April 21, 2012 - Students support suspended Portland teacher
News Watch: Students support suspended Portland teacher
April 20, 2012 - Is college anti-discrimination policy anti-religion?
Is Vanderbilt’s Anti-Discrimination Policy Actually Anti-Religion, Anti-Free Speech? Institute for Religion and Democracy Washington, DC—A controversial policy forcing campus groups to permit any student to qualify for leadership has caused Vanderbilt University’s Catholic ministry to declare it must leave the campus to remain faithful to its principles. The university’s newly-enforced […]
April 20, 2012 - Oregon Muslim says he was tortured abroad
A Muslim American, Yonas Fikre, has stated that he was taken into custody and tortured. He was interrogated about his activities with an Oregon mosque. He was held under custody for over 100 days. He was arrested in the United Arab Emirates while trying to seek asylum in Sweden. Follow […]
April 19, 2012 - Oregon remembers Holocaust victims
Yom HaShoah- The Day of Remembrance –— “Unto Every Person There Is A Name” – A Reading of Names in Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust By Michelle Bombet Minch , Every year hundreds of Jewish communities around the world perpetuate the memory of the victims of the Holocaust […]
April 19, 2012 - UofP students simulate poverty
University of Portland’s School of Nursing participates in poverty simulation University of Portland Independently Governed Catholic University Nursing students from the University of Portland recently gathered to discover the harsh reality of poverty. Through an intensive one-day program, 146 students participated in a poverty simulation that was designed to the […]
April 19, 2012 - Eugene: Touch the Intouchables…. make a difference
By India Partners, Eugene based global ministry India Partners reveals the plight of the “untouchables” through music, film and artistic expression at its annual spring benefit banquet The Dalit, or “untouchable,” caste in India makes up an invisible majority of the country’s 1.3 billion people. India Partners’ annual spring […]
April 18, 2012 - More details emerge in famed artists Thomas Kinkade's death
News reports of famous inspirational painter Thomas Kinkade’s unexpected death have taken an even more somber note since details emerged that alcoholism was involved as well as other parts of his private life struggles being made public. His work lives on, even in the northwest where two Kinkade-only galleries are […]
April 18, 2012 - How a Haitian girl changed this American woman
By Vera McEwan, Vera’s story provided by Forward Edge International, NW based ministry Testimony from a Forward Edge Team Member who was recently in Haiti: I love Joe Joe’s ice cream from Trader Joe’s. I was looking forward to this creamy treat when I returned home from Haiti. Having been […]
April 17, 2012 - Progress made against Joseph Kony
Medical Teams International helps children in areas brutalized by Joseph Kony By Medical Teams International NW based aid organization One month after launching a campaign to help Ugandan children affected by Nodding Syndrome in areas brutalized by Joseph Kony, Medical Teams International is seeing measurable progress among hundreds of children […]
April 16, 2012 - Titanic: Oregon missionary mention
The Oregonian with the great help of the Oregon Historical Society ran a wonderful piece about Oregon’s ties to the Titanic. One small link is that a famous Oregon missionary daughter was aboard the Titanic. Here is how it appreaed this weekend in the Oregonian. THE OREGONIAN 4-14-12: Some, like […]