Civic Education
Commemorating a century of service by the Multnomah Bar Association. Formerly the MBA 100th Anniversary Community Gift Fund.Created as a means for lawyers to give back to their community, this fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations whose civic and law-related education programs promote civic education or civic engagement. The fund was established in commemoration of the MBA's 100 years of service to the legal profession and community. View a full list of contributors here.
To make a donation to the Civic Education Fund, please donate now or contact Pamela Hubbs at 503.222.3275 or pamela@mbabar.org. Donations may be designated for the Civic Education Fund to increase civic education and participation across a broad spectrum of citizens through grants and special projects or "where most needed" to support the day-to-day operations of the foundation. Gifts may be made In Memoriam or In Honor of a special person or occasion. Gifts of $100 and up will receive mention in the Multnomah Lawyer and on the MBA Web site.
Gifts to the foundation are fully tax-deductible. Tax ID 20-2738888.
Civic Education Video Series
The MBF is working with MetroEast Community Media to develop a series of 2, 5 and 15 minute civic education videos that will be broadcast on cable access stations around the state through an OSU cooperative network. Copies of the videos will be distributed to schools statewide and will be featured on YouTube and the MBA and ProtectOregonCourts Web sites, with links from various educational, civic organizations and news media Web sites. The MBF and the Civic Education Fund will be acknowledged in all promotion and on the videos.This new project focuses on the themes of voter registration and the importance of being an informed voter, civic engagement, calming civil discourse, what goes on in the courthouse, impartial courts, rule of law, the balance of powers and the various kinds of courts and how they fit into public safety. The first videos, "The Courthouse" and "The Court System", are complete and ready for distribution. The video below offers an advance look.
The voting video is currently in pre-production, with content being developed by the MBF and MetroEast in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Portland and Oregon and the Bus Project Foundation. It is slated for a spring 2012 release. Future videos will address civic engagement and calming civil discourse.
The video project is a collaborative effort by the MBF and MetroEast, with the Bus Project, Urban League, League of Women Voters and City Club as partners in developing the video content. MetroEast is creating a look and feel for the shorter videos similar to the MetroEast PSA project the MBF helped fund in 2010. The longer pieces will be centered on location/field production but will share the same stylized graphic elements as the shorter videos.
For more information, contact Pamela Hubbs at 503.222.3275.
