Seattle Library Seeks Public Input on Options for Improving Library Services. Citywide community meeting set for public's ideas on programs

Portland's church-led 11:45 initiative is growing: adding four more congregations and volunteer staff. At the same time, the city and county's youth violence prevention efforts have gained new programs and staff.

Despite near freezing temperatures, volunteers were out in droves to participate in last weekend's United Way Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend of Service.

Naaman Yarbrough wins prestigious 2012 Wellnitz award for Sportsmanship placing his players and Self
Enhancement Inc. in spotlight

Black Americans need and deserve real economic change. And the way forward is through investment in entrepreneurship and technology. That was part of the powerful message delivered Jan 16, by Mike Green, the Keynote Speaker at The Skanner Foundation's 26th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.

During the month of January, a "Freedom Riders, Fighters & Writers Exhibit" created by Roosevelt High School students in partnership with University of Portland students and in collaboration with the traveling PBS "Freedom Riders" exhibit, will be installed for public viewing at many Portland locations, including:

The Occupy Movement cites Dr. King and the civil rights movement as their inspiration. We asked Portlanders, "Is nonviolence essential to achieve social change?

Going through a rough patch in life, writer Leon McCoy was inspired to improve his life – and wrote a book about it. Here the author speaks about how the book came about and how it can help others heal from past tragedies.

The Connected program, which in 2011 sought to bring 100 men out to a major gang hotspot every Friday night as a way to build positive relationships with young people, is branching out.

Latay Hammick, 13, promotes the need for donors as she herself faces a blood disorder. Give patients like Latay a fighting chance; donate with the Red Cross and join the Be The Match and Donate Life Northwest registries.