Portland Chapter Leadership Team Meets the First Monday of Every Month at 6:00PM at Oregon Action. 6601 NE MLK
Thanks for your participation in the most recent Portland Chapter Leadership meeting. Our meeting resulted in a number of initiatives and proposals for engaging folks in the Portland Area.
In addition to the statewide health care, jobs and immigration work, Portland leaders are committed to working on the specific issues and task groups below:
Racial Profiling/Police Accountability Task Group
Revisit City Council approved “Plan to Address Racial Profiling” with Mayor Adams and Chief Reece.
Organizing the unemployed initiative
Portland area leaders and staff will conduct surveys of 10% of the 37,000 unemployed in Multnomah County
Foreclosure Task Group
Conduct research and build an analysis on the impact of foreclosures on our community.
Please stay tuned for additional information and meeting dates, times and locations. Our new website will be up and live this week as well with events, meetings and activities for all members, leaders and supporters.
Health Care:
Health Equity
People of Color Health Equity Initiative
Implementing a Robust Health Insurance Exchange
Inclusion of Categorically Ineligible Children in the Health Exchange
Cultural Competency for Health Care Workers
Creation of a State Bank of Oregon
Equal Work for Equal Pay
Increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit
Protecting the Affordable Care Act
Pushing for a Public Option in Oregon
Economic Justice
Creation of a State Bank
Green Jobs Creation and Accountability
Protecting Kids, Elderly and Vulnerable Populations from State Budge Cuts
Ending Unfair and Illegal Foreclosure Practices
Ending the Abuses of Big Bad Banks
Organizing the Unemployed
Immigration
Protecting the 14th Amendment – Birth Right Citizenship
Challenging Media to Drop the “I” Work
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Honorable, Respectful Values and Principles that Lead to a Real Path to Citizenship