Get Ready
A free workshop dealing with Health, Job Employment, Law and Crime Prevention. Get Ready is a community-wide event to help residents displaced from inner North and Northeast Portland be prepared for any crisis. Saturday August 4th, Midland Library, 805 SE 122nd Ave For all the information click here

Three Portland Mayors Are Among Crowd at Dedication of Charles Jordan Community Center
A crowd of about 400 people gathered, Sunday July 22, to celebrate the rededication of The Charles Jordan Community Center at 9009 N. Foss Ave. … To read the whole story click here

Fundraisers Slated for Nine-Year-Old with Terminal Cancer
D'Anthony Dancer's family faces expenses not covered by insurance -- in particular, funeral expenses … To check the details click here

Meet Monica Miller, Professor of Hip Hop
Miller says that Hip Hop gets blamed for all the ills that afflict poor urban communities, while Black and Latino youth get labeled as deviant, nihilistic or just plain bad. Her new book, 'Religion and Hip Hop,' is out Aug. 1 … To read the whole interview click here

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