One of the many perks about living in Portland is getting to enjoy the amazing restaurants we are beginning to be known for around the country. This Thursday, April 29th, Portlanders can enjoy those restaurants while supporting the OHSU Partnership Project and Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon's HIV Day Center by taking part in Dining Out for Life. Dining Out for Life is a national event in its second year in Portland. On the day of the event participating restaurants will donate between 20%-30% of their food and beverage sales to the participating AIDS services organizations, EMO's HIV Day Center and OHSU Partnership Project.

Join us: Cult classic movies that were once original novels will play at McMenamin’s Kennedy School and Bagdad Theaters in celebration of the Wordstock Books-to-Film festival this weekend.

Wordstock, a literary art and education organization in Portland, Ore., is celebrating their 2nd annual Books-to-Film festival. The theme of this year’s festival is “Cult Classic.” They have pulled together a cadre of films that not only started their humble lives as original novels, but have also enjoyed a passionate following of fans long after their initial film release.

Solar Oregon’s third annual Goal Net Zero (GNZ) Tour features four Portland homes reaching for Net Zero Energy use. Learn from the workshop and guided tour what can be achieved with deep energy retrofits and new construction.

Click here for more information & tickets: http://solaroregon.org/workshops-and-education/tours/goal-net-zero-2010

Come dance up the dawn with us on MayDay morning or join us later in the day at the Children's Museum where Portland Revels is partnering with the Museum for Portland's newest community celebration. For more information on various MayDay festivities, visit Renegade Rose Morris at www.renegaderose.net Portland Revels at http://www.portlandrevels.org/revels.php?page=calendar or The Children's Museum at http://www.portlandcm.org/

"Sumer is acumin in, loudly sing cuckoo"

Join Oregon Tilth for hands-on garden education and take home veggie starts for your garden!

Plant Your Garden! Wednesday April 28, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00

It's time to prepare the soil and plant your favorite vegetables! Soil building, seed sowing, thinning, transplanting, and season extension techniques will highlight space saving strategies for urban gardeners. Take home plant starts for your garden!

Luscher Farm in Lake Oswego, OR $35/ $31 residents/Tilth members

For more information paste the following link into your browser:

http://tilth.org/education-research/organic-education-center/organic-education-center-classes

Learn about what it takes to be a successful field site. Meet great student talent.

Portland State University Division of Public Administration and the Institute for Nonprofit Management are sponsoring a field site fair Tuesday May 18.

Representatives of current and potential field sites are invited to meet students and get some additional information on establishing a successful field site experience. Students enrolled in the Public Administration program and students receiving a certificate in nonprofit management are required to have a field site experience.

"Jornaleros" Documentary Showing - Thurs. April 29th @ 5th Ave Cinema.

Through music, poetry, and art, "Jornaleros" documents the lives and creative work of five Portland day laborers. A discussion with the filmmakers and featured artists will follow the screening. Admission by donation.

Thursday April 29th, 2010 6pm - 7pm

PSU's 5th Ave Cinema 510 SW Hall St. contact: [email protected]

Inaugural KBOO Raffle -

Ticket Cost: $25 (Only 2000 total tickets) - call Sun Lee to purchase tickets at 503.231.8032 or stop by KBOO Community Radio M-F 9AM-5PM at 20 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR

Grand Prize- Week for two in Bucerias, Mexico 12 miles north of Puerto Vallarta. Includes 7 nights at Casa Tranquila, a $800 airline voucher and a 4 hour marine excursion, where you may see a clumsy blue footed booby.

Drawing will be head at 10AM, June 1, 2010, at KBOO Community Radio located at 20 SE 8th Ave Portland, OR 97214.

More Info: kboo.fm/raffle

Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon is looking for an organized and highly motivated individual to expand SNAP outreach in rural communities. The SNAP Rural Outreach Organizer will lay the groundwork for outreach in target counties with a special emphasis on seniors. Duties include documenting rural food resources; preparing county fact sheets and cultivating new partnerships. The organizer will also focus on three counties in Oregon for a more in-depth analysis and help develop new strategies to reach households who are eligible but not receiving SNAP.

This is a full-time, temporary position (May 2010 through Sept. 2010).

