Week of 5/2/11-5/8/11

* Bertha Ferran, constituent and former PDC (Portland Development Commission) Commissioner re: Equity and home ownership

* Maggie Finnerty, constituent and Executive Director of the Small Business Legal Clinic,re: budget

* Mayor Adams re: budget

* Read Holocaust victims' names in Pioneer Courthouse Square: Oregon Area Jewish Committee Yom HaShoah program ("Unto Every Person There is a Name")

* Attended Mayor Adams' budget press realease

* Mayor Adams, Julia Meier and Coalition of Communities of Color representatives re: Office of Equity 

* Greeting at Russian-Speaking Youth Leadership Conference

* Mark Jackson, REAP (Reaching and Empowering All People) re: Equity

* Phone call with Dwight Holton, U.S. Attorney General

* Bhutanese community integration class Award Ceremony

* Regular City Council session: Wednesday morning

* Justin Wood, constituent and Government Relations Manager for the Metro Homebuilders Assocation, and HBA members re: backyards spaces and ongoing collaboration

* Stephanie Reynolds, Office of Neighborhood Involvement,subbing for Amalia out on medical leave

* Phone call with Mike Lindberg re: Oregon Food Bank funding

* Office of Human Relations staff meeting

* Commissioner Fish

* Brendan Finn, Commissioner Saltzman's Chief of Staff    

* Big Look Policy/Tax Abatement meeting with Commissioner Fish, Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen, Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury, and others

* Chair Jeff Cogen re: Multnomah County budget

* Jean's Place Luncheon presentation

* Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde - Grand Opening of Portland area office 

* Interview with Jim Redden, the Portland Tribune

* Neighborhood House "Fete Locale" Fundraiser

Dinners with family: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.  Woo hoo!  Way more than the past three weeks combined.  Finally over my cold/illness on Friday.