MUSICWERKS STUDIO IN NE PORTLAND OFFERING MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Scholarships available for children with either musical talent or financial need

Pfeifer MusicWerks Studio in NE Portland is now accepting applications for music lesson scholarships for new students. Scholarships are available for piano, voice, guitar, violin, viola, cello, string bass, composition, or percussion.

Scholarships are available to students in the Portland metro area based on talent or financial need. There are four scholarships for financial need and two for talent. Application deadline for all scholarships is December 5, 2009, and talent auditions will be held Monday and Tuesday, December 14 and 15, 2009.

MusicWerks Studio is pleased to offer this scholarship opportunity to the Portland community! For more information or to receive an application call the MusicWerks Studio at 503-287-5028 or visit our website www.MusicWerksStudio.com

The King School Bookfair fundraiser is coming the Saturday after Thanksgiving at the Lloyd Center Barnes and Noble store. All purchases by King School supporters from noon to 5pm will benefit King School. The choir will perform, students will read their stories, and there will be activities for the kids! There will be lists of books that can be purchased for classrooms at King School.
For more information contact the King PTA at: info@kingpta.org or call 503-916-6456.

Remember, you must either bring a voucher or tell the cashier that you want your purchase to benefit King. Click the link and print out the flyer with voucher:

flyer-with-voucher

Community Outreach of Our United Villages is hosting a Sharing Ideas Panel Presentation and Discussion on December 5th. If you have any questions please contact:
Vanessa Patterson, Community Outreach Office Coordinator, outreach@ourunitedvillages.org, 503.546.7499.

What:
Sharing Ideas: Grassroots Projects Started by Neighbors
Panel Presentation & Discussion

When:
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
12:30pm-3:30pm

Where:
New Columbia Community Education Center
4625 N Trenton St.
Portland, OR 97203
Trimet Bus #4

Come learn about inspiring grass-roots community building projects from a panel of local organizers. Ask questions and learn from their experiences. See possibilities for replicating similar projects in your own neighborhood.

Hosted by Community Outreach of Our United Villages. Free and open to all. Light meal provided. Please let us know if you plan to attend by Monday, November 30th to 503.546.7499 or outreach@ourunitedvillages.org. Child care, transportation, and interpretation provided upon request.

Peggy Glascock of the Parks Bureau will present plans regarding the deteriorating structure at King School Park at our next meeting. Other possible topics of conversation could include: maintenance issues at the park, how the long term plan can better serve the needs of residents and farmer’s market attendees, and how the school district’s desire for a covered play area influences the decision making process of the parks bureau.

On Saturday, November 21st NECN will be hosting a Columbia River Crossing Impact Forum. We hope that each neighborhood can send at least 1 or 2 representatives, however all are welcome! We will hear from three students of the Sustainability Clinic at Willamette University College of Law about their research into the impacts the Columbia River Crossing project will have on the east side of Portland and the region as a whole. They will share research on health and environmental impacts as well as the laws that govern the project and how the process for the project moves forward.

During the forum we will also hear from Jeri Williams from the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (and former Executive Director of the Environmental Justice Action Group), on her involvement and advocacy on the various stages of this bridge expansion project. She can provide personal insights into how to get involved and what has worked and what has not.

Finally, we will have short, small group discussions to gain feedback from all of you on your concerns and suggestions for how we can all work to make sure that east side residents are best served by this project.

Here are the specifics:

What: NE Community Forum: Columbia River Crossing
When: Saturday, November 21st 10am – 12:30pm; 9:45am Coffee and Continental Breakfast
Where: Redeemer Lutheran Church, 5431 NE 20th Ave.
RSVP: By November 19th to Regina Williams at 503-823-4575 or admin@necoalition.org.

A flyer with the information is also attached. Please spread this information to your neighbors! The forum is open to all!

CRC forum final draft

Charlie Burr of public relations firm Edelman, will present the new JumpTown concept for revitalizing the Rose Quarter at our next meeting on November 18th. The November meeting was delayed a week due to the Veterans Day holiday. Edelman represents the Trail Blazers and Portland Arena Management on development plans for the Memorial Coliseum and vicinity. The JumpTown name conjures the jazz history of the area prior to its bulldozing in the wake of urban renewal. Once a thriving neighborhood and now a sea of concrete, much attention has been paid as of late as to how to breathe life back into the district.

Come next Wednesday and see if this is the right idea and if it can benefit the residents of NE Portland.

http://vimeo.com/6304174
http://www.imaginejumptown.com/

The Community Youth Hotline is a new a communication hub for North and Northeast Portland youth who seek information and youth-appropriate opportunities within their very own community.

Speak Your Mind. Voice your concerns. Get Involved in your community. Call the community youth hotline to find out about community resources, after school programs, education support, and more. Live representive available Mon-Fri 3:00-6:30 pm, 24 hour messaging. Call 503-823-4264.

Intersted in joining our Youth Advisory Council? For more information, contact Imani Muhammad at (503) 823-4264 or hotline@necoalition.org

The Urban League of Portland’s State of Black Oregon was published in 2009 for the first time in 17 years. It confirmed that social and economic disparities and systemic disadvantage still exist for African Americans and other people of color.

The State of Black Oregon offers a plan of action. JOIN US. Hear the facts. Be part of the solution. You are invited to attend any or all of the events below as we shape a bold policy agenda to address the disparities highlighted in the report.

Marcus C. Mundy
Urban League of Portland

Join us if you can at the following events:

State of Black Oregon presentation to Multnomah County Board of Commissioners
Thursday, November 12, 9am
501 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Panel: Marcus Mundy, Urban League, Sheila Holden, Interstate Urban Renewal, Tricia Tillman, Office of Multicultural Health, Carolyn Leonard, Portland Public Schools

State of Black Oregon Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Portland Community College,
Cascade Campus
Terrell Hall, Room 122
705 N. Killingsworth. Portland, OR

State of Black Oregon Symposium
Thursday, December 3, 9am
Smith Memorial Student Union
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR

Sunshine Dixon
Urban League of Portland
Community Organizer
10 N Russell St.
Portland, OR 97227
503-280-2618
sdixon@ulpdx.org
www.ulpdx.org
Please connect to the Urban League of Portland Group on Linkedin

Save the date! Join the Urban League of Portland on November 12, 2009 for their Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner.
Click here for information regarding advertising, sponsorship and tickets.

The Portland Development Commission’s North/Northeast Economic Development Initiative, which is intended to make urban renewal in these areas benefit the residents and businesses already here, has posted videos of its input gathering efforts.

The initiative has its own Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pdxNNEDI

News from Portland Public Schools:

Students helped design and will help manage Solar Waffle Works, a new food cart located at N.E. Alberta St. and 23rd Ave.
A new solar-powered food cart in northeast Portland serves up more than waffles.

Located at N.E. Alberta St. and 23rd Ave. and set to open this month, the small blue trailer housing “Solar Waffle Works” is a nonprofit project that helps high school graduates gain independent living skills and vocational training.

Read the full story at: http://www.pps.k12.or.us/news/1575.htm