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Activist e-News
June 2013 |
Greetings Neighbors,
The official start of summer is one week away, so of course we've kicked off the season in proper Portland style with a week of rain. Nonetheless, we've seen plenty of folks out and about, strolling, cycling, or stopping by the NW and downtown farmers markets. Hang in there just a bit longer and it will be time for picnics, outdoor concerts, and movies in the park! Read on to see what's coming up in the month ahead.
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Solo Show Explores Vietnamese Heritage
 In August of 1968, a farm girl from rural Indiana stepped off a plane in Saigon. Threads tells her amazing, riveting - and true - story. Playwright and performer Tonya Jone Miller feels she grew up in a "Vietnam vacuum." The child of a Vietnamese man and an American farm girl from rural Indiana who found herself teaching English in Saigon at the height of the war, Threads is Ms. Miller's dramatic recounting of her mother's incredible story and the universal connections that bind us all. Sponsored in part by Neighbors West-Northwest and the Office of Neighborhood Involvement through the Neighborhood Small Grant Program, this one-woman show will be performed at the CoHo Theater from June 20 through June 23 at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Please be sure to join us at the Friday, June 21 performance for a special post-show reception featuring Vietnamese foods and a discussion with the playwright's mother and other special guests. This production promises to be an important and enlightening community event. For a preview, check out this video:  | | Threads Preview |
Visit the Coho website for more about the play and the entire Solo Summer Series. Dates: Thursday June 20 - Sunday June 23 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: 2257 NW Raleigh Tickets: $15 (Solo Summer festival pass $50), advance tickets available online.
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Hillside Neighborhood 4th of July Parade
 Don your red, white & blue and decorate bikes, trikes and wagons! Join the parade, 11:00 am on Wednesday July 4 at the corner of NW Powhatan and NW Cumberland Road! Wind your way down the hill behind an official city escort to Hillside Community Center for a neighborhood picnic! Activities for kids. Bring a blanket and sunscreen and stay for awhile! Hot dogs, chips and soda provided by Hillside Neighborhood Association. Last names A-L please bring dessert, M-Z a salad. Suggested donation of $20 per family. Date: Thursday, July 4, 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place: NW Powhatan & NW Cumberland Rd.
Questions? Contact Gary Berger.
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Join NWNW's Fundraising Committee!
Want to plan a fun event to benefit your neighborhood and other associations in the NWNW Coalition? Have fundraising experience or want to gain it? Join the newly formed Neighbors West-Northwest Fundraising Committee! Past fundraisers include benefit play performances, raffles, and a neighborhood recycling event/bulky waste cleanup. Future plans might include inter-neighborhood scavenger hunts, restaurant 50/50 nights, and your ideas. Contact Jen at NWNW to express interest and share your thoughts.
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Community/Police Relations Committee Mtg.
Interested neighbors in NW and SW Portland are invited to attend a meeting of the Community and Police Relations Committee. CPRC is a subcommittee of the City of Portland Human Rights Commission (HRC), whose purpose and mission to bring together members of Portland's diverse communities and its police officers to improve community and police relations, further an authentic community policing culture, serve as an advisory body, and promote dignity, understanding, and respect in police and community interactions.
Please note that the meeting location has been moved from Legacy Good Samaritan to the Kelly Building in East Portland.
Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Place: Kelly Building, 4735 E Burnside
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Downtown Rummage Sale and Summer Social
Join the Downtown Neighborhood Association in Portland's living room for their Annual Yard Sale and Block Party. Find new treasures or get rid of old ones while meeting your neighbors. To register and secure a table slot contact Alyssa Sellers (503 862-8155) Registration is free and each participant gets 100% profit from the items he or she sells. Trucks will be available to deliver unsold items to the Union Gospel Mission Thrift Store.
