Pilliod
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the chairwoman, Portland State
University member and likely Pil
liod-supporter Miriam Gonzales
would not clearly state her opin
ion. Western Oregon University
representative Gregg Magnus said
it was too early in the process to
take a firm stance on the issue. In
contrast, Oregon Institute of
Technology representative Ben
Haines said while he didn’t know
enough about the issue to take an
immediate position, he’d talked to
several board members who were
seeking Pilliod’s removal from
the chair.
Eastern Oregon University repre
sentative Mike Freese said several
members were considering sus
pending OSA bylaws and taking a
vote on the recall at Saturday’s
meeting instead of waiting a month.
He added that he’d also heard talk
of impeaching Pilliod, which would
remove her entirely from the OSA.
Several issues have been
brought up by Burns and bandied
about by OSA members. First, at a
Democratic rally in October at the
University, Pilliod clearly identi
fied herself as ASUO president be
fore the crowd of several thousand
University students and commu
nity members.
“As far as Rachel as a person, I
really like her, but I’m not sure if
that rally was a good idea in her po
sition,” Freese said.
Article I of the OSA bylaws states
that the organization cannot “par
ticipate in or intervene in any polit
ical campaign on behalf of any can
didate for public office.” Board
members may interpret Pilliod’s ap
pearance at the October rally as
taking part in a political campaign,
even though she has participated in
get-out-the-vote events for both Re
publicans and Democrats through
out the year.
Secondly, Pilliod and ASUO
State Affairs Director Adam Petkun
were both present at a December
OSA hiring committee meeting, in
spite of rules which stipulate that
only one member from each
school can make up the hiring
committee. However, Article III,
Section 4 of the bylaws allows the
chair to act as a non-voting mem
ber of any OSA committee except
the Executive Committee. Pilliod
left the meeting early and there
fore didn’t vote.
Finally, Burns said Pilliod
changed the location and
date of an OSA board meeting with
out giving 10 days notice, which
stopped several members from at
tending and is a violation of Article
V, Section B of the bylaws.
“It was a simple mistake, but her
intentions were good,” McNeill said.
Bums said she can’t stand by and
let Pilliod break any more rules.
“There’s little things that have
just added up. I think Rachel is an
incredible woman, but I’m not
there to be her friend — I’m here to
be her colleague.”
Contact the news editor
atbrookreinhard@dailyemerald.com.
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University law Professor Barbara
Aldave, who will speak at the event,
said that under the 1997 Adoption
and Safe Families Act, state agen
cies can terminate parental rights
of an inmate and put the child
up for adoption if the child has
been in foster care for more than
15 months.
Aldave has spent time working
to assist mothers in such situa
tions and helped start Project
Link-Up, a program to develop ed
ucational resources that will help
incarcerated mothers learn how
to legally fight for the custody of
their children.
“The ultimate goal of Project
Link-Up is to have law students
work directly with women prison
ers to inform them of their rights
and help them gain knowledge of
the law and of custody hearings,”
Aldave said.
Carole Pope, another speaker at
the symposium and founder of Our
New Beginnings, a nonprofit organ
ization that helps women released
from prison adjust to their new
lives, said most inmate moms are
unaware of child custody and adop
tion laws.
“For incarcerated women,
knowledge is power. So if we can
give them information on how to
participate in the legal process and
custody hearings, we can help
them be the kind of moms they
need to be,” Pope said.
Pope has been fighting for the
rights of incarcerated women since
her release from prison more than
23 years ago. She is currently
working with professors and stu
dents at the University Law Center
as a Project Link-Up leader.
“Nobody has ever given these
women a break or the support they
need,” Pope said. “A lot of people
think these women are throw
aways, but I understand them.”
Joan Palmateer, superintendent
of the Coffee Creek Correctional
Facility, supports Project Link-Up
"The ultimate goal of
Project Link-Up is to
have law students work
directly with women
prisoners to inform
them of their rights
and help them gain
knowledge of the law"
Barbara Aldave
law professor
and thinks that breaking up fami
lies may increase the cycle of crime
in Oregon communities.
“We have learned that criminali
ty is a generational issue,” Palma
teer said. “It is no longer okay to
turn inmates into better citizens —
we have to send them out to be bet
ter parents, otherwise the criminali
ty continues.”
Andrew Black is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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