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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
NATURESCAPING BASICS: Learn to create a low-maintenance
landscape that conserves water, minimizes pollution and cre-
ates habitat. Get natural gardening and design tips that mimic
nature, and make your garden a healthy place for children, pets
and wildlife. 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Peninsula Park Community
Center, 700 N. Rosa Parks Way.
LEARNING AND LISTENING SESSION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR: Learn about affordable housing
needs in the corridor and provide input to help preserve and
build more places for people to live. Everyone is welcome.
Doors open at 9 a.m. for registration, lunch served at 12:30 p.m.;
childcare provided. 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Markham Elementary
School, 10531 SW Capitol Hwy.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15
FALL CRAFT BAAZAR: Handmade crafts, white elephant table,
bake sale and a snack bar available also. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., St. Hen-
ry Gym, 346 NW 1st St., Gresham.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17
ARGAY PARK TENNIS PLAY DAY: Come celebrate the new tennis
courts. Tennis fun for all ages, free lessons, tennis for kids,
group play at 4 p.m. There will be a ribbon cutting with Commis-
sioner Amanda Fritz and cake for all. 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Argay
Park, NE 141st Ave. and Failing St.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
PLEASE HELP SHARON SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH WEL-
COME PASTOR GARTH AND MELANIE DOTTIN: We would like to
invite all of you, including our community and church leaders to
join us as we welcome our new Pastor and his wife. Our celebra-
See Community Calendar on page 5
PHOTO BY JENNY GRAHAM/OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
COURTESY OF PORTLAND CENTER STAGE
Community
Calendar 2017
‘Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles’
Comes to The Armory
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of Luis Alfaro’s Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles comes to The Armory after a triumphant
six-month run in Ashland. Directed by Juliette Carrillo, this adaptation of Euripides’ Medea set in modern-day Los Angeles features
the same cast as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival run: Sabina Zuniga Varela as Medea, Lakin Valdez as Jason , VIVIS as Tita, Nancy
Rodriguez as Josefina, Vilma Silva as Armida, and Jahnangel Jimenez as Acan. New to the company is Ken Yoshikawa as Soldier. “Mojada:
A Medea in Los Angeles” has a limited-engagement three-week run on the U.S. Bank Main Stage. Preview performances begin Nov. 4,
opening night is Nov. 10, and the production must close Nov. 26. This production of Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles was originally
produced at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bill Rauch, Artistic Director, Cynthia Rider, Executive Director. Tickets may be purchased at
www.pcs.org, 503.445.3700, or in-person from the box office (128 NW Eleventh Avenue, Portland, OR). Pictured here is Medea (Sabina
Zuniga Varela) looks at the night sky with her son Acan (Jahnangel Jimenez).
Portland News Briefs
2017 Aging Well Conference to
Provide Day of Learning, Services to
Older Adults
The 2017 Aging Well Conference, a day of learning
for older adults’ interested in active and healthy ag-
ing, will take place Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (doors
open at 8:15 a.m.) at the Buckley Center at the Univer-
sity of Portland.
The event is free, with registration, and open to
people 60 and older and those who love and care for
them. Lunch will be provided.
This year’s theme is “Toward Resilience: Building a
Community for All Ages.”
Through sessions fea-
turing personal stories
of resilience and a mod-
erated panel, attendees
will explore ways to
withstand and rebound
from adversity. Smaller
workshops will cover
topics including mind-
fulness, building inter-
generational friendships
and starting a business.
Local
organizations
also will be available to
provide
information
about senior recreation,
food benefits, navigating
Medicare and Medicaid,
library
programming
and more.
“The conference is a
great way to open the
door for people that
might be a bit shy about
asking for help,” said Re-
becca Miller, of the Ag-
ing, Disability and Veter-
ans Services Division of
the Multnomah County
Department of County
Human Services. “It’s an
opportunity to get access
to the entire network of
aging services under one
roof.”
The Aging, Disability
and Veterans Services
Division leads the aging
network in the Mult-
nomah County region.
The division offers pro-
grams and services to
older
adults,
including the
24-Hour Aging
and
Disabil-
ity
Resource
Connection
(ADRC) Help-
line, where old-
er adults and
people
with
disabilities can
get help finding
senior centers, enrolling in government programs
such as Medicaid and Medicare, locating adult care
homes, connecting with culturally-specific services
and accessing a number of other resources.
For more information and to register call (503) 988-
3646 or visit www.multco.us/agingwellconference.
Revived Black Women’s Gathering to
Take Place Oct. 28
Hundreds of Black women from the Portland met-
ro area are expected to attend the highly anticipated
Black Women’s Gathering Oct. 28. This is a day of
celebration, sharing “herstories,” and bringing tal-
ents, passions and commitment for social justice to
strengthen Black families.
Embracing the theme, “Together We Rise in
Strength, Unity & Community,” the Black Women’s
Gathering is designed to affirm the power and emo-
tional strength of Black women, as reputable studies
show Black women are particularly vulnerable to the
impacts of race-related stress. As coping strategies,
“we tend, befriend, mend and keep it in,” writes au-
thor Angela Neal-Barnet, who wrote, “Soothe Your
Nerves: The Black Woman’s Guide to Understanding
and Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, and Fear.”
This free event will be the first official revival of the
largest gathering of Black women in more than two
decades. It originally was organized in the 1980s after
the domestic-violence related death of a Black wom-
an at the hands of her partner. The annual gathering,
which lasted for 20 years, served as a place for Black
women to share food, create alliances, develop men-
tors and reflect on community issues.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, 705
North Killingsworth St. Admission is free but RSVPs
are strongly encouraged at bit.ly/2xdvWXS.
Seattle’s Communities of Color
Question Candidates on Housing,
Jobs and Police Accountability
Where do the City candidates stand on the hot is-
sue of development and displacement? How will
See Briefs on page 5