This year's event will feature a special performance by the Downtown Neighborhood Senior Choir. The Senior Choir is still practicing for their performance and new singers are always welcome! If you are interested in joining the Senior Choir, stop by the Meals on Wheels People Elm Court Room for a rehearsal (Thursday afternoons from 1:30-2:30 p.m., 1032 SW Main St.).
The Annual Yard Sale/Senior Choir Concert Block Party is organized by the Portland Downtown Neighborhood Association, the Groves Church, and the PSU Field Work Program with support from the Office of Neighborhood Involvement and Neighbors West-Northwest.
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (setup at 9:00 a.m.)
Place: South Park Blocks between SW Clay and SW Market
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ONI Launches Redesigned Website
The Office of Neighborhood Involvement has rolled out their redesigned website. It has a fresh new look, easy-to-find resources, and more features and information than ever - plus new photo galleries and videos. Stop by and find out what services ONI offers and how it works with communities across Portland to promote civic engagement. The site is still in beta, so they're inviting feedback on the new design.
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NWNW Announcements
NWNW Raffle Winners Chosen
Winners for the 2013 NWNW raffle have been contacted. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all ticket purchasers for your support! We'd also like to extend a final gracious thank you to our raffle prize contributors: Artists Repertory Theater, Cinema 21, Eastside Distilling, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Laughing Planet, Northwest Children's Theater, Portland Children's Museum, Portland Walking Tours, Portland Japanese Garden, Salt & Straw, Portland Timbers, and Zip Car.
Recycling Event & Clean Up
The coalition-wide recycling event and cleanup returns this fall and we're soliciting ideas for what you'd like us to accept. Have a hard-to-recycle item that you'd like us to receive? Let us know and we'll see if we can accommodate it. Email coalition@nwnw.org with your requests, suggestions, and ideas. If you'd like to help plan the event, contact Jen.
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Northwest District Association AQC Report
By Sharon Genasci, NWDA AQC ChairThe Air Quality Committee's primary focus for some months has been the NWDA/Con-way Clean Diesel GNA Committee negotiations. The aim is a good neighbor agreement that will curtail diesel emissions and lessen construction disruption during the ten years of planned construction in nearly 20 acres of the NE corner in the NW neighborhood. The effort is led by NWDA Board member Kathy Sharp, with Sharon Genasci (Air Quality Committee Chair), Kevin Downing (clean diesel advocate at DEQ) and David Paul (environmental attorney) representing NWDA in the negotiations. They are meeting with a Con-way team that includes a representative of one of the lead developer teams. To date, no agreements have been reached. See the draft good neighbor agreement, written by the NWDA committee with neighborhood consultation, here.
The meeting scheduled for June 3 was postponed so that Con-way could study the new GNA draft more fully. It is intended that the GNA will bind all future land owners as well as contractors, and it is hoped that developers and contractors interested in the property will see the value of working with the neighbors to lessen the burden of diesel emissions and other impacts during the construction.
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Meeting & Schedule UpdatesNWNW Holiday Office Hours The Neighbors West-Northwest office will be closed Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Linnton Town Hall Meeting: New Date The July Linnton Town Hall meeting has been rescheduled from July 3 to Wednesday, July 10, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the Linnton Community Center, 10614 NW Saint Helens Rd. Downtown Public Safety Meeting Schedule Change Starting this month, the Portland Downtown Public Safety Committee will be meeting on alternate months rather than every month. There will be no PSC meeting in June; subsequent meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of odd months (July, September, and November) , 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in Room B at the Portland Building. Community/Police Relations Meeting The July 17 CPRC meeting location has been changed from Legacy Medical Center to the Kelly Building. See article above for full info. For the most up-to-date listings, see our online calendar.
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Thank you for reading our June e-Newsletter. Please pass it on to others who may be interested, or encourage them to sign up.
Brought to you courtesy of
NEIGHBORS WEST-NORTHWEST
Coalition of Twelve Westside Neighborhoods
www.nwnw.org
Opinions expressed in neighborhood columns are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Neighbors West-Northwest. |
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