Communicating Across Language Barriers

In response to the positive feedback from the first session, Our United Villages Community Outreach is happy to announce another workshop on Communicating Across Language Barriers: Understanding Accents. The workshop will be presented by Judith Wild, a visiting professor at Portland State University, Lewis and Clark College and the Northwest Film and Video Center with 30 years of ESL teaching experience. The workshop will include:

• VIDEOS: Watch and listen to people speak English with accents from around the world.
  
• PRACTICE: Discuss the elements of speech in various languages and practice tuning your ear to understand accents.
  
• INFORMATION: Learn specific characteristics and speech patterns for Russian, Mexican Spanish, Vietnamese, and Mandarin Chinese speakers.
  
• DISCUSSION: Share experiences and identify solutions to increase your awareness of and ability to understand accents.

Click Here to learn more about this and other workshops.
Or RSVP at info@ourunitedvillages.org.

Woodshop Wonders

ReFind Education cordially invites you to participate in one of our woodshop workshops! Learn a new skill, hone an old one, have some fun, meet some people, and bring something home! Here's what's happening in November:

Teen Woodshop Workshop : Learn about working with reclaimed wood and practice using tools such as the bandsaw, sander, drill and more. During the workshop complete a small woodworking project to take home.
Monday November 10th, 1-4pm
Sliding Scale $10-$30 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
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Table Building Techniques : Build a small side table from salvaged wood in this three day workshop. Learn how to make a useful and simple furniture piece with few materials and connections. The class will focus on the use of hand tools and the bandsaw, while learning a simple joinery connection.
Wed Nov 12, 6:30-8pm, Sat Nov 15 and Sun Nov 16, 12-5pm
$75 Instructed by Randi Selleck
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Call early to reserve your place. See the full ReFind Education schedule on our website, http://www.rebuildingcenter.org/education.htm.

Small Space : Big Impact

Jeffrey Gantert and Brad Bloom of Portland Garden Cottages went above and beyond the call of reuse with these amazing cottages located in Upper Albina. The ReBuilding Center is proud to be a resource for local builders and designers looking for innovative solutions to reuse challenges.

Gantert and Bloom built these two 364sq.ft. cottages almost entirely of salvaged materials.

You can find out more about Gantert and Bloom on their website, http://portlandgardencottages.com/Portland-Garden-Cottages.

Better yet, follow their lead and discover new ways to reuse the materials you love. The Rebuilding Center sees many creative reuse projects all the time and we are happy to share these ideas with you. Just stop by the warehouse and check out our ReUse Idea Board. Not only will you be making a positive impact on local economy and environment, you will also recieve a 10% off coupon for your next purchase when you bring or send us a picture of your ReUse project.

See you soon!

Big Barns

The Deconstruction crews are finishing up one big job! Take a look at the pictures below to see how we hand dismantle buildings--from roof to floor boards! Check it out!