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Gary Ann Taylor
Area Residents Deserve
Affordable, Stable Homes
munity is preparing for the con­
struction o f a light rail system.
These neighborhoods are in
various stages o f gentrification
and as rents and housing prices
rise faster than incomes folks are
being forced to leave. This effect
is known as housing displacement.
It is CAT’s mission to mitigate
this displacement.
Our plan is to door knock and
survey four o f the neighborhoods
(4,500 doors) in imminent danger
o f displacem ent. W e hope to
gather information on the destruc­
tive results o f this gentrification
on the residents.
We hope to gain factual infor­
mation that will move us beyond
what some call “anecdotal sto­
ries” to more scientific informa­
tion to support what we already
B y H op H opkins
C omml nity A lliance qf T enants
I’m working for the Commu­
nity Alliance o f Tenants here in
Portland. We are a grassroots
tenant-controlled, tenant-mem­
bership organization.
Our mission is to educate and
empower tenants to demand af­
fordable, stable and safe rental
homes.
I am coordinating to Tenant
Organizing Project which will op­
erate in North and Northeast Port­
land. The neighborhoods where I
will be working are the poorest
and most highly populated by
people o f color in Portland.
These neighborhoods are en­
compassed in what has been des­
ignated as an Urban Renewal
District and a portion of the com-
know.
We hope to identify and help
develop the leadership already
present in the neighborhoods, en­
courage and (with the help o f our
project partners) help residents
buy their homes, help folks get
food if they need it, educate folks
(through Renters Rights forums)
on how gentrification works and
how to resist it, wage a campaign
that highlights the racist and
classist nature o f gentrification.
We know that one project or
one organization will not change
all o f this, however, some o f what
I explained are both short-term
and long-term goals o f this proj ect.
Thanks for the help!
Hop Hopkins
Community Alliance ofTenants
503-460-9702 (work)
Jo Ann Bowman Secures
New Party Endorsement
A sst . P ublisher
Michael Leighton
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Joy Ramos
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D
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Robert Parker
4 7 4 7 N E M a r tin L u th e r K in g,
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lines, organizing and agitating for
justice for all. Her campaign will
draw on a large pool o f volunteers
who trust her dedication and ex­
perience,” says Cecil Prescod,
Portland New Party chair.
Calling herself a “voice for the
voiceless”, Jo Ann Bowman is
recognized for her high profile
opposition to police abuse, man­
datory minimum sentencing and
overrepresentation o f minorities
Portland New Party members
voted unanimously last week to
target volunteers and funds to Jo
A nn B ow m an’s race for the
M ultnomah County Chair.
Bowman, D-Portland, served
three terms as State Representa­
tive from District 19 and eight
years as Staff Assistant to County
Chair Bev Stein. Her opponent is
form er County Com m issioner
Diane Linn.
A tireless advocate for the poor
and minorities, Bowman is well
known and highly regarded by
community activists.
“Jo Ann is always on the front
in the criminal justice system.
She serves as first vice presi­
dent o f the local NAACP, on the
Workers Rights Board o f Jobs
with Justice and as a board mem­
ber o f the Environmental Justice
Action Group.
Bowman’s government back­
ground is seen as a good fit for
the C ounty C h air p o sitio n .
W h eth er a d v o c a tin g
for
Multnomah County at the state
legislature or with the governor’s
office, developing the County’s
Living Wage and Benefit Project,
or negotiating County Sheriff to
City Police transfers, Bowman
has a track record o f collabora­
tive accomplishments within and
between governments.
Jo Ann Bowman was a found­
ing member o f the New Party in
1997 and the first elected official
to sign up with the fledgling politi-
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