#community programs

There's an urgent call to action for the Multnomah Arts Center. That I've linked below.

Apparently on Thursday, Councilor Steve Novick submitted amendment #45 to the City’s budget, to PERMANENTLY close the Multnomah Arts Center as of September 1, 2025.

Multnomah Arts Center is a non-profit organization that hosts a variety of arts and crafts lessons for people of all ages and serves as a home to some of our local craft guilds. They also host a variety of free to access art programs in the summer.

They need comments from folks in city limits by TOMORROW 5/21/2025 to convince the city council to vote no on that amendment.

Key Features of Dementia Villages:

Safe, enclosed layouts with monitored exits Familiar daily activities (shopping, dining, social clubs) Carers dressed as civilians to reduce stigma Themed apartments matching residents’ lifestyles

Would you like to see more of this type of program? Would you volunteer or work in a program like this?

Could this type of program be adapted and applied to other disorders or needs?

It's subtle, but when you look at some of the things they give like dry beans and canned beans and veg and things like canned salmon and veryuch raw ingredients they are assuming someone is home often enough to prepare these things when in reality many families requiring food banks are often in the American Welfare Gap where they make too much for food stamps and too little to buy groceries on their own, or they are disabled so there is likely already a limitation on howuch they van physically or mentally handle.

They imply it with how most require you to come early and wait in line sometimes a few hours, as if you don't have anywhere else to be.

They imply it with how little they give you for a month allotment, implying you have time to go elsewhere or to figure something else out.

I know there are some that are faster, with more good variety, or give you ample amount or let you come back more often, but many do not.

Community:

Library: We'll have cookies.

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