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HRC S pends
N early $515,000
on
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in
O regon
o defeat anti-gay ballot measures, get out
the vote in targeted states and elect fair-
minded officials to federal offices, the Human
Rights Campaign and the H RC Political Action
Committee spent more than $6.5 million dollars
nationwide in the 2004 cycle. HRC and H RC’s
FAC spent close to $515,000 in election-related
activities in Oregon alone.
“To win equality we must aggressively fund it
and fight for it,” HRC president Cheryl Jacques
said. “Oregonians not only have a major role in
deciding the outcome of the presidential elec
tion, hut they will also he called upon to reject
unequal treatment in their constitution. We’re
doing our part to help ensure both votes come
out on the side of equality.”
As of Nov. 2, H RC and H RC’s PAC spent at
least $514,987 in Oregon:
• $314,500 to defeat Ballot Measure 36.
• $158,582 to get out the vote among queer
voters and H RC members in Oregon.
• $36,000 in donations directly to candi
dates in Oregon for federal offices and the Ore
gon Democratic Party.
• $5,905 to distribute the H RC Scorecard to
members in the state and advertise in Just Out to
get out the vote.
“We greatly appreciate HRC stepping up in
a critical moment with additional support for
the No on Constitutional Amendment 36 cam
paign in Oregon,” campaign manager Aisling
Coghlan said. “H RC and its Oregon members
have been with us from the start. Their addi
tional contribution in the final stretch provides
us. with critical funds to get our message out to
undecided voters about the real effects of this
amendment.”
T
G rants A im to F urther
V oter P articipation
O
regon’s leading social change foundation,
McKenzie River G athering, recently
awarded $8,000 in small grants to groups that
have taken on special initiatives to educate
and mobilize voters, and to build coalitions in
response to issues that are dividing the com
munity such as the struggle over marriage
equality and land use policies. The grantees
are:
• Asian Pacific American Network of Ore
gon: $800 for voter education in Asian and
Pacific Islander communities on the issue of
same-sex marriage.
• Brother to Brother: $1,000 for voter edu
cation within the African American communi
ty on the issue of same-sex marriage.
• Korean American Citizens League:
$1,000 for production of a Korean language ver
sion of the Oregon voters’ guide.
• Latino Network: $1,000 for voter educa
tion in the Latino community on the issue of
same-sex marriage.
• Northwest Veterans for Peace: $ 1,000 for
the Critical Response tour of Oregon universi-
ty campuses, which is focused on ending vio
lence and registering voters.
• Rural Organizing Project: $2,000 for pro
duction and distribution of the democracy voter
guides to ROP’s member groups across the state.
“Regardless of the outcome of this election,
activists from around the state are empowering
the communities they work in by helping a
broader sector of the community engage in the
political process, by involving voters in critical
issues and creating dialogue,” executive director
Marjory Hamann said.
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n honor of Domestic Violence Awareness
Month, Lisa Schroeder, chef and owner of
Mother’s Bistro and Mama Mia Trattoria, host
ed a forum of domestic violence survivors
Oct. 26. The event kicked off a celebration of
Bradley-Angle House’s 30th anniversary and
brought together past and current supporters of
the organization.
Schroeder, founding member of Bridges of
Hope: Businesswomen Against Domestic Vio
lence, spoke passionately about her experience
as a survivor of domestic violence when she was
a young wife and mother.
“I was lucky.. .to get away,” she said. She told
the audience she felt it was her duty to tell her
story now.
Several other prominent community leaders
spoke during the presentation. Oregonian
columnist S. Renee Mitchell performed a song
she wrote about her
experience
being
emotionally and ver
bally abused by a for
mer husband.
“You don’t have
to hit me, to hurt
me,” she sang.
Bradley-Angle
House founder Bon
nie Tinker spoke
about her experience
in the 1970s when
she
was verbally and
S. Renee Mitchell
physically abused by
a female partner.
“We were there to save ourselves,” said Tin
ker of the women who started Bradley-Angle.
“We were survivors.”
Chiquita Rollins, Multnomah County
domestic violence coordinator, said 50 percent
of violent crime in the county is related to
domestic violence. Jennifer Crosby, a board
member at Bradley-Angle and a domestic vio
lence survivor, urged the audience to continue
to break the silence about the prevalence of
domestic violence and its impact on women and
children.
The next session of volunteer training at
Bradley-Angle begins in January.
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