Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Nancy Anderson (right) with Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Executive Director Barbara R. Arnwine. On the 45th anniversary of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has honored Microsoft Corporation for excellence in diversity at its 10th Annual A. Leon Higginbotham Award Dinner in New York June 3. . . .

What's happening for you in your city this week? Read here a day-by-day diary of community events to fill your spare time. For a full calendar please click on "Read the complete article" below . . . .

• MLK Blvd. Immunization Clinic Closes
• Urban League Events in June
• Center for Intercultural Organizing Party
• Hair to Home Celebration
• Diversity Fest Seeks Vendors
• Become a Volunteer Emergency Responder

• College Fundraising Event
• Seattle Library Summer Reading
• Tackling Mortgage Problems
• Parks Holds Final Meeting on Delridge Skatepark

Victor Merced, director of the Oregon Housing and Community Services, talks about the importance of affordable green building at the grand opening celebration of the Shaver Green building, 375 NE Shaver St. The apartment building, built to Gold LEED standards, is designed for low-income individuals and families. . . .

A new regional forecast by Greenlight Greater Portland shows that despite a projected loss of 38,500 jobs this year, the region can expect to add 39,500 new residents – including more foreign-born and minority residents than bigger West Coast cities.
The study, called the 2009 Greater Portland Prosperity Index, says the region's 1.6 percent population growth is consistent with Portland-Vancouver's year-over-year increase in the past five years, suggesting that newcomers in general aren't deterred by the decline in jobs. . . .

Some 285 households in Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties, most of whom are families with children, seniors and people with disabilities, will potentially become homeless as of July 1, activists charge. On May 26, the Northwest Oregon Housing Authority sent letters to 285 Section 8 housing assistance voucher recipients stating that as of July 1, they would no longer receive rent assistance. . . .

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Washington State University Vancouver nursing staff and students will hold their fifth annual sports and camp physical exams clinic, 12:30 to 5 p.m. June 17 at Battle Ground High School, 300 W. Main St. in Battle Ground, Wa. Students from any middle school or high school may participate. The cost is $15.

Witness humankind's largest pilgrimage and one man's historic journey of discovery that lasts a lifetime. Journey To Mecca runs next week, June 15-21 only at Pacific Science Center's Eames IMAX Theater. "Journey to Mecca" tells the story of Ibn Battuta (played by Chems Eddine Zinoun), a young scholar who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, traveling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 3,000 miles to the east. Ibn Battuta is besieged by countless obstacles as he makes his way across the North African desert to Mecca. Along the route he meets an unlikely stranger, the Highwayman . . .