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June 14
5-8:30pm
Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza and Main Street
The 11th annual Vision Town Hall will be held at the season opening of the Tuesday Marketplace on June 14th from 5-8:30pm at the Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza and Main Street!
This year’s Town Hall event will feature carnival games, raffle prizes, information and plenty of good old-fashioned fun! Attendees can enjoy all of the festivities of the Tuesday Marketplace including live music, food, crafts, and shopping and take part in interactive and educational activities for the entire family at Town Hall in the plaza!
The Vision Town Hall provides the opportunity to learn more about Hillsboro 2020 Vision projects and programs and give your feedback on what you’d like Hillsboro to accomplish by the year 2020!
The Hillsboro 2020 Vision, Hillsboro’s 20-year community plan, has successfully served as our roadmap for over a decade. With support from Hillsboro citizens and organizations, the Vision has flourished over its first ten years, producing over 100 signature projects including new parks, enhanced after school programs, community gardens, expanded business support and much more.
For more information, visit the Hillsboro 2020 website at www.hillsboro2020.org, or call the City of Hillsboro at (503) 681-6219.
The Oregonian recently ran a story noting that the children of some Intel employees here for training are attending local public schools. Intel subsequently wrote a Letter to the Editor as some elements of The Oregonian’s story were incorrect. Because The Oregonian chose not to print Intel’s entire letter, we want to share it with you here.
The Oregonian recently ran a story regarding the children of Intel employees from Israel attending local schools. The story was incorrect.
Intel’s operations in Oregon comprise our largest and most comprehensive site in the world—a global center of semiconductor research and manufacturing. That’s why we routinely bring in employees from our other sites around the world to learn the latest technology processes. That way they can “copy exactly” that technology when they return to their sites. This is nothing new. We’ve hosted employees and their families from Arizona, New Mexico, Ireland, Israel and other sites in the past. They learn here in Oregon, live in the community, contribute to the economy, often volunteer, and then return to their home site.
Because these training assignments can last anywhere from four months to a year or more, many employees choose to bring their families. This benefit is covered as part of their package for working outside their home location for an extended period of time. Our employees and their families see it as a wonderful chance to explore and grow a deeper understanding of a different part of the United States or the world. The visiting families are all part of the Intel family, and we make it a practice to welcome them with outstretched arms. They have also traditionally been welcomed in the communities and schools where they live during their stay in Oregon.
This year, we have been welcoming employees and their families from Israel. Last year, knowing that many of our Israeli colleagues would be bringing school-age children to Oregon, Intel representatives met with staff at three key schools in Hillsboro and Beaverton in December of 2010 where a significant number of Israeli children would be attending. While those meetings presented an opportunity to advise the schools of what to expect so they could plan ahead, not all of the staff members of schools receiving Israeli children may have received the advance notification. That’s regrettable, and we will strive to do better in creating a full notification strategy in collaboration with the school districts in the future.
We will also continue to reach out to local schools to support their efforts to serve this diverse population. In the coming days we will be connecting with every school receiving Israeli children and asking how we can partner to provide a positive experience for the schools and the children.
Over the past five years, Intel has contributed over $30 million in the local community, heavily focusing our donations to education. We fully expect such contributions and volunteerism will continue this year. We do all this because Intel believes that students everywhere deserve to have the tools they need to be part of the next generation of innovators.
At Intel, we have global operations and colleagues from around the world working hard to make Intel a great company. It is a privilege to host our employees from other sites, and we know we are all richer for the experience.
Sincerely,
Jill Eiland
Intel Northwest Region Corporate Affairs Manager
Wednesday, April 20 at 12pm
Noam Chomsky, one of the world's foremost living philosophers, linguists and cognitive scientists, will discuss Prospects for Peace in the Middle East at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 in the Stoller Center gymnasium on Pacific University's Forest Grove campus. Chomsky's talk, free and open to the public, is presented by the University's Philosophy Department with support from the College of Arts & Sciences. A question and answer session will follow the lecture.
The Stoller Center is located on the north side of campus between Main Street and Sunset Drive. Parking is limited and public transportation is advised. Chomsky is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
Considered one of the fathers of modern linguistics by the academic and scientific communities, Chomsky has authored more than 150 books and received international acclaim as a political dissident. He is the recipient of countless awards, including many honorary degrees from universities around the world.
Media are asked to contact Joe Lang in advance for seating/recording arrangements and assistance in covering the event.
Contact Info: Joe Lang
Director of Media Relations, Pacific University
jlang@pacificu.edu
Black Label Films, a wedding and commitment ceremony cinematography studio based in Portland, Oregon, has officially opened its doors for business. Its website was launched on March 1, 2011. Black Label serves couples in the Pacific Northwest and is a boutique studio specializing in offbeat, non-traditional, and ethnic celebrations. Creative Director Karyn Reohr is also the studio’s primary cinematographer, which shoots exclusively on Canon HDSLR cameras. Extremely passionate for her craft, she has studied under some of the bestHDSLR event shooters in the world, and brings positive energy and a nodrama attitude to every event she is involved in. “My challenge is to tell a compelling story of the couple’s day using moving imagery and sound. At the same time we use careful color grading to achieve sometimes a highly stylized look, depending on the clients’ personalities and event theme,” Karyn says of her filmmaking style. At this time, Black Label Film is accepting bookings for 2012. A few spots still remain in 2011. Only a handful of bookings are accepted every year in order to give each client an exclusive level of attention and service. For more information, visit www.blacklabelfilms.co
Traditional camp fun and activities, along with life lessons specific for today’s teens: the art of making friends, the secret of social interactions, personal responsibility and the value of service. Both fun and challenging, this program provides teens with a comprehensive toolbox to both manage their own emotions and stress as well as dynamically navigate through adolescence. The program broadens teens’ vision of the world and provides practical knowledge and skills they need to realize their highest potential. Independent research has also shown that the processes learned on YES! reduce anger, violence and depression, as well as improve focus, clarity of mind and concentration. Download the flyer here!
We're all working hard to create a diverse staff with the resulting benefits to our customers, but we may not have the time, tools, or access to create programs and training opportunities that truly engage and inspire our co-workers. I hope you, your members and staff can attend Diversity Summit 2011: Maximize the Power of a Changing Workforce on Friday, April 15, at the Oregon Convention Center, hosted by PGE.
The event features two internationally known keynote speakers: Robert Kennedy Jr., a defender of economic and environmental justice and Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning actress and activist for the deaf community. We've also assembled more than 25 experts and thought leaders who will share their innovative approaches to diversity during 14 breakout sessions.
This is the fifth diversity summit PGE has organized during the last decade, and the feedback we received from past summit attendees, including business, government and nonprofit leaders, has been overwhelmingly positive. Participants will walk away with new ideas and strategies for integrating diversity and cultural inclusivity into their business plans with the goal of building a stronger, more competitive organization.
We're pleased that many of the region’s most respected organizations are joining us in supporting this summit focused on workplace diversity, including Daimler Trucks North America, Portland Business Journal, Port of Portland, U.S. Bank, Kaiser Permanente, Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services, Stoel Rives, Wells Fargo, Bonneville Power Administration, NW Natural, Pacific Power and Tonkon Torp.
This summit is a unique opportunity for your leadership team and employees to spend a day with others in the community to share their thoughts and ideas on how to advance and recognize the value of diversity in the workplace and the community. On behalf of all the summit sponsors, I ask that you consider sharing information about Diversity Summit 2011 with your colleagues, members and employees and encourage them to attend. I have attached the Summit program, which includes the agenda and breakout session descriptions. You can find more information and register online at PortlandGeneral.com/DiversitySummit. |
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