What is nutritious food? How can it help us? How is it produced? The answers involve biological processes in the soil that are responsible for full spectrum nutrition in our food. These essential processes are necessary for the optimal enzymatic activity in living organisms that brings about hardiness and abundant health in both plants and animals.

Redeemer Lutheran Church, 5431 NE 20th Avenue, 7-9 pm. Please register for this event by email to Ari Rosner.

Join other Portlanders for a unique community forum in which community members will share their experiences working with city council members and use this information to identify the skills and abilities we want and need in our elected city leaders. Click here for more information.

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

Keep Alive The Dream: 27th Anniversary Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Highland Christian Center, 7600 NE Glisan, 11am to 6pm, donation $5.00 or five non-perishable food items.

Renewal of appreciation for the life and work of one of the world’s most renowned citizens. Simulcast on TV and radio: live on PCM Channel 11, tape-delay on Channel 28, live on KBOO Radio 90.7 FM, and streamed on the web. Features local and regional civic and social speakers, artists’ displays, gospel and jazz performers, vendors’ bazaar, food court, and exhibits. Download the flier here.

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!

The Fix-It Fairs are FREE events designed to save you money and connect you to resources. There are two coming to North Portland soon:

January 21st, Rosa Parks Elementary School, and
February 25th, Jefferson High School, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Workshops and exhibits:

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Check out their official web site and Facebook page.

Effective January 1st, Oregon updated its cell phone law. You must use a hands-free accessory if you use a mobile telecommunications device while driving, or risk citation. For details, look here.

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.

We need a funddraising coordinator. Is it you? We have some fantastic fundraising ideas to generate the money we need to cover WFM costs. We have ideas, and are open to more, but need someone to spearhead this. Please contact us if you have any interest.
Thanks – Sandra, Jake, Deepak & Wren

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.

From all of us at Woodlawn Neighborhood Association, we wish you happiness and peace this season and throughout the New Year!