Portland: Production

Papers are being finalized and production of the magazine will start soon! I am happy to get things rolling with the design of the magazine and placing articles and photos onto pages!

The title of the publication was decided a couple of weeks ago. The class chose: 

The Affecter

Portland: Plan of Attack

Hey all!

So I have two parts in the overall production of the publication we are creating for EN-200.

I am on a team of three researching Govt. v.s. Private food donations/organizations and basic aid, as well as how to get involved, how to find basic aid, and holiday giving trees.

I am also on the design team and am very excited to help put all the components together and see the finished publication through! I already have some layout ideas floating around my head.

I am Bankrupt Without Love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 from the NLT, NIV, and Message Bibles:

Love is Patient

Love is Kind

Love does not Envy (is not Jealous)

Love is not Boastful or Proud

Love is not Rude

Love is not Selfish

Love does not Anger Easily

Love Forgives (keeps no record of wrongs)

Love Rejoices in the Truth

Love never Gives Up

Love always Protects

Love always Trusts…Never loses Faith

Love always Hopes

Love Endures…Love always Perseveres

Love “Never Looks Back but Keeps Going to the End”

To Die For

This last weekend I went to church with my boyfriend and his family. After church we went out to lunch at a little restaurant in Se Portland that is SO good! It is called Pine State Biscuits (http://www.pinestatebiscuits.com/)

If you haven't ever been there, put it on your list of places to eat before you die! (or leave Portland)

I had a biscuit sandwich with fried chicken, an egg, and cheese. WOW! Best fried chicken I have ever tasted and the biscuit comes in second only to the chicken.

I am getting hungry just telling you about it!

(however, this little gem is full of all that stuff we aren't supposed to eat...so maybe just a treat once a year...or a month ;))

Portland: Groups

Today in class we started focusing on what themes/aspects of Homelessness and Poverty that we want to cover or that seems like it would be interesting to research.

The team I am on (Alyssa, Jennika, and myself) will be focusing on the access to basic needs such as food and shelter. Another aspect that a classmate suggested, that ties in and fits with the holidays coming up, is the giving trees that Salvation Army and Angel Tree have for the holidays and what are the "needs" for those.

I believe this will be an interesting aspect to cover and I am excited about the design/layout of the publication as well!

Portland: What's the Question?

Our class was broken up into three teams last class period. One team to read and discuss the statistics from the surveys we took earlier. Another to decide the major themes related to Poverty/Homelessness. Lastly, the team I was on, deciding the question to answer.

"What is the governing question that we want to know?" is what our professor asked us to get our brains moving.

Some different options the group came up with were:

• What were the major factors leading the homeless to where they are today and what keeps them there?
• Is the homeless lifestyle desirable to the individuals involved?
• Does the homeless population affect the citizens surrounding them?
• How much of the crime in Portland is associated to the homeless?
• How does the homeless population effect the economy?

After more discussion on what was we wanted to know and how to incorporate the above questions in our final result, we formed this question:

• How does  poverty/homeless affect Portland and the people of Portland?

Portland: Survey and Stats

The results from the survey are back. On Thursday we will have a final decision for our topic. The results were interesting to look at; statistics are fun to look at and discern in my opinion.

The four main aspects we are looking at, for Sex Trafficking, Poverty/Homelessness,
Street Art, and Education, are:

-Importance to You

-Sense of Urgency

-Affecting Portland

-Personal Knowledge

One of the other groups that was looking at the data suggested that we drop Education from the choice because the people who took the survey may have been confused on the meaning of it. Education could have meant the importance of getting an education and the education system. I thought this was a valid point.