Compensation: $16/hour

Deadline to apply: May 7, 2010

More information at www.oregonhunger.org/SNAP-Rural-Outreach-Organizer

A Full Time RN is needed for Our House’s Neighborhood Housing and Care Program working within the multi-disciplinary team of OT, SW and Nursing. Our House is an organization that provides health and housing services for people with HIV/AIDS. Join our innovative, grassroots program that encourages clients to live well in their own homes as independently as possible.

The Native American Youth and Family Center would like to let you know of our current job opportunities.  We are advertising for the following openings: Executive Assistant, Achievement Coach and Homeownership Coach (IDA Focus). Please look at our site for these job descriptions and our application process. All these jobs close May 9, 2010.

http://www.nayapdx.org/about/jobs.php

Thank you, 

Deanne Grant Community Economic Development Program Coordinator NAYA Family Center 5135 NE Columbia Blvd. Portland, OR 97218 503-288-8177 ext. 214

IRS Preparing to Remove Tax Exempt Status From Small Organizations that Assumed they were Exempt From Filing Requirements

We are looking for an "elegant" event space that would reflect a "Tea for Two", mother/daughter atmosphere for an event in mid October.  Hopefully close to downtown, with parking available.  I welcome your suggestions. Roz Babener  [email protected]  

If you came to the USA as an immigrant or refugee recently or long ago, this amazing free training may be for you. The Pan-Immigrant Leadership and Organizing Training (PILOT) Program is a Project of the Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO). The PILOT program builds long-term relationships between diverse immigrant and refugee communities and builds the capacity and voice of new communities to affect change. For more information or for an application, call Taj Suleyman at (503) 913-6969 or email [email protected]

Applications close soon, only a few spots left (preference given to Beaverton residents). www.interculturalorganizing.org

Register now for Toby Hemenway's upcoming Permaculture Design Course!  Learn practical, cutting edge techniques with the world-renowned author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. The course will meet in Portland on the third weekend of the month from May through October. The curriculum is the full 72-hour certification course, with certification being offered through the Permaculture Institute USA, the US branch of the International Permaculture Institute.  Toby will be the principal instructor and will be bringing in several more of the most senior and experienced permaculture instructors in the world, as well as local experts. The course will include a team design project to give hands-on experience in creating a design for a site.

Want more information about watering your lawn or garden in an environmentally friendly way? Community Energy Project is giving a free workshop on Watering to the Weather for Healthy Watersheds. Come learn how to be a part of protecting our local watersheds by reducing non-point source pollution with this informative class. Great for gardeners!

Learn how to:

Calibrate your drip system, soaker hoses, hose-end sprinklers, or automatic sprinkler systems to match your plants needs more accurately Water your lawn or garden based on weather patterns How actions in your back yard affects the local watershed

CORRECTED DATE: Monday May 3rd, 6-7:30pm

Effective branding gives you credibility in the eyes of your current and potential customers, plus added confidence when selling and presenting your services/products to the world. In this class receive valuable expertise about branding as well as a list of resources to help you create professional branded marketing materials on a budget and the tools you need to begin taking immediate steps toward branding your unique business right away.

The Grand Works Northwest Art Festival, a collaboration between Elders in Action and The Geezer Gallery, will be held Saturday, May 22nd in The Mark Building (next to the Art Museum at 1119 SW Park Avenue), featuring an unprecedented collection of accomplished elder artists. The event includes renowned regional artists, crafts and specialty foods, unique entertainment, and a special guest appearance by Amy Gorman, author of Aging Artfully.

Benefits of this opportunity include: • Opportunity to learn or develop skills in public interface • Volunteer experience in a public/arts environment • Chance to meet interesting people in the community to foster personal and professional growth • Way to learn some new stuff related to creativity and aging

Volunteers Needed to Tackle Invader on “No Ivy Day” This Saturday!

Vancouver Urban Forestry is partnering with neighborhood associations and community stewards to provide work parties to remove English ivy at two sites in Vancouver, Clay Canyon and Behrens Woods.

Volunteers are needed to help make No Ivy Day a success! Individuals or groups interested in participating in No Ivy Day should contact Jessica Antoine at (360) 619-1108 or [email protected] for more information and directions. Ivy removal work parties are great opportunities for service clubs, workplace volunteer groups, youth organizations and anyone looking for a fun and active way to improve the local environment.