Im Isobel with your community calendar for this weekend August 21st and 22nd.
“Ida B Wells: A Passion for Justice” is a documentary about pioneering African American journalist, activist, and suffragist of the post civil war era. The film will be followed by a discussion on the struggle for women and Blacks to win the right to vote in the U.S. The showing will be this Saturday at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth Street in portland. Call Emma for more information at (503) 240-4462
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The Fifth Annual Haitian Caribbean Festival is this Saturday at Colonel Summers Park at SE Taylor and 17th avenue from 12 to 6pm. The festival will feature music, dance, crafts, kids activities, food, and more with all proceeds going towards shipping a relief container to Haiti. For more information call Judith at 503-764-7244.
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Thinking about top or bottom surgery and have questions? Come to a presentation by Dr. Toby Meltzer this Saturday from 4-8pm at the Q Center 4115 N Mississippi Ave in Portland. Find out about different procedures, costs, recovery, and outcomes. Check out tranz guys pdx. org for details.
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BUS RIDERS UNITE at a block party this Saturday! The mission of OPAL Bus Riders Unite! is to win friendly, frequent, and affordable public transportation in the Metro Portland area. The street will be closed down to host music, food, family friendly activities and more at SE 49th Avenue south of Division this Saturday starting at 11am. check out opal pdx .org for more information.
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Come learn from the Climate Ground Zero Roadshow about Mountain Top Removal, the campaign to end it, and how to you can help out locally. There will be a presentation this Thursday, August 26th at 6:30pm at Autonomy Hive, 316 NW 4th Ave in Portland. Head to Climate Ground Zero dot net for more information.
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You have just heard the KBOO Community Calendar on 90.7fm Portland, 100.7fm Corvallis and 91.9fm Columbia Gorge. For information about any of these events call the KBOO front desk at (503) 231-8032 or check out the listings at kboo dot fm slash communitycalendar. Thanks for listening to independent, non-commercial, volunteer-run radio supported by listeners like you. Have a lovely weekend!
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