The event is complimentary and open to the public with time designated for business networking.

Keny-Guyer has been involved extensively in civic matters over the past 30 years working to eliminate poverty, promote cross-cultural understanding, invest in youth, protect the environment, and promote civil rights.

After graduating from Stanford, she spent several years involved in community development in Indonesian villages. She then earned a masters degree in Public Health in Hawaii, worked in Hawaiian nonprofits and the Hawaii legislature. She also operated an international exchange organization in California.

Keny-Guyer and her husband, Neal, moved into the Mt. Tabor neighborhood in 1994 when Neal became the head of Mercy Corps. While Alissa has volunteered for Mercy Corps around the world, more than 90% of her professional and volunteer time has been devoted to the community where she and Neal have raised their three children.

Over the past 17 years, she has worked with hundreds of parents, neighbors, and decision makers at the city, county, state, and federal level to invest in early childhood, public education, and healthy neighborhoods.

Most recently, Keny-Guyer was sworn in as State Representative for House District 46. She was appointed to fill the seat formerly held by Representative Ben Cannon. She is currently running for reelection.

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The original post is titled State Representative Alissa Keny-Guyer to address East Portland Chamber on May 16 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

She is running to succeed Jefferson Smith, a Portland mayoral candidate. If elected, she reportedly would become the first Latino to win a seat in the Oregon House.

Jessica was born in a small town in Indiana, the oldest of three girls. Her father worked in the steel industry and her mother a homemaker. Her interest in public service started at an early age. Her grandfather was a Democratic Block Captain and her mother helped found the Concerned Latinos of East Chicago. She turned her upbringing into action while still in high school and college with leadership roles in student government and Latino organizations.

Jessica moved to Oregon in her 20s after visiting relatives in the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband moved to East Portland where she became involved in a number of volunteer roles as a leader in the Sierra Club, a natural area crew leader with the Friends of Trees and a volunteer with the Bus Project. Currently, she is a board member of the Hazelwood Neighborhood Association and a member of the Eastside Egg Co-op at Zenger Farms.

She is running on a platform to build a sustainable economy with high wage jobs, strengthen the public education system and fight for equity in Oregon.

Professionally she has had a career in the computer industry having worked for both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies.

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The original post is titled State House Candidate Jessica Vega Pederson to address East Portland Chamber on April 18 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

Scope of Work

• Work to increase community members’ involvement with our Dreamer School project at Alder Elementary School
• Responsible for recruiting, the coordination of training, supporting and placing long term volunteers, specifically mentors, at Alder Elementary, to make long term impacts as an integral caring adult in the lives of one of our kindergarten – 5th grade Dreamers
• Increase partnerships and our visibility and involvement in the communities where we work.
• Understand East County
• Maintain and establish on-going and long-term relationships with community organizations, neighborhood associations, universities, volunteer councils and service centers
• Support long-term mentor volunteer positions at Alder Elementary
• Create outreach materials, make community presentations, and attend community events

This position will work with the Program Director.

Preferred Qualifications

• Energetic and outgoing
• Able to multi-task and work with a diverse population while recognizing the organization’s stakeholders
• Flexible and collaborative
• Able to build relationships
• Self-motivated
• Possess strong written and verbal skills
• Able to work in a large group with different needs independently
• Experience using Microsoft, database creation
• Able to develop and implement trainings and workshops
• Strong and innovative recruitment and presentation experience and ideas

Consideration

Hourly stipend with potential recruitment bonus.

To apply

Please send proposal letter and resume to merette.bartles@ihaveadreamoregon.org or

“I Have a Dream” Foundation – Oregon

Volunteer Outreach Contractor

2916 NE Alberta St, Ste D

Portland, OR 97211

Review of applications will begin April 9^th.   Please indicate in your cover letter how you heard about the position.

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The original post is titled Available Position – I Have a Dream Oregon , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

College Access Coordinator

The College Access Coordinator will provide a range of support for our Dreamers to gain access and admission to college. The Coordinator is responsible for assisting in scholarship and financial aid applications, admission and scholarship essay writing support, and academic advising to support the strongest post-secondary options available to Dreamers. This is a part-time position with negotiable compensation depending on experience. Application deadline is Apr 6. See full job description and requirements at http://www.ihaveadreamoregon.org/about-us/employment-opportunities Send cover letter and resume to Merette.bartles@ihaveadreamoregon.org or “I Have a Dream”, College Access Coordinator Position, 2916 NE Alberta St, Ste D, Portland, OR 97211

“I Have a Dream” Foundation – Oregon is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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The original post is titled Available Position – College Access Coordinator , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

We know that housing gives people an opportunity to build better lives. To succeed, you need a place to call home.

City Council will soon be voting on the budget for the next fiscal year, and vital support for housing services is at stake. We need your voice now, while key decisions are being made.

Please take a moment to help save critical public dollars for housing services. Here’s what you do:

• Take a picture of yourself holding the safety net sign (download it here).
• Log into your personal Facebook page.
• Upload your pictures to your page, tag the pictures with your name and include the link to the safety net page.
• Say something about the campaign, such as “Everyone needs a place to call home,” “We are all the Portland safety net,” etc.
• “Like” the safety net page.

Tell a friend, share with a neighbor, send this e-mail around your office. The goal is 1,000 Likes for the Safety Net page, so spread the word.

