The Pride Foundation is still ac-
cepting applications for grants.
The maximum, $5,000, is avail-
able for general operating sup-
port for projects that strengthen
the LGBTQ community in pur-
suit of equality. Email
oregon@pridefoundation.org
or call 541- 603-8626.
(CITY)
Fire Alert
CITY COMMISSIONER RANDY LEONARD
HAS NAMED ERIN JANSSENS THE CITY'S
NEW FIRE MARSHALL. SHE IS THE BU-
REAU'S FIRST-EVER FEMALE TOP LEADER.
JANSSENS HAS BEEN WITH THE BUREAU
FOR 24 YEARS. TWENTY YEARS AGO THERE
WERE ONLY FOUR FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS
IN PORTLAND.
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR. SOME
LOCAL AND YOUNG REPUBLI-
CANS ARE STANDING UP FOR
GAY MARRIAGE. "ON THIS IS-
SUE, OUR PARTY FACES A TIME
FOR CHOOSING," BRENDAN
MONAGHAN, A MEMBER OF
THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY, WROTE IN AN
OREGONIAN
COMMENTARY.
"THAT IS WHY OUR GENERATION
MAY NOT FORGIVE OUR PARTY
FOR WHAT THESE DINOSAURS
DO TODAY."
More Community info:
July 2012
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