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THURSDAY, MARCH 8
N/NE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: Topics and discussions include: (1)
Down payment assistance, (2) N/NE Oversight Committee annu-
al report. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., New Song Community Center, 220 N.
Russell St.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9
“GET CERTIFIED” FREE FAST-TRACK STATE COBID CERTIFICATION
EVENT FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTORS: Learn how to
prequalify with prime contractors to maximize opportunities,
prepare for current and future projects and much more. Regis-
ter at http://bit.ly/2c5601e please specify what kind of business
you own. 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Oregon Association of Minority En-
trepreneurs, 731 N. Hayden Meadows Dr.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
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News
Events & Announcements
August Wilson Monologue Finalists
to Head to New York
The fourth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition Portland Regional Finals took place Feb. 26 at Newmark Theatre. Twelve
Portland-area high school students delivered monologues from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. The three finalists,
pictured here, will head to New York City for the national competition. Pictured here, from left to right are: third-place finalist Alyssa
Marchant, a junior at Rex Putnam High School; first-place winner Noreena McCleave, a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School; and
second-place finalist, Kai Tomizawa as Becker from Jitney, a freshman at Grant High School.
ST. PADDY’S FOR KIDS: Calling all families, come join us for in-
door fun at the Luepke Center! This free, family activity fair will
feature activities for children of all ages. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Luepke
Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver.
Portland News Briefs
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, MARCH 10 – 11
DeRay Mckesson to Speak at OJRC
Fundraiser
VANCOUVER WOMEN’S SHOW: If there’s one thing about the Van-
couver Women’s Show, it’s the fact that you will always find the
latest and greatest in fashion, health, beauty, hair and much
more. Tickets are $10 at the door (children under 12 are free)
10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Clark County Event Center, 17402 NE Delfel Rd.,
Ridgefield.
SUNDAY, MARCH 11
VIKING PANCAKE BREAKFAST: This pancake breakfast features
all-you-can-eat Viking pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fresh
fruit and more. Adults $8, children ages 5 – 12 $4, children under
5 are free. 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Norse Hall, 111 NE 11th Ave.
A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUTH IN THE JUSTICE SYS-
TEM: The Judges of the Multnomah County Circuit Court would
like to invite you to a community conversation about youth in
the justice system. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Portland Community College,
Cascade Campus, MAHB Auditorium, 705 N. Killingsworth St.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
AN EVENING OF MULTICULTURAL MUSIC AND DANCING FREE
AND OPEN TO ALL: The free Portlanders Stand with Refugees &
Immigrants event is a public celebration, which includes mul-
ticultural music and dance performances. Enjoy food carts on
site, serving throughout the event. 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., East Portland
Community Center, 740 SE 106th Ave.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
HOME ORCHARD SOCIETY’S 43RD ANNUAL FRUIT PROPAGATION
FAIR: This event takes place once a year. The Propagation Fair of-
fers attendees hundreds of varieties of free scions and cuttings.
Admission is $7 per person, $12 per family. People who join the
orchard society at the door will be admitted for free. 10 a.m. –
4 p.m., Clackamas County fairgrounds, 694 NE 4th Ave., Canby.
Seattle Metro
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
POULSBO SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK: Poulsbo Second Satur-
day Art Walk is free and kids are welcome. Come gallery hop,
shop, wine and dine in historic downtown Poulsbo. 5 p.m. – 8
p.m., Downtown Port Orchid, 1230 Bay St., Port Orchard.
See Community Calendar on page 5
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Activist organizer, and educator DeRay Mckesson
will speak at 6 p.m. March 15 at First Congregational
UCC, 1126 SW Park Ave. DeRay is noted for his civil
rights activism, capitalizing on contemporary ways of
reaching people and organizing them online through
social media but also known for being in the streets
for protests such as those in Ferguson, Missouri,
and Baltimore, Maryland, after the deaths of Michael
Brown and Freddie Gray. The cost of the event, which
is a fundraiser for Oregon Justice Re-source Center,
$125 for meet-and-greet including light hors d’oeu-
vres and drinks and priority seating for the speak-
ing event. General admission to the speaking event:
sliding scale $25, $45, $65. Free entry is available for
formerly incarcerated people, and scholarships arev
ailable as well.
To learn more, visit https://ojrc.info/deray.
TriMet Rolls New Bus Lines Into
Service
TriMet inaugurated its largest service expansion
in years Monday morning, March 5 with simultane-
ous ribbon-cuttings around 6:30 a.m. on two new bus
lines – Line 74-162nd Avenue on the east side and Line
42-Denney/Hall on the west side.
Three new bus lines and other improvements to
existing bus service and MAX Red Line schedules
come in the third year of TriMet’s 10-year service
expansion plan. The improvements reflect transit in-
vestments in Beaverton, East Portland, Gresham, Mil-
waukie, Tigard and Troutdale, and offer new oppor-
tunities to connect people with jobs, schools, services
and other opportunities throughout the region.
Oregon Historical Society
Announces March Calendar of
Events
The Oregon Historical Society has announced the
following events upcoming in the month of March:
Latinas in Oregon History: Women’s Stories from
the Latino Roots Project
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Presented by Gabriela Martínez and Lynn Stephen
2pm at the Oregon Historical Society
Free Admission
Drawing from the Latino Roots in Oregon Project,
professors Gabriela Martínez and Lynn Stephen will
address the history and stories of contemporary
Latinas whose contributions to our cultural, social,
economic, and political life are signifi-cant and on-
going. They will showcase short selected videos with
compelling women’s stories and will also discuss the
challenges for first- and second-generation migrant
women, including issues of gender asylum in the
state of Oregon.
Gabriela Martínez is associate professor at the
School of Journalism and Communication and Direc-
tor for the Center for Latino/a and Latin American
Studies (CLLAS). Martínez is a communications re-
searcher and a documentary filmmaker who has pro-
duced/directed over fourteen documentary films/
videos. Her creative work focuses on topics of his-
torical memory, immigration, social movements, and
human rights issues. Her research centers on inter-
national communication and the political economy
of global media and telecom-munication. Martínez is
co-creator of the Latino Roots in Oregon Project.
Timber Culture
Monday, March 19, 2018
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Oregon Historical Society
A traveling exhibit created by the Maxville Heritage
Interpretive Center
Free Admission
This reception will welcome Timber Culture, a trav-
eling ex-hibit curated by the Maxville Heritage Inter-
pretive Center (MHIC).
Timber Culture is an exhibit providing an inclu-
sive look at Oregon’s multicultural logging industry.
Consisting of twenty framed photographs, it depicts
the lives of loggers and their families drawn togeth-
er from different
cultures during
the great mi-
gration. The ex-
hibit is created
by the Maxville
Herit-age Inter-
pretive Center,
which seeks to
gather, catalog,
pre-serve, and
interpret
the
rich history of
the multicultural log-ging community of Maxville,
Oregon, as well as similar communities in the Pacific
Northwest.
Gwen Trice, founder and Executive Director of
MHIC, will offer remarks about the exhibit and the
organization’s work. For this evening only, several
additional artifacts, not in the standard exhibit, will
be on display for viewers to enjoy.
Genealogy Workshop: ‘Bury the Dead, Not the Liv-
ing: Organizing Your Records’
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Presented by Hannah Z. Allan
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Oregon Historical Society
$20, $15 for OHS members
Organization is the key to productive and success-
See Briefs on page 5