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Sisters' April E-Voice: A Day for Kids, a New Event, Movements for Human Rights
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Little folks playing in the Kids' Play Area
Happy Spring, Friend!
 
We hope you're enjoying the occassional sun-breaks amidst the downpours. Lots of exciting things are happening down here at Sisters - we even need your help to name our new event, read on to learn more!
 

A Very Special Day in the Cafe - Kids' Day!

 On Tuesday March 23rd the Cafe Team hosted a Kid’s Day. Our goal for this event was to dedicate a day for young ones to play, learn, eat, and of course, to laugh. Members of the Kitchen Team created a special Kids' Day menu that adults would also enjoy!

Members of the Cafe staff set up games and activities and games in the Personalist Center and kids played Pin the Tail on the Donkey, colored, and created items with play-dough.

We know that the little ones who joined us on this special day had loads of fun (if you need proof - check out the picture above!). To help support Kids Day and other special meal days in the cafe, please donate to Sisters. Thank you!
 
Max Rameau
Celebrate Nonviolence and Economic Human Rights with Sisters
 
This year, we are deepening our commitment to both nonviolence and economic human rights by inaugurating a new event - a celebration of Nonviolence and Economic Human Rights.
 
At the event, we're especially excited to introduce a new award which will be given annually to a person or group working for economic human rights for all, using nonviolence as a guiding principle and practice. Named after and inspired by Sisters’ visionary Co-Founder, Genny Nelson, the first annual Genevieve Nelson Nonviolence and Economic Human Rights Award will be given to - who else? - Genny Nelson herself! Please join us! You can register for the event and buy tickets by contacting Lisa Hawash, Development Manager.

We are also thrilled to bring Max Rameau (see the picture above) of Take Back the Land as keynote speaker for our inaugural celebration!  Based in Miami, and inspiring and uplifting the global community, Max and Take Back the Land have worked with steadfast focus to:
“house and feed people; assert our right to control the land in our community to benefit the people; and build a new society - one that is based in the concept of the village and where people relate to each other with love and respect.”
 
Make a donation today to be a part of our new event.  With your help, we can ensure this event sustains the important work of Sisters, just as Hoedown did. Gifts of any level are greatly appreciated. For information about sponsoring the event, click here!  Donations of $250 or more come with 2 free tickets to the event.

Event Details
  • Saturday, September 18th, 6:30 - 8:30pm, reception following
  • At the Eliot Center (at the Sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church of Portland, 1211 SW Main)
  • Contact Lisa Hawash, Development Manager (503.222.5694 ext.14) to purchase tickets. Ticket price - $5 - $100
→ So what's the name of the event you ask? Good question - that's where you come in! Until April 14th, we're accepting suggestions for a name. Everyone who submits a suggestion will receive 2 free meal coupons, and the lucky winner will receive 2 free tickets to this amazing event. Please email your suggestions to Monica@sistersoftheroad.org. Thank you!
 
WRAP j20 Action 2010
Sisters' Systemic Change Team is Mixing it Up!
Nonviolent Community
Organizing Focuses on Root Causes
 
In order to better support our core mission of nonviolent community organizing, Sisters Of The Road will discontinue mail, hygiene, and public phone access as of June 1 (we will continue to take phone messages for our customers).  This was not an easy decision to make, but the reality is that the amount of time and energy that go into providing direct services like mail and diapers directly hinders our efforts to change the system that makes these services necessary.
 
We believe that the best place for people to receive mail is in their own homes. We believe the best use of our resources is to change the systems that create homelessness in the first place. The time and energy that are freed by these changes will be used to:
  • Identify, train, and mobilize leaders in our community of people with experience of homelessness and poverty
  • Train and empower community members to use new media and technology to tell their stories.
  • Teach the principles of nonviolent community organizing to our community.
  • Fight for health care and housing for all.
  • Fight to protect the rights of ALL Portland's citizens.
We invite you to join us in building a vibrant cross-class movement working to affect real change.  For more information, email Devin  or call her at 503-222-5694 x16, and keep checking our website for updates.
 
March to Fulfill the Dream
Historic march and caravan led by poor people goes from New Orleans to the U.S Social Forum in Detroit

On April 4th, 2010, the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, poor people and their allies joined with the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) to advance Dr. King’s dream of ending poverty.
 
The March to Fulfill the Dream will visit dozens of cities between New Orleans and Detroit, the site of the US Social Forum 2010, to highlight the urgent need for affordable housing and healthcare in the United States. Continuing the legacy of Dr. King’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign (which was cut short by his assassination), the tour is part of a larger strategy to unite poor people’s groups and their allies from across the country to build a diverse, nonviolent movement to end poverty.

“Dr. King’s dream is as relevant today as it was during his lifetime. More people than ever before are living in poverty surrounded by an unprecedented concentration of wealth and abundance. We are organizing to finally realize the dream of racial equality and economic justice in the United States,” said Viola Washington of New Orleans, a Katrina survivor with the New Orleans Welfare Rights Organization, a PPEHRC member group.

To see the March to Fulfill the Dream Route, click here or on the picture above. To read more about the March, click here. To learn more about PPEHRC, and their radical, nonviolent work for economic human rights, visit their website at www.economichumanrights.org.
 
CLF's 2010 Regional Livability Summit
Coalition for a Livable Future Presents
the 8th Annual Regional Livability Summit
 
Sisters Of The Road is proud to sponsor this year's Regional Livability Summit. Sisters has a long history of involvment with the Coalition for Livable Future and this Summit, and we are happy to sponsor the 8th annual event.
 
The Summit provides community leaders, advocates, government staff, elected officials, students, teachers and the multi-faceted Portland-Vancouver public an important opportunity to propel the notion of "what it takes to get the results we want... results on equity, on sustainability, on prosperity".
 
At the Summit, we will celebrate our collective progress, engage in initiatives that are underway, identify where we are falling short, debate new strategies and strengthen the relationships we need to achieve our goal of improving the health of the Earth and all of us who live here. As part of the 2010 Summit, we are co-promoting events hosted by partner organizations as part of our Equity Action Days.  For more information about the Summit and to register online (open April 1st) please visit, http://clfuture.org/events.
 
We hope to see you there!
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Check out the Shop Sisters page. We have Sisters' onesies, tote bags, bike (or bumper) stickers & lots more.  Show the world how much you love Sisters!
 
While you're in the shopping mood - head over to Bolt Fabric Boutique on April 16th and to Jennifer Wells Design on  April 29th. These lovely folks (and others) are holding special benefits for Sisters this month. A big "Thank You" to them all!
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sisters was part of the hard work to pass measures 66 & 67 which are protecting key social services for our community. Check out this article from The Nation about the successful campaign.
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