Through music, poetry, and art, “Jornaleros” documents the lives and creative work of five Portland day laborers. The film humanizes the controversy about day laborers by showing these workers, first and foremost, as artists and activists in the community. This screening will be held tonight, 7:00 pm, at the The Red & Black Cafe, located at 400 SE 12th Avenue in Portland. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with day laborers, and a performance by day labor musicians/poets. There is a suggested sliding scale donation at the door. More information at http://portlandvoz.org
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Help Community Warehouse Give Families a Season of Comfort and Joy. How can you help these families create a home? Join the "Home for the Holidays" program! Look through your cupboards for extra pots and pans, cooking utensils, can openers and bath towels, and donate them to Community Warehouse. They'll use your donations to pack boxes of basic household goods for their clients. Invite your neighbors, friends, and colleagues to join in, too! Donations accepted 7 days a week, at 3969 NE Martin Luther King Blvd. Or at 8745 SW Canyon Lane in Portland. For delivery assistance, call or email Roz at 503-329-5588 or roz755@aol.com. Community Warehouse is the only agency in the greater Portland area that provides this service to low-income individuals and families.
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Are your curtains moving in the breeze? Can you see light around your doors? Then you have some serious drafts! Community Energy Project offers free workshops throughout the Portland community on small-scale weatherization. Learn about simple, cheap, and effective means of weatherizing your house, apartment, mobile home, 5th wheel - whatever your home may be. Qualified participants receive a free kit of weatherization materials! Workshops will continue until mid-December. The NEXT session will be held Saturday, November 20 at the City of Portland Fix-it-Fair - Ron Russel Middle School, located at 3955 SE 112th Avenue in Portland. Register NOW by calling 503.281.6827 x108 or email energy@communityenergyproject.org (if you email please include your name, address, phone number, how you heard about us, and which workshop you would like to attend).
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