Police Accountability, the Legislature and the People: Senator Lew Frederick on the Issues
By Lisa Loving
From the streets to the legislature, there are many fronts in the fight for police accountability. Oregon State Senator Lew Frederick and the Oregon Legislature’s People...
Volunteers sought to support nature patches at local parks
Portland Parks & Recreation and the Bureau of Environmental Services are collaborating at Irving Park to create nature patches and rain gardens that will capture rainwater, foster habitat for wildlife, and add...
Black Trans Lives Matter!
By Margaret Dierdre O'Hartigan
Among signs carried in Portland protests this summer are those reading “Black Trans Lives Matter!” What you may not comprehend, however, are the many ways...
Afro Contemporary Art Class Continues with Social Distancing
The Afro Contemporary Art Class (ACAC) at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School began as an after school initiative that interweaves programming into and between public schools to cultivate confidence, expand...
Once-houseless Native families now have a home in a gentrifying neighborhood
NAYA was successful in renting 51 of 59 new units in Portland to Native households, and a clever financing model made that possible
by Brian Oaster | 26 Aug 2020