KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR
FRIDAY 5 March 2010
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Happy Friday! This is Margaret with your COMMUNITY CALENDAR for 5 March 2010.
This evening at 6:30, the Albina Ministerial Alliance Ad Hoc Coalition for Community Justice will host a Rally for Justice and a conversation about how to stop Police Violence. This will take place at Emmanuel Temple, which is located at 1033 N Sumner in Portland.
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More information: Dr. LeRoy Haynes, Jr 503-287-0261;
Dr. T. Allen Bethel 503-288-7241
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Also this evening in Portland, writer and Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah will be in town with a presentation entitled "Israel and Palestine: Two States or One?" The presentation will happen at & pm in the Main Street Sanctuary of First Unitarian Church, at 1011 Southwest 12th Avenue.
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www dot auphr dot org
(503) 228-6389
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The Portland City Council wants to hear from you at an interactive Community Budget Forum tomorrow afternoon! This is your opportunity to share your priorities, your questions, and your concerns with the City Council BEFORE they launch their budget deliberations. The forum runs from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at IRCO Community Space, located at 10301 NE Glisan St. (Bus lines 19, 25, 27).
There will be a group traveling together to this event by bicycle from downtown. They'll meet at 11 am at Portland Bicycle Tours at 345 NW Everett St.
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portlandonline dot com slash communitybudget
503-823-5288
info on bikeride: portlandbicycletours at gmail dot com
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Later tomorrow afternoon, you're invited to a Community Play Reading with the Gender and Mental Health Theater Project. This in-progress project is being developed from interviews around Portland about experiences of gender, gender variance, and mental health. Tomorrow's reading is an invitation for criticism, opinions, and suggestions before the performance is finalized. It will run from 3 to 5 pm at In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, located at 8 NE Killingsworth Street.
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Questions? Taiga Christie (650) 814-5519
Taiga312 at gmail.com
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Food Not Bombs puts Portland's wasted food to good use by serving hot vegan meals to the community. Tomorrow, Saturday, they'll be serving downtown at the Riot Elephant at West Burnside and Park. New volunteers are always welcome.
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pdxfnb at lists dot riseup dot net
foodnotbombs at planet-save dot com
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On Friday 1/15/10, the Obama Administration granted temporary protected status for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of Tuesday, January 12. If you hear of any local Haitian in need of immigration help, please contact the Center for Intercultural Organizing. Accredited Representative Murad Nuryagdiev will be available to assist.
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(503) 287-4117
www interculturalorganizing dot org
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For more information about any of the events mentioned on the calendar, call the KBOO front desk at (503) 231-8032 or check out the listings at kboo dot fm slash communitycalendar. You have just heard the KBOO Community Calendar on 90.7fm Portland, 100.7fm Corvallis and 91.9fm Columbia Gorge.Thanks for listening to independent, non-commercial, volunteer- run radio, supported by listeners like you!
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