Do you feel that our community is well ordered?

Do you feel that local residents, associations and institutions each play their proper, balanced role in our community?

This introductory session will provide insights and ideas that local residents, neighborhood associations, churches, non-profit organizations, civic bodies and more can use to hone the role they play in the community.

“ABCD is like a closet organizer to make sense of the messiness of community life.” John McKnight, Co-Director, Asset-Based Community Development Institute http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/people/mcknight.html

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Tuesday, May 6th: Natural Pest Management

Learn safe, effective, and long terms solutions for controlling pests by inviting in their natural enemies. This workshop will begin with a presentation and end with a short walk to Glen Andreson's beautiful urban garden.(NE)

Tuesday, May 13th: Container Gardening

With containers you can grow a garden anywhere! Learn the basics of growing food in containers from expert gardener Marc Boucher-Colbert. (NE)

Growing Garden's workshops are open to the public for a small sliding scale donation.

Contact me for registration and further information! Emily Gowen Home Garden Coordinator Growing Gardens [email protected] 503-284-8420

Two public open houses have been scheduled to provide information and assist interested stakeholders in making comments on Portland’s draft Bull Run Water Supply Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The first meeting is April 28, 2008 at the East Portland Community Center, located at 740 SE 106th Avenue, from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The second meeting is April 29, 2008 at Portland City Hall in the Lovejoy Room from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. City Hall is located at 1221 SW Fifth Avenue, in Downtown Portland.Both documents are now available for a 60-day public comment period which will end on May 27, 2008.

The draft HCP is available at the Portland Water Bureau Web site at .

Saturday, April 26th from 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM. Help Linnton and friends throughout the Metro area beautify the neighborhod by cleaning the sidewalks and replanting planters. Meet at the Linnton Community Center (10614 NW St. Helen's Rd). Bring gloves, shovels, or a trowel. Afterwards brunch will be catered for volunteers. This event is made possible through funding from the City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development and Metro.

For more information contact Alison at 503-823-4265.

Help make the Whitman Elementary School playground a more safe, fun, and welcoming environment for the entire community!

The Whitman SUN program is partnering with SOLV and the EDG:E Service Learning Club to give the Whitman playground a makeover this Saturday, April 26 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.

We will be picking up trash and debris from the school grounds, removing weeds and invasive plants from the playground area, and (weather permitting) painting a large world map mural on the plaground itself.

If you would like to celebrate Earth Day by helping to give Whitman students and the community a more enjoyable and welcoming recreational area, please contact:

Doug Smith Whitman SUN Community Engagement Specialist 503-916-6370 [email protected]

Free workshop next Tuesday!

There are still a few spaces left - You are invited to attend a free introductory workshop kelmanworks. An embodied improvisational exploration of sound, movement, word and action that seeks to combine relaxation and a lack of hurry with alert presence of mind and a natural aesthetic.

The Art of Living Moment to Momentled by Melanya HeleneTuesday April 29 7 - 9 pmkelmanworksimprovisation for body, mind and spirit

At the Brooklyn Bay performance Space 1825 SE Franklin St. Bay K*(see directions below)

Must reserve / Limited enrollment

call 503.772.4005

email [email protected]

see http://kelmanworks.blogspot.com

On Friday April 25th, at 6:30, please join the BroadArts Theatre artists, board and volunteers for the first in our series of "Conversations With Extraordinary Women" Salons. BroadArts is creating this series of Salons, featuring local 'wonderbroads' who are making our world more equal, peaceful, compassionate and just.This first Salon will focus on community peacemaking and peacemakers, and will feature members of BroadArts Theatre's BroadBand singing satirical and serious social justice songs, along with conversation with the audience and our special guest. Admission is free: Donations are encouraged!

OREGON HEALTH FORUM, OREGON HEALTH DECISIONS and NORTHWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION present:

Your Oregon, Your Health * Community meetings about health care * 13 cities around Oregon * May 1 - June 11 * 7 - 9 p.m.

Visit http://www.healthforum.org/events/meetings.html for a list of all the locations, directions and flyers en Espanol.

These meetings are being held on behalf of the Oregon Health Fund Board, whose 7 members have been tasked with reporting to the Oregon Legislature a plan to ensure health care for ALL Oregonians.

Join the conversation on quality and affordable health care. Your input will have an effect on the future of health care in our state. The greater the public input, the more inclusive the plan!

PDX Jazz | Portland Jazz Festival

MANAGING DIRECTOR

PDX Jazz is seeking a motivated, energetic, and experienced individual to lead the organization and its primary event, the Portland Jazz Festival. Formed in 2003 the organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit promoting, supporting, advocating, and presenting an annual jazz festival each February and other jazz events throughout the year.

Job Description

• Develop an effective sponsorship campaign to solicit new sponsors, renew and fulfill current contracts, and maintain ongoing relations.

