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C alendar
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Making Political Impacts
Minority advocates count up legislative successes
by D onovan M. S mith
T he P ortland O bserver
Oregon is one of the least racially
diverse states in the union, but that
has not stopped minorities from
making significant changes in the
I state Legislature this year. Minority
advocates such as the Urban League
of Portland and Portland’s Center
for Intercultural Organizing were
major players in the 2013 session.
The Urban League was either at
the head of or in support of several
major initiatives that took place this
year. Some of those victories in­
cluded a healthcare competency bill
that requires doctors to better un­
derstand special circumstances re­
lated to minority health before diag­
nosing patients, and a natural hair
care law which eased restrictions on
practitioners of chemical-free hair
styling.
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Michael Alexander
Kayse Jama
Michael Alexander who was only more than 100 Urban League sup­
named Urban League Portland’s porters helped kick off the grass
president in November of last year roots effort, Alexander said, and
says the accomplishments came constituents were able to keep up
after a conscious effort by the orga­ the pressure on elected officials to
nization and other civil rights advo­ incite change.
cates.
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