Welcome to Portland Old Port’s monthly blog – Community Corner the October 2022 Edition! We will be using this space to highlight ways to connect to your fellow community members through giving back, volunteer work, mutual aid, and more!
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October 8th
Latinx Heritage Celebration / Celebración de la Herencia Hispana
Join the Friends of Congress Square Park for a celebration of Latinx Heritage Month in Congress Square Park! Food by Yardie Ting and La Fritanga! Afromexican Blues music by Alejandro Graciano! Cuban coffee-making demonstration! And more! Free and open to all.
¡Está invitado a celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana en Congress Square Park! Tendremos comida local de Yardie Ting y La Fritanga, además de música en vivo por parte del cantautor de blues afromexicano Alejandro Graciano. Esperamos verle. Gratuito y abierto a todos.
October 25th
Alpha Legal Foundation Quarterly Connection – Fall 2022
Alpha Legal Foundation has partnered with Peer2Peer to provide a night of community networking with a particular focus on networking among and between attorneys of color and the broader legal community. Hosted by Pierce Atwood, this will be an opportunity to convene attorneys, legal professionals, and law school students to celebrate and nurture diversity in the legal profession. Light refreshments provided by Oga Suya, a new Portland eatery serving Nigerian BBQ! They ask that all attendees be fully vaccinated.
October 13
Oxbow FUNDRAGER for Maine Family Planning and Planned Parenthood
Join us at Oxbow Blending & Bottling for a FUNDRAGER to raise money for Maine Family Planning and Planned Parenthood to support abortion access in Maine. The evening will feature the triumphant return of BOOMBAZI, Portland’s premier party band of the 2000’s. BOOMBAZI will be reuniting after nearly a decade to perform a one-night-only show featuring the music of Rage Against the Machine. Tickets to this event are limited and available on a pay-what-you-can price scale. 100% of ticket sales will be donated to Maine Family Planning and Planned Parenthood.
October 06
Inside Wayside: Annual Celebration & FUNdraiser
In the third running of this event, you will sip on wine and beer while listening to the music of String Tide and sample some delicious and creative hors d’oeuvres made right in the Wayside kitchen, with the help of local, professional guest chefs. Join them on a warehouse tour to learn about the innovative and award-winning work they do fighting hunger and strengthening our community. Already know Wayside? Check out some exciting changes in their facility, catch up with old friends, and make some new ones.
October 5
Charter Commission Proposals, Citizen Referenda Questions: Understanding What Will Be On The Ballot
Be an informed voter! The November ballot for Portland voters will include 8 recommendations from the Charter Commission and 5 citizen referenda proposals. Many of us want to better understand what we will be deciding and the implications of these proposals and questions.
Councilor Andrew Zarro (District 4) will explain the various proposals and questions that YOU will be voting on in the next elections. Join virtually to learn about these ballot questions and ask your own questions.
The sample ballot containing the citizen initiatives can be found here.
The Charter Commission proposals can be found here.
A fiscal impact memo prepared by the Interim City Manager can be found here.
Alternatively, the following document contains the supplemental language for the citizen initiatives and the full texts of the Charter Commission proposals here.
October 6
Coffee, Cake, and Conversation
At a time of heightened racial tensions and deep socio-political divisions, American Blacks and Jews are being threatened, harassed, and even murdered in alarming numbers. It is more important than ever for the Black and Jewish communities to build mutual support networks and form a united front to fight the perils around us. Unfortunately, however, Black-Jewish ties have not been tended to in recent decades, leading to an undeniable and undeniably worrisome erosion of relations. Repairing those relations will take time, and the time to start is now! In this spirit, you’re invited by the Maine Jewish Museum for three cross-cultural and interracial programs.
October 15
Noyes Family & Friends Scholarship Fundraiser 2022
Get down with Motor Booty Affair while raising funds for Westbrook High School & Westbrook Regional Vocational Center Graduating Seniors.
Thank you! Tune back in for November!