Online Marketing Intern for World Pulse Media

Location: Portland, OR Internship/Volunteer

Description:

Do you have an account on MySpace, Facebook, Linked-In or Ning? Do you enjoy reading magazines like Inc., WIRED, Fast Company, or the Economist? Do you consider yourself an engaged global citizen or a media activist? If you said yes to any of these, read on!

The Forest Park Conservancy (formerly Friends of Forest Park) is seeking two dedicated individuals to join our team of four Forest Park Trail Coordinators.

As a Trail Coordinator, you will help maintain and restore existing trails; engage in restoration work; and, help build community through a wide array of projects with volunteers and business partners. You will engage in general community outreach and help recruit volunteers. Much of the work will done in the field, in remote sections of Forest Park.

Home buying market is still vibrant!

More than 550 people came to the third Lents Home Buying Fair held on Saturday, April 12, 2008. The fair proves there are many people dreaming of owning their own home and are willing to spend a beautiful Saturday gathering information on how to make this dream a reality.

“I got there at 9:45am…I was able to speak with nearly everyone…I even canceled my home buying class so I could come to the fair. Needless to say when my name was called for the $4,000 down payment assistance grant I was in near shock and speechless. These things don’t happen to me…what a blessing this has been and given me hope,” said by a finalist for the $4,000 down payment assistance grant.

The award-winning Powerhouse Mentoring Program matches volunteer mentors with teenagers in foster care in the Portland area. Ten hours a month for one year gives you the opportunity to change not one, but two lives. As one of our mentors recently wrote, “Becoming a mentor has become a more important part of my life than I imagined”. Our next New Mentor Orientation and Training is scheduled for Thursday evening, May 8, 7 - 8 PM and Thursday evening, May 15, 5:30 – 8:30. Sandwiches are served on the 15th. Visit our website to learn more and download our volunteer application. Masters-level professional staff provides training and on-going support throughout your mentoring experience. Contact us at: [email protected] or 503-234-8757, x. 24.

Help Growing Gardens distribute veggie starts to low income families at our annual Plant Distribution Day!

What we need:

April 28th - May 1st

1) Volunteers to call our our Home Gardeners and remind them about the Plant Distribution Day

2) People with vehicles (preferably vans or trucks) to pick up starts from local growers and transport them to our office. (Mostly on Thursday, May 1st)

Friday, May 2nd

Volunteers to help us transport starts and set them up for Saturday's Plant Distribution.

1:30-5:00: Set up and organize plants for Saturday ***We really need volunteers for this afternoon shift!

Community Energy Project recently received a grant from the Metro North Portland Enhancement Fund to provide safety-related yard debris removal, gutter cleaning, smoke alarm testing, household hazardous waste removal, and door and window screen mending for 30 qualified North Portland households. We will work with local agencies to recycle, compost, and properly dispose of unsafe materials.

The project will run from April 1st to May 31st 2008.

The day begins with an orientation at our office, and then we head out to the worksite together (worksites will always be in North Portland for this project) dress for the weather - we work rain or shine!

Friday April 25 9:30am-1:00pm Meet at 422 NE Alberta Street for orientation

Needed: Generous, compassionate individuals, businesses, corporations to participate in our Holiday Adopt-a-Family Porgram. Children's Relief Nursery is a non profit whose mission is to prevent abuse and neglect in children birth through three by partnering with caregivers committed to strengthening their families. Please see our website at www.crn4kids.org

Do you have some extra space in your home? Would you be willing to help a smart, socially-aware college student this summer? The Northwest Institute for Social Change is looking for homestays for students taking part in our summer fellowship program.

Stop the Invasion: Volunteer for Down By The Riverside on May 17

Just a cordial invitation and more than a whispered hope to see you tomorrow evening at Green Empowerment's monthly volunteer night. There will be pizza, thanks to the fabulous organizing of our dear Laurel, and we hope that this will be some recompense for the grueling, menial, and extremely important tasks that we have lined up for you. We'll include a little basic information on the technologies we use and a discussion topic to round out the evening.

Thanks all for reading this far, and thank you in advance for all those who can come!

Pertinent Details: April, 23, 2008 6 - 8pm Center for Intercultural Organizing 2808 NE Martin Luther King, JR. Blvd Ste.13 (enter on Grand Ave.) Portland, OR

Help youth get a solid start! We are looking for responsible adults with sound judgment to provide respite care for youth (ages 16-24) enrolled in our independent living/transitional programs. YPA's goal is to provide at-risk youth independent living skills necessary to become successful community members. YPA is looking for individuals who can:

Successfully pass a criminal background check

Understand the struggles of youth involved in the Foster Care System Available to provide supervision and living skills support on evenings and weekends

Provide consistency Provide Respite Care (weekends, vacations, etc.) Provide Emergency Respite Care