Portland Current
2007 November 26
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Become an Economic Justice Trainer
From United for a Fair Economy's E-newsletter
* Become an Economic Justice Trainer
* Community Organizers Needed
If you've ever considered doing more for economic justice, mark your calendar for next April. That's when we're holding the first of three UFE Training of Trainer Institutes. Whether you are a trainer, teacher, activist, or a social change leader, you will learn a set of key principles and practices - tools for your work - based on popular education methods, and within an economic inequality frame. Learn more at
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=175832768&u=1750690.
If you know people who might be interested, please copy and paste this article (including the link to more info) and circulate as widely as possible.
Community Organizers Needed
How about working for social justice and getting paid for it? The Direct Action and Research Training (DART) Center is looking for applicants to its paid leadership training program, which is dedicated to producing powerful community organizers to combat injustice and the systems that feed it. Learn more at
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=175832768&u=1750691.
United for a Fair Economy
29 Winter Sreet
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
United States
United for a Fair Economy is a national organization dedicated to building a movement against economic inequality.
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AHN! Housing Messaging Training
Learn to Effectively Advocate to Increase Housing Opportunity
December 3 and 4
Affordable Housing NOW! (AHN) has developed a nationally recognized training on how to effectively advocate for housing. Learn values-based framing and messaging techniques that will not only prepare you to help with AHN’s advocacy for more housing resources, but will increase your ability to communicate with and inspire elected officials, the media and fellow community members.
Framing and Housing Messaging Training
Dec 3 Beaverton, Dec 4 in Portland
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
AHN will offer our training on Framing and Housing Messaging on Dec 3 in Beaverton at 3700 SW Murray Blvd, Rm #195. We will hold the same training in Portland Dec 4 at Sisters of the Road Café, 133 NW 6th Avenue.
Light refreshments will be provided. Space is limited, so RSVP now: Contact Michael Anderson via email or at (503) 335-9884.
Affordable Housing NOW! is a coalition of over 40 organizations and hundreds of individuals whose goals are to secure new resources for affordable housing for the Portland Metro area by building a movement large enough to make funding for affordable housing for people with low incomes a political priority in the Metro area. To learn more about Affordable Housing NOW!, go to: http://www.cdnportland.org/ahn.html
Community Alliance of Tenants
Office: 503.460.9702
Renters’ Rights Hotline: 503.288.0130
Oregon’s tenants’ rights organization. Made possible by members. If you’re a tenant who cares about your rights, get involved.
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Vancouver for Peace Events THIS WEEK
Tuesday: Film Nite: "The Ramallah Concert": St Luke's Episcopal Church:
Seven O'Clock: Fourth Plain & F
Thursday: Street Visibility: Final Regular Vis of Calendar Year:
Four-Thirty: Mill Plain & Ft Vanc Way
Den Mark
Organize for peace and justice at Vancouver for Peace:
Clark County citizens and groups peacemaking together.
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