The Sustainable Oregon Schools Initiative is Partnering with CDSG to bring three speakers to PSU to discuss sustainability in Oregon public schools.

Kevin Downing of Oregon DEQ discusses the impacts & opportunites of school bus fuel and emisions.

Scott Bricker of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance on no-fuel & low-fuel option for school transportation.

Dave Cone of Gresham Barlow School District on methods for achieving energy efficiency in school buildings.

Tom Greco, author of Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender, will be speaking about the theory and practice of community currencies. The REd and Black is located at 400 SE 12th avenue at Oak

Muhammed Yunus, Founder of the Grameen bank and Microlending pioneer will be speaking about his new book, Creating a World Without Poverty. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, The Bagdad Thetre, and the Crystal Ballroom, and are $26. There will be a gathering of students after the talk to discuss and socialize.

The First Annual International Community Development Fund Dinner. Proceeds to be used to defray the costs associated with an undergraduate research and relationship-building excursion to Nicaragua. See the attached flier! icdf.buffet.sponsor.form.2.pdf

When: Thursday, May 24th 2007 from 6:00 pm –9:00pm

Where: Sydney’s Café (1800 NW 16th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209)

This Event Features:

Silent Auction

No-Host Wine and Microbrew Bar

Buffet Dinner of Central American cuisine created by Head Chef Berkeley Braden

Presentation by Richard L. White, PhD.

Cost of Attendance: $21 per person payable on arrival. (checks payable to ‘PSU Foundation – ICDF’)

You are invited to a student workshop to preview the Coalition for a Livable Future’s Regional Equity Atlas

What: Regional Equity Atlas Workshop for Students

When: Friday, May 18th from 10am-Noon

Where: Smith Center Rm 229 (next to the mutli-cultural center)

Who: Students!

Why: The Coalition for a Livable Future has already had policy maker forums and is beginning a series of community forum, now is our chance as students to take a look at this amazing resource and to inform strategies for building greater equity in our region. To learn more about the Regional Equity Atlas please visit: http://www.clfuture.org/projects/atlas/index_html

This event is FREE and open to all students, it is first come first serve and admission is limited to 30. Please RSVP directly to Allison Adcox at allison@clfuture.org

12pm - 3pm in SMSU rooms 296 & 298

Come check out local and national organizations and businesses that relate to the Community Development field!

Schmooze and hob-knob your way through an array of booths and tables of information and opportunities!

The Community Development Student Group is excited to be partnering with Americorps to present the following workshop series:

A workshop series highlighting initiatives to integrate sustainable / green design into affordable housing developments and provide the public with equal access to healthy environments. *These events are free and open to the public.

Join Us Every Wednesday in March from 6:00-7:30 pm Portland State University

*Location: Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327*

Limited Space - Please RSVP: greenerfuture@hotmail.com For directions or more information: greenerfuture@hotmail.com or (503) 823-7395

workshopflyerfinal_1.pdf

REACH Community Development

Office of Sustainable Development

Green Communities

Macdonald Environmental Planning

Environmental Justice Action Group

Coalition for a Livable Future

Brian Carleton from Carleton Hart Architecture

Verde

A lecture by C.T. Lawrence Butler on the subject of Formal Consensus, a decision making process designed to empower organizations to make inclusive decisions in a non-violent way based on their values and mission. Over the next two days, the 21st and 22nd, C.T. will be leading a workshop developed to train attendees become teachers of Formal Consensus themselves.

Smith Ballroom, Time t.b.d.

10am-4pm in the 2nd Floor Gallery of the Center for Urban & Public Affairs.

Light refreshments will be provided.

All are welcome to attend this free event!

Download the flyer here...

12pm - 3pm in SMSU rooms 296 & 298

Come check out local and national organizations and businesses that relate to the Community Development field!

Schmooze and hob-knob your way through an array of booths and tables of information and opportunities!

Learn more about the results of the CD Fair in resources.

CDSG invites you to attend The Milagro Beanfield War, showing at 5th Ave Cinemas April 21st-22nd, 7 & 9:30pm and Sunday, April 23rd at 6pm!

The PSU Community Development Student Group will host the Portland Development Commission on Monday, February 27th at 6:45 - 8:45pm. Food and beverages will be served. We are being asked for our input to help shape PDC’s priorites.

As part of the City’s 2006-07 budget process, the Portland Development Commission (PDC) is asking PSU students and faculty to help provide Valuable input into PDC’s budget priorities and the Proposed Budget.

PDC commissioners and/or staff will come to the gathering to provide an overview on the current budget process, draft budgets for each of the City’s eleven Urban Renewal Areas, and priority survey forms that guests will be asked to complete. Following the events, PDC staff will compile these forms and share results with PDC’s citizen Board of Commissioners and Directors. This input will be considered, along with input from City Commissioners, PDC Commissioners and PDC’s six urban renewal citizen advisory committees in the prioritization of projects and programs for housing, jobs, parks, transportation and redevelopment.