First Unitarian Church

Igal was a volunteer and core contributor for a large number of projects and groups in the Portland tech scene. He helped create Calagator, our community calendar, and became one of its core maintainers. He coordinated a number of user groups for several years, including pdxruby, pdxfunc, and pdxdevops. He was one of the founding committee members for Open Source Bridge, spending long nights to develop our OpenConferenceWare software in time to launch the conference. He hosted some of the most enlightening and entertaining BarCamp Portland and WhereCampPDX sessions on topics like Trains!, Strange Maps, Things that Hover, and more. He was also a skilled photographer and friend to all cats.

We have set up koshevoy.net to help our community celebrate Igal’s life. Please share memories, photos or words of remembrance, and read what others have shared. We have also created a Facebook page, and on Twitter we request that you use the hashtag #igalko or his twitter handle @igalko.

Title: Earth Day for All and the Challenge of Inequity: A Free Public Talk by Ron Sims, One of the Nation’s Foremost Leaders on Sustainability and Racial Justice

Who: Ron Sims, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

When: Friday, April 23, 10:30–11:45am

Where: First Unitarian Church 1011 Southwest 12th Avenue Portland, OR 97205

Registration: Space limited, free registration is encouraged. To register, please email [email protected] with your name and the names and emails of any attendees. The first 150 registrants will receive a free Regional Equity Atlas.

Highlights: Ron Sims will be in Portland for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day to share his vision and wisdom on how to work toward a “just sustainability.” Sims has long championed an inclusive vision of sustainability, and in 2009, President Obama appointed him to the second most senior position at HUD, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sims is nationally recognized for his work on transportation, climate, health care reform and urban development.

This event is part of the Coalition for a Livable Future’s 2010 Regional Livability Summit

Real Wealth in Our Communities is Found Within Us – Our Skills, Resources, and Relationships

Join Us! Monday, March 16th 7-9pm as we explore Real Wealth here in Portland.

· Get involved with a project or organization aligned with your passions, come hear what others are doing.

· Make new connections with people and/or other groups, this is the networking place to be.

· Share your vision of an action, project or organization with others who can help as your vision becomes a reality.

Our evening will include an update on a project to map our city’s existing real wealth activities (We need your help to extend this work! See http://dontworry.wikidot.com/relatedorgs for a start to one aspect of this project)

Community Commons – Exploring the Real Wealth in Portland

Monday, March 16th 7-9pm with social time to follow

First Unitarian Church – 1011 SW 12th – Buchan Reception Room

Enter through alleyway on 12th between Main & Salmon

www.realwealthpdx.com [email protected]

[Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1514201/ ] Jobs with Justice and a growing coalition of organizations are planning a Town Hall on the Economic Crisis. Come hear about how we got into this economic crisis as well as have presentations and discussions about our vision and concrete plans for getting out. We will hear from panelists with experience and expertise and we’ll have discussions in which we will pool our own experiences and strategies on different aspects of the crisis and solutions. We would appreciate hearing about your ideas and fight-back strategies as we continue our planning process.