon forget. 10
12th Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, from 11 a.m. – 2
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area, free lunch, and information from local
health organizations.
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT
For the first time, the Tuality Mobile
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Mammography Van will be onsite, from 9
your carbon footprint
a.m. – 3 p.m., to provide mammograms for
and celebrate fall. Enjoy
women 40 and older who have not had one
a day of fun activities for
in at least one year.
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ance and does not qualify for Screenwise, Oregon’s
free mammogram program, then Komen has funds
set aside to cover the cost.
If someone has Kaiser insurance, they will be con-
nected to a Kaiser Permanente (KP) representative
to schedule their mammogram at a KP facility, as it is
not accepted
on the Van.
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breast health
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faiths. Volun-
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trained by Komen to present fun activities in their
congregations in October that share the importance
of screening in the early detection of breast cancer.
More information can be found at www.komenore-
gon.org about the Worship in Pink program, the up-
coming health fair, and mammogram registration.
Portland to Launch Online Platform
to Ease Rental Applications
The City of Portland, in partnership with local tech
company NoAppFee, announced the project launch
of a new an online platform Friday.
One App Oregon aims to reduce barriers to access-
ing affordable housing for Portland’s renter house-
holds and will list both private market and regulated
affordable rental units.
The app NoAppFee.com was developed by Portland
innovator Tyrone Poole, a 34-year-old African Amer-
ican entrepreneur, following his own experience
with homelessness and housing instability.
NoAppFee.com – for which Poole won a spot in
Prosper Portland’s 2014 start-up incubator and 2015’s
Pitch Black competition – screens applicants against
a comprehensive listing of vacancies in rental prop-
erties for a single fee, and connects them with the
properties for which they qualify, reducing the time
and cost to families in search of housing.
The new One App Oregon system will build upon
this innovative concept by including listings of af-
fordable housing regulated by the City of Portland
through the Portland Housing Bureau. Development
on the project begins this month and is expected to go
live later this year.
Moshin Hamid Selected for
Everybody Reads 2018
Next February, Multnomah County Library will
launch Everybody Reads 2018, the library’s 16th an-
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