Street Roots • April 15-21,2016
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mental and physical, due to the stress and
anxiety of their situation. As a case manager for
a non-profit mental health clinic, I have seen
the appreciation and gratitude of program
outreach. It was much easier for me to go to
them then for them to come to the clinic. I
would also increase public housing and create
7,000-plus low-income housing and traditional
housing units. Bridge Meadows is a great
model. These efforts may even decrease the
needed fund amount of police and fire bureaus.
With the $5 million left, I would increase the
manpower and operation of the Fire Bureau.
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I would spend $2 million on the fire bureau,
$4 million for social services, $3 million on the
police bureau, and $1 million on the parks
bureau.
This painting, “29 July 2015” by Gabriel Liston,
from the first day of the Shell Otl/Fennica protest
includes Chloe Eudaly’s favorite bridge and her
favorite thing about Portland: “our spirit of
creative resistance.”
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Make one promise to the city’s people of color that you will deliver
■ on if elected. Street Roots will check on its status every year.
LANITA DUKE
As the Director of Grassroot News, NW, I
am longtime reporter and video producer. I
have a deep understanding of the issues
facing the city and have forged relationships
with citizens across geographical districts.
My videos have tackled issues such as teen
interaction with police, curbing teen
pregnancy, low-income housing, Alzheimer’s
disease, low m ath scores of city schools, job
skills training and more. I will continue to be
a voice for the voiceless to
provide hope to the
hopeless.
utilizing public dollars or receiving incentives
from the city.
AMANDA FRITZ
DAVID MORRISON
cell
towers out of neighborhoods,
especially schools. There are
two cell towers right next to
Boise Elliot gramm ar school
that are frying the kids inside.
I would retrofit the building to
protect the kids.
I w ill w o r k to k e e p
I will testify that the
slights we face are not “all
in your head.”
SHANNON ESTABROOK
I will see everyone as
equal, as I do in my
classroom. It is my “clean
STEVE NOVICK
slate” policy. We ALL
I will work with my
continue to learn from our This sketch was submitted by
Suzanne Stahl. “I love goats,
bureaus to ensure that in
differences. We are every
and have eight in my yard!” she
recruiting for city jobs and
color now. We all have
says.
varied backgrounds now.
seeking input on city
We ARE ONE. Please DO
projects, we make an extra
check on my tolerance
effort to reach people of color in as many
status each year, should I win. I’m still
languages as possible. We have taken steps
learning too.
restructure our outreach on PBOT projects
Just one promise to address the ongoing
effects of historic and institutionalized racism
in one of the whitest cities in the country?
I’ve got three: I promise to seek out, value
and honor the input of communities of color
in all aspects of my work on council. I
promise to advocate for transparent citywide
goals around diversity, equity and inclusion
for all city spending, hiring and
programming. I promise to fight further
displacement of communities of color in all
current and future urban renewal areas, by
insisting on rigorous anti-displacement
measures, and requiring community benefit
agreements (to be crafted by the
communities involved) from all developers
I would declare a state of emergency
regarding the academic achievement gap in
education. In Oregon, children of color and
low-income students consistently fall far
behind their white, middle-class counterparts
on key educational metrics. A 2013 study by
the secretary of state shows achievement gaps
are significant and consistent in Oregon with a
notable effect on workforce preparedness for
underserved populations.
“If the state fails in the effort to close the
achievement gap, long-term workforce
availability could be compromised, and that
could impact Oregon’s ability to attract and
retain quality jobs,” the report states.
I will create study groups at kitchen tables,
in parks, community centers, trailer parks,
apartment building - everywhere to encourage
students to increase their study time to close
this gap.
MICHAEL DURROW
Provide resources so they can plan, prepare
and connect to the right people and resources.
SHANNON ESTABROOK
I will seek out and consider input from
communities of color before m a k in g
im portant decisions. This promise includes
hiring/retaining people of color in the
staffing of my office and bureaus, to provide
opportunities, direct input, and leadership
on the actions of the government that
belongs to all Portlanders.
MICHAEL DURROW
CHLOE EUDALY
How will you ensure young people of color will succeed in Portland?
LANITA DUKE
FRED STEWART
with the help of my East Portland liaison,
Andrea Valderrama.
