by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 28, 2012 | Community, Community Service, Fundraising, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Southwest Weekly Oregonain, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
(Photo: Pui Sparks) Among those participating in the first Run/Walk for the White Oak Savanna were three of the Browne siblings: (from left) Helen, Drue and Fulton. Their dad, Michael Browne, won the 5K run and their mom, April, won her age and gender category in the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 20, 2012 | Community Service, Fundraising, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
(David Houston) Michaela Houston, a West Linn resident, is organizing an “Artists Creating a Better World — Mother’s Day Celebration” sale to benefit the nonprofit ChristieCare from 11 a .m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at Holy Names Heritage...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 24, 2012 | Community, Community Service, Fundraising, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, SW Weekly, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
Roberta Schwarz hopes the April 7 fundraising race to benefit West Linn’s White Oak Savanna natural park becomes an annual event. “What really makes me happy is people really liking and using this park,” Schwarz says. (Photo: Cornelia...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 15, 2012 | Culture, Faith and Culture, Huffington Post, Justice, Live the Questions
At last month’s Justice Conference in Portland, Ore., Shane Claiborne, a Christian activist for nonviolence and service to the poor, shared a story of his outreach visit to Iraq during the war. “We were having a birthday party for a 13-year-old girl when...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 14, 2012 | Justice, Live the Questions, Multnomah University, Muse magazine - Multnomah University, Youth, Youth Ministry
Students from Multnomah University, where I teach, are presenting the Isaiah Project to bring the dark reality of human-trafficking to light. They are inviting area high school youth groups to the Wednesday March 14 event, which is being held at 7 p.m. at Central...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 11, 2012 | Christianity, Church, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Justice, Muse magazine - Multnomah University
I had the opportunity to attend The Justice Conference held at the Oregon Convention Center at the end of February, and was able to bring two Multnomah University student journalists with me who are writing about the conference for Muse. During the two-day event, I...