Community Calendar Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Community Calendar Thursday, June 24, 2010

Help clean up the largest oil spill in US history off the Gulf of Mexico, by dropping off your old shoes at Pie Footwear, located at  2916 NE Alberta Street in Portland.  The Save Our Gulf: Shoe Recycling Drive for Oil Spill Clean-up runs through June 26.  Pie Footwear will donate $1 per shoe collected to the national WaterKeeper Alliance for their front line efforts in the Gulf clean up.  All leather shoes collected will be ground up and made into oil spill kits for the clean-up efforts. All other shoes will be recycled locally.  More information at (503) 288-1999.

Pie is also offering a 5% discount on your purchase when you drop off a pair of shoes to be recycled. For every pair of shoes dropped off you are entered in to a raffle to win a FREE pair of Keen shoes.
www.waterkeeper.org         www.piefootwear.net
 
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Bring your lunch and come listen to the Black United Fund of Oregon's featured speaker, Valerie Otani, discuss the history of Japanese Americans in Oregon on June 29th, from 12pm-1pm at Concordia University Library, located at 2828 NE Holman Street in Portland, OR.  This is a FREE community event. Please RSVP by FRIDAY, June 25th,  by calling 503-282-7973 or email apuljic@bufor.org

You'll learn about the Japanese-Americans' expulsion from Portland in WWII, re-establishment in Vanport, and draw connections to the racially discriminatory elements in law and housing that link the Japanese-American and African-American experience. 

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Pedalpalooza, the two weeks of bikey fun, is coming to a close this Sunday, June 27th.  For more information about what is happening when and where, go to the Pedalpalooza website at shift2bikes.org.  Nearly all events are free too,  most organized by individuals, and bikers of all persuasions.
http://www.shift2bikes.org/cal/viewpp2010.php

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