The 2015 ACA International Convention will be held in Southern California. Check out their website for updated information as of August 1st.

The annual ACA Picnic will be Saturday, August 23rd from 11am to 5pm. Save the date to bring out your Inner Child to swim, play games, and enjoy each others’ company! It will be potluck style. More details to come as the date becomes closer! The park is located at 8219 NE Glisan St in Portland.

The upcoming speaker meeting entitled Healing from Grief is actually at Legacy Good Samaritan. It is located at 1015 NW 22nd Ave in Portland. It will be in Building two in the auditorium. Thanks to Daveena for the correction!

On Saturday, June 21st the ACA Intergroup will be hosting a Speaker Panel themed Healing from Grief. It will be from 3:30-5:30pm at Legacy Emanuel, Building 2 in the auditorium. Please come and join us! Feel free to bring a dish to pass if you would like. The hospital is located at 1130 NW 22nd Ave in Portland. 

Come fellow travelers and share the joy of the opening of Portland’s Rose Festival!

A group of us Monday night “True Self” peeps are meeting on the east side of the river on the Waterfront where S.E.Salmon street runs into it.

We will be there at 8:15 to picnic and save space for you! Look for Deb, Saska or James because we will be there and want to share fellowship with you. If you can’t find us call or text James: 503-819-9302

Arizona ACA Retreat

The ACA Intergroup in Arizona will be holding a retreat September 5-7, 2014. It will be held at Mingus Mountain. There will be a 4 hour intensive instruction/experiential workshop on “Meeting Toxic Shame with Tender-Hearted Compassion” by Dr. Jon Caldwell. Check out the link to learn more or register! 

The ACA website format was changed and was not completely accessible by smartphone. This site’s format looks like all parts can be viewed from a smartphone, including meeting lists. If you have any feedback or questions, please respond here or send an email to acaoregon@gmail.com.

Hello ACA-ers! The previous post stated that all can vote in ACA elections. That post has been corrected to reflect that ONLY ACA Intergroup members can vote during these elections. If you are interested in doing service by becoming a part of Intergroup, please feel free to stop into one of our meetings. They are the first Monday of every month from 5:30-7:00pm at the Alano Club. We meet in the small room downstairs between the restrooms.

On Monday, May 5th the ACA Intergroup will be having its yearly elections for trusted servants. Intergroup Members – Please come and extend your vote at 5:30pm on Monday, May 5th at the Alano Club. Anyone else interested in seeing what Intergroup is all about – please come join us. We meet in the small room downstairs near the bathrooms. See you then!  **This post has been changed to reflect that only Intergroup Members can vote for elections. If you are interested in becoming a member of Intergroup, please stop into our monthly meeting, every first Monday of the month at 5:30 or send an email to acaoregon@gmail.com.

This is an unofficial announcement that there are a couple of informal, impromptu ACA non sponsored fun events that are planned for this weekend in the local Portland area. Very, very informal and just for the fun of getting out and doing something with people we can feel safe to adventure with.

1st Event: Saturday night 11:59 pm show of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
We’ll meet at 11:30pm outside the Clinton Street Theatre. It is $8.00 to get in and their website has lots of info about it, including directions to it and theatre approved props that can be brought to participate in the fun that goes on while the movie plays. The website is: www.cstpdx.com.

2nd Event: Sunday at 2pm, meet up at Cathedral Park (under the St. John’s Bridge) and we’ll hike across the St. Johns bridge and up into Forest Park. Directions to Cathedral Park from Hwy 30 are to take the St. Johns bridge across the Willamette, take a left at the light, take another immediate left onto N. Alta. Travel down the hill (2 blocks) and take a left again on Willamette. There is parking under the St. John’s bridge on the right. If you want an address to put into the GPS or phone map app, use the Burgerville address of 8671 N. Ivanhoe Street, Portland 97203. It sits on the corner of N. Alta that you’ll want to take to go down the hill to under the bridge.

Thank you to all who came to the recent panel discussion on Boundaries and Bullies, and especially to our presenters Mimi and Roy. They came with funny hats, lots of stories, scientific data, and insights about setting boundaries and Identifying bullying. So many people came together to make this happen – it was truly a team effort! Mimi and Roy recorded the event and will be sending their video to us within the next few weeks. Once the video/audio becomes available, it will be posted here on the ACA site.