ANN SANDERSON
I won’t lie to you.
SUZANNE STAHL
Improve the relationship between PPOC
and police. Can’t be done? I have already
seen good dialogue at Race Talks. I will
promote Race Talks, school meetings, and
community forums that incorporate the
police community.
FRED STEWART.
I will lower the level of violence in the
black community in the" City of Portland.
Each candidate was asked to select a local artist - professional or
amateur - to draw his or her favorite thing about Portland. Their
submissions are on Pages 8-10.
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All young people should be provided with:
Free tuition at ALL community colleges in the
Portland area. ALL
students. Free bus passes
on TriMeL Opportunities
for employment and
reduced rent. Free child
care.
recreation and SUN (Schools Uniting
Neighborhoods) programs in Parks; by
continuing to encourage police reform so that
all Portlanders are treated with respect and
everyone is safe in their neighborhood; by
supporting the Diverse Civic Leadership and
East Portland Action Plan initiatives within
the Office of Neighborhood Involvement; and
by employing people of varied backgrounds in
my office and in my bureaus. Young people
need internships, apprenticeships and
volunteer leadership opportunities to enter
the pipeline to success. I will also continue to
champion the Future Connect scholarships
with Portland Community College. No one
person can “ensure” that youth succeed. We
are all responsible for the success of every
young person.
DAVID MORRISON
I think the best way is to make sure that all
schools get the same funding and are of the
same caliber. Get the military out of the
STEM program. If they want to even live to
see a future, we are going to have to get
wireless (microwave radiation) out of the
schools and replaced with more reliable, safe
cabled connections.
STEVE NOVICK
By working to improve
transportation
infrastructure in east
Portland, where many of
our people of color live,
so t h a t th e y c a n g e t to
jo b s o r s c h o o l e v e n i f
CHLOE EUDALY
T h is is a n o th e r
they don’t have cars. By
working to ensure that
the city itself employs
young people of color.
By carefully monitoring
city bureaus (including
but not limited to the
police bureau) to guard
against discriminatory
conduct
co m p lic a te d q u e stio n w ith
n o sin g le a d e q u a te answ er.
Lack of economic
opportunity and
Shannon Estabrook says a woman drew
affordable housing,
this sketch o f the candidate in 5 minutes
combined with gross
during an iPad class downtown. “A
inequities in our
miracle, ” Estabrook says.
educational system, and
generations of racism
and discrimination mean that most young
ANN SANDERSON
people of color will face multiple challenges
The same way I would on any big,
and barriers to success. While the city, county
important problem: Listening to the people
and state must work together to develop long
who are affected by the problem. Working
term strategies for these bigger systemic
with people throughout the community.
issues, we can still take smaller and more
Looking at what works in other communities
immediate steps to not just helping youth, but
in the United States and internationally and
presenting our communities with ways in
then adapting those solutions to the needs of
which they can step up and help create the
Portland.
welcoming and inclusive communities youth
SUZANNE STAHL
need and deserve through community
Gang activity is on the rise because gangs
partnerships. After all, this is not a
provide a sense of belonging to our youth.
shortcoming on the part of the youth or
More after-school activities need to be created
communities of color; this a failure of our
and fostered, more youth need to be involved
larger society to guarantee equal rights and
with successful STEM programs, and more
opportunities to all people.
community centers need to be built and
One great example of the kind of
remain open after hours a weekends (times
partnership I’m talking about is the Boise
when many parents are working). These
Youth Business Unity Project, where students
activities will show there are better and
from Jefferson and Rosemary Anderson high
healthier ways to get that sense of belonging.
schools are matched with area businesses for
paid summer internships. Youth learn valuable
job skills while building wider connections in
their local communities. Local businesses
have a chance to give back to communities
they do business in by investing in area youth.
AMANDA FRITZ
I will help foster success for young people
of color through programs in my assigned
bureaus, and by being a role model as
someone who is not a white male on the
council. For instance, by providing healthy
FRED STEWART
First off, I will be an example of a black
person in Portland who loves his hometown.
I will ensure that black people in Portland
feel like they are included in the future of
Portland. We will see more relationships with
the black business-owner community and we
will learn more about how much black people
have contributed to Portland under my tenure
as a City Commissioner.
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