Thank you for your support!

Nick Sauvie, Executive Director

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The original post is titled Learn how you can become part of the Portland Safety Net , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

The event is complimentary and open to the public with time designated for business networking.

Smith is the third of three Portland mayoral candidates to address the EPCC. In his speech he is expected to address topics of high interest to the East Portland business community. He was born and raised in East Portland, attending Grant High School.

He later attended the University of Oregon before graduating with honors from Harvard Law School. He joined a prestigious law firm in New York City, but within five years left the firm to avoid defending big tobacco and returned to Oregon to launch The Bus Project, a nationally recognized voter registration program that has successfully engaged tens of thousands of voters—especially young people—in the political process.

In 2008, Smith was elected to succeed now-U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, representing East Portland in the Oregon House. He has championed a number of issues, including a water management project, the “Cool Schools” job program, an “economic gardening” plan for homegrown Oregon businesses and an act to curb human trafficking in Oregon.

Smith is known for his hands-on philosophy toward life and issues, having been a cattle-hand in eastern Oregon and a youth basketball coach in Eugene. Today he resides in East Portland with his wife Katy.

The East Portland Chamber’s Government and Economic Affairs Committee is sponsoring this event. For more information about the East Portland Chamber, visit www.eastportlandchamberofcommerce.com.

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The original post is titled Portland mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith to address chamber March 21 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

The event is complimentary and open to the public. This replaces the EPCC’s weekly networking meeting scheduled for that morning. A roundtable format will allow attendees to be alongside the Senator during the dialogue and share progress on issues facing East Portland.

Senator Merkley is expected to discuss a number of issues, including how to get Oregonians back to work, livability, and small business vitality in East Portland. The event will provide local businesses and guests an opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns directly with the US Senator.

“This is a rare opportunity to have Senator Merkley come into our area and address our concerns,” said Judy Leach, East Portland Chamber president. “We look forward to being able to interact with him on a number of vital subjects that impact East Portland, including economic development and job creation.”

Senator Merkley is a native of Oregon and was born in the timber town Myrtle Creek in Douglas County. He grew up and still lives in East Multnomah County and graduated from David Douglas High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a graduate degree in Public Policy at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

He served as speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives before being elected Oregon’s junior U.S. Senator in 2008. In the three years he’s been in office, Senator Merkley has been focused on getting our nation back on track and Oregonians back to work. He has been on the frontlines of debates around health care, financial reform, energy, reforming the Senate and working on solutions to the ongoing housing crisis and will continue fighting for Oregon.

The East Portland Chamber’s Government and Economic Affairs Committee is sponsoring this event. For more information about the East Portland Chamber, visit www.eastportlandchamberofcommerce.com.

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The original post is titled US Senator Merkley to address chamber Feb 22 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

The event is complimentary and open to the public with time designated for business networking.

Shiprack was elected to the county’s governing body in 2008 and helped lead the implementation of the Multnomah Food Initiative, a countywide food action plan, and a county program to divert mentally ill from jail into treatment. She leads a drive to encourage healthier families and reduce children’s exposure to violence, crime and abuse.

A former instructor at Portland’s Jefferson and Madison high schools, Shiprack studied at Reed College and earned a law degree from the Lewis and Clark Law School. In the early 1980s she served as a Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney.

In 1986, she was elected as a state representative from her southeast Portland neighborhood. She made her mark in the legislature with the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps. After leaving the legislature she created a not-for-profit affordable housing development corporation and has made low-income family assistance a focus ever since.

As a county commissioner, Shiprack co-chairs with Portland Mayor Sam Adams the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC), a partnership of public safety agencies designed to foster cooperation among the many law enforcement and public safety departments within the boundaries of Multnomah County.

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The original post is titled County Commissioner Shiprack to address chamber Feb 15 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

But to get 30-60 new people to WALK into your business? Priceless, as in next-to-free!

That’s the offer available to every member of the East Portland Chamber of Commerce. For almost nothing—simply the cost of coffee and a few finger foods—your company can host an East Portland Chamber of Commerce weekly networking meeting. Your chamber friends will get to see and hear about your place of business as well as meet your staff. You can’t buy this kind of exposure. And you don’t have to when you host a “Good Morning East Portland” networking event.

For details, contact Deborah Higa, chair of the Ambassador Committee, at  higasolutions@gmail.com We still have openings for late spring and summer, but hurry…this opportunity won’t last forever.

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The original post is titled Looking for BIG time exposure at an affordable cost? , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

The first forum, conducted in the Lents neighborhood last fall, yielded three finalists for the downpayment assistance grant drawing.

The next forum will be at David Douglas High School on Wednesday, February 15, from 6 to 8:30 pm. A third forum is scheduled for April.

The forums are open to the public, and is considered an equal housing opportunity. We have heard positive feedback from our community of potential homebuyers, realtors, and lenders alike for these events and are prepared to bring another round of education and resources to our second installment of the forums.

Exhibitors are also being invited to participate in both the February and April forums. Fees range from $100 to  $200 with some complimentary tables for cultural programs and neighborhood associations. Space is limited; tables will be allocated on a first-to-register basis.

For more information, email vivian@rosecdc.org or call 503-788-8052 extension 14.

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The original post is titled Free forums to help potential new home owners in East Portland , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .