Join us for these two related events!

Thursday Aug 7th from 5:30 - 7:30pm
Sisters Of The Road (133 NW 6th Ave)

Come testify about your experiences with the sit-lie law and/or come to listen!

Sisters’ truth commission will provide a space where concerns and experiences related to the Sit-Lie Law are genuinely listened to and respected. Michael Buonocore, Sisters’ Associate Director, explains, “We lack confidence that the voices of people most affected by this law will be taken seriously during the SAFE public hearing. Therefore, we will have our own forum where people will be heard.”

Testimony from the truth commission will be compiled into a short report that will be delivered to the Street Access for Everyone (SAFE) Oversight Committee during their public hearing to review the effectiveness of the strategy.

SAFE Oversight Committee Public Hearing
Monday August 11, 2008 from 3 - 5pm
At the Community Room, First Unitarian Church. Enter at: 1226 SW Salmon, Portland 97205.

Come protest the Sit-Lie Law with us and/or give testimony during the hearing about why you think this law should be repealed!

Sisters’ Civic Action Group members will be wearing their black CAG tee-shirts so try to wear a black t-shirt in solidarity!

As with anything Sisters is involved with, this is a nonviolent protest. Come speak your truth about the law and let’s do it in a respectful and non-humiliating way!

For more info, please contact Patrick at 503-222-5694 ext. 13 or email Patrick @ sistersoftheroad.org.

Sisters is proud to co-sponsor Hiroshima Day, marking the anniversary of the August, 1945 nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Please join us Wednesday August 6th, 2008, from 6:00-7:00pm at the Japanese American Historical Plaza, Waterfront Park (NW Naito & Couch).

Each year this event, held by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) recalls this history with reflections, music, and a call to action. In doing so, they hope to prevent such a grave mistake from happening again. Please click here and follow the Peace and Security link to learn more about the event and/or the bombings - the Children of the Atomic Bomb website also has important information.

The event features music from Portland Taiko and the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus. Featured speakers are Tom Carpenter, executive director of Hanford Challenge; award-winning poet and Friends of William Stafford board member Paulann Petersen; Dr. Charles Grossman, founding board member or Oregon PSR; Mikio Ohgushi from Dharma Rain Zen Center; Mayor Tom Potter; and Pamela Vergun, contributor/ editor of A Dimly Burning Wick: Memoir from the Ruins of Hiroshima. SGI-USA Buddhists will host a ceremonial shrine to invite attendees to honor victims’ memories throughout the evening.

The cafe will be closed Friday, August 1 - Friday August 8 for its annual deep cleaning and repair. Customers will still be able to get their mail in the Personalist Center 10-3pm on those days.

The office (618 NW Davis St.) will be open 9-5 as usual to accept donations, sell meal coupons, etc. Thank you!

Getcher tickets early!  Join us Friday, October 10th, 2008 from 6:30-10 pm at the Portland Art Museum’s Kridel Ballroom for our biggest fundraiser of the year, a fun live auction and old-timey music fest.

Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck with Casey Driessen and Ben Sollee will be performing. The Casey Neill band will perform as well.

Tickets are $85 for individuals, tables of ten are $850; and a limited number of patron tables are available for $1,300. To buy tickets or a table click here, or contact Monica at (503) 222-5694, ext. 19 or email Monica @ sistersoftheroad.org.

We need your fabulous Live Auction donations. Please contact (503) 222-5694 ext.14 or email Lisa @ sistersoftheroad.org to donate, or if you’d like to volunteer on the Hoedown committee of the day of the event. We are also seeking sponsors for this great event. To get the details about this opportunity, download a PDF by clicking here; or contact Monica.

The Cascade Songwriter’s Collective benefit compilation CD, “Songs for Sisters,” is on sale now for $10 at Artichoke Music, 3130 SE Hawthorne BLVD in Portland, (503) 232-8845; and online for $12.97 at CD Baby, where you can also preview the songs.

100% of the proceeds go to Sisters Of The Road. Thank you Cascade Songwriter’s Collective!

The CD’s songs focus on the themes of homelessness and poverty, and ask listeners to stop, think, and consider these issues in a variety of ways with beautiful and sometimes haunting melodies and lyrics.

The CD was produced by Ken Vigil. All songs were donated by local artists, who include: Ken Vigil, Paul Sanchez, Barb Galloway, Matt Meighan with Deb E. Dee, Dave Mullany, Jim Burke, Tracy Klas, Kathleen Lundquist, and Artichoke Music co-owner Richard Colombo.