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St. Philip Neri Church (Carvlin Hall), SE 16th & Division, 7-9 pm.

7-11 Alert! Share your thoughts on the proposed 7-11 on the corner of 15th and Killingsworth at the next Vernon Neighborhood Association meeting. Vernon Elementary School, West entrance on January 10th at 7pm! They look forward to seeing you there and hearing your feedback!

This presentation will explore how nationally and in the Portland area, the location of industrial sites and freeways and exposure in the workplace, home, and place of worship leave communities of color highly vulnerable to chronic disease linked to toxics. Speakers will include Ben Duncan, Program Specialist with Multnomah County Health Department, Environmental Health Division and Board Chair of OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon which works for Environmental Justice in the Portland metro area. This presentation is part of the Healthy Homes, Healthy Congregations: Green Steward Project, a pilot project to improve environmental health in our homes and our congregations, especially for infants and children.

5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Concordia University, 2811 NE Holman Street.

You can find out what room the presentation will be in, and register for the event, by email or by calling 503-221-1054. The event is free and open to the public. Please notify us if you will be needing childcare by January 6th.

7:00 – 8:30 p.m at the Woodlawn Community Resource Center in Woodlawn Methodist Church at 1425 N.E. Dekum St. Enter the west door and head up the stairs and down the hallway.

The agenda for these meetings typically focuses on planning, budgeting, and community projects.  They are open to all neighborhood residents and people who work or own businesses in Woodlawn.

We will not have a WNA general meeting this month. Enjoy your holidays, and, see you next time!

Here are links to approved minutes of meetings you may have missed:

Board meeting 11/2/11

General meeting 10/29/11

If you weren’t able to attend the meeting but keep informed about what transpired, you can read the minutes here.

The agenda for these meetings typically focuses on planning, budgeting, and community projects. For a preview of what will be discussed at December’s WNA Board meeting, please download the agenda. For details of where and when, click here.

Board meetings are open to all neighborhood residents and people who work or own businesses in Woodlawn.

Come to Good Neighbor Pizzeria, 800 NE Dekum, at 7:30 pm to learn about and discuss how Woodlawn Neighborhood Association should respond to this facility. Anjala Ehelebe, our Land Use Chair, will give an overview of the situation and chair the meeting. In case you didn’t see the original post or subsequent comments, look here.

This will be an important Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Meeting to attend. We’ll cover visioning the future, elections to the board of directors, bylaws, and more!

It’s from 7: 00 to 8:30 PM, at the Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1425 NE Dekum St. Use the west entrance and come upstairs to room 202.

See you there!