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
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