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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 2004)
august 20. 2004 nTïïTTTTTTTïlne tvs briefs L esbian V ies for L egislature esbian grassroots organizer Jordana Sardo has thrown her hat in the ring as the Free dom Socialist Party’s candidate for House Dis trict 45 on the November ballot. The party elected her at its convention Aug. 12 to challenge Democratic state Rep. Jack ie Dingfelder. The incumbent would have been unchallenged if Sardo had not won ballot status. “Together, we will bring to the electoral arena real solutions to Oregon’s economic crisis that the legislators have avoided,” she said. “While corporations get tax breaks and incentives, work ing folks and retirees are forced to chose between paying for medication or electric bills.” Sardos campaign will fight to shift the tax burden off the backs of workers and small busi nesses and increase taxes on big industries to fund education, health care and social services. She also advocates for creating an elected inde pendent civilian police review board, bringing Jordana Sardo promises “to put the needs of people first” in her campaign for House District 45 home Oregon’s National Guard from Iraq and establishing a 30-hour week with no loss in pay. gram serving runaway youth and their families. was ruled unconstitutional, but it did not have “There’s something dreadfully wrong with She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and enough time to run for state representative, so this picture when union pension funds go up in a master’s degree in theater. earlier this year more than 700 signatures were smoke while criminal corporate CEOs go to jail A working-class, socialist feminist party that gathered to qualify it for House District 45. but continue to receive their salary and a $2 mil organizes with others to change society so it bene “We appreciate all the support which got us lion bonus," she said. fits people instead of profits, the Freedom Social on the ballot,” Sardo said. “It reflects the voters’ Sardo has spent 15 years in grassroots political ists have sought ballot access for four years. In dissatisfaction with the Legislature’s refusal to activism and has defended abortion clinics, worked 2000 they filed to run a candidate but were denied put the needs of people first. We look forward to in coalitions to organize anti-war marches and co by the secretary of state’s office because of a 1905 running an optimistic, no-nonsense campaign founded Bigot Busters to defeat anti-gay ballot election law that barred them from the polls for that will advocate for the rights of all who are measures. Along with thousands of other gay and having a name that is similar to the Socialist Party. left out by major party politics.” lesbian couples, she and her partner wed in March They filed a lawsuit, which garnered support to support the legalization of same-sex marriage. from unions, civil rights activists, the Socialist For more information or to get involved in the Sardo has lived in Portland all her life and Party and the Center for Constitutional Rights. campaign, call 503-267-2975 or e-mail for 13 years has worked for a social service pro- The party won the case when the election law fsphd45@hotmail. com. P rospective P arents I nvited to L earn A bout I nsemination O tephanie Brill, midwife and co-author of The O Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Preg nancy and Birth, is coming to Portland for the Midwifery Alliance of North America confer ence from Oct. 14 to 17. While in town, she will teach a public work shop on the ins and outs of conception for prospective parents in the sexual minorities community. The session will cover available methods of conception; options for acquiring sperm; fertility tracking and enhancement; arrangements and contracts between parents, co-parents and donors; and the legal and health considerations involved in conception. Partici pants will be able to write a parenting vision; create a plan and a timeline; prepare written contracts with known donors and co-parents; assess the legal and health risks they are willing to undertake; review the emotional impact of the cycle of insemination; determine whether they have enough support available to them; ascertain what, if any, interventions with tradi tional health care are needed in their situation; and estimate the costs of their endeavor. The workshop will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 at the DoubleTree Hotel Jantzen Beach, 909 N. Hayden Island Drive. The fee is $65. 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