Monday COMMUNITY CALENDAR 2010 March 22

At 7pm tonight, the Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse invites you to attend "Afghanistan: Effects of War on the People and the Land", a report back and talk by biologist and independent journalist Dana Visalli (who was interviewed earlier on KBOO's Air Cascadia), a botanist and naturalist with a science-based orientation, focusing on the impact of modern warfare on human society and on the natural world.  The talk will include the stories and faces of the Afghan people that we meet, the conditions of Afghan women and children, current perspectives on the war there, and the state of the natural environment.  A potluck dinner begins at 6pm.  Multnomah Friends is located at 4312 SE Stark St. in Portland
This free event is co-sponsored by KBOO.
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Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse, 4312 SE Stark St. Portland
503/232.2822
www.multnomahfriends.org
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Annie Leonard, the creator of the popular YouTube stick-person video, The Story of Stuff,  will be speaking tonight at Powell's Books at 7.30pm.  Her new book tracks the life cycle of our possessions while sending a not-so-subtle message about our over-consumption. She was interviewed on the KBOO Old Mole Variety Hour.
Call 228-4651 for more information or visit Powells DOT org
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Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, Portland
powells.com
503/ 228-4651
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Doubletree Hotel Lloyd Center is holding PORTLAND’S ANNUAL DIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT DAY CAREER FAIR from 11 to 3 today. Companies including Pacific Power, Howard S. Wright Construction, Legacy Health, Allstate & many more will be recruiting. And tomorrow, anytime from 1 to 7.30pm, Get Help to Save Your Home  Don't miss this opportunity to meet face-to-face with your lender or a HUD-approved housing counselor to discuss options to avoid foreclosure. The US Department of Treasury and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development are sponsoring this foreclosure prevention event.There will be information and assistance on the Obama Administration's Making Home Affordable Program. Please bring all necessary mortgage and financial documents. A complete list is available at the Hope Now DOT com website.  Admission to both events is free.