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Making Political Impacts
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“The secret to influencing folks
is num bers and c o n siste n c y .”
Alexander added.
Leaders at Center for Intercul
tural Organizing are attributing most
of their successes this year to a
similar grass roots campaign.
The group’s public policy direc
tor, Andrew Riley, says this year
they brought down over 300 people
to Salem.
Some of their victories included a
tuition equity bill calling for in-state
tuition for all Oregon high-school
graduates regardless of immigration
status; a repeal of state’s preemp
tion on inclusionary zoning, now
allowing developers to consider af
fordable housing during new devel
opment; and a law which prohibits
discrimination in housing against
Section 8 voucher holders.
“What took this place this ses
sion shows the power immigrants,
refugees, and people of color have
is growing in Oregon,” says Kayse
Jama, the Center for Intercultural
Organizing ’ s chief executive officer.
A law that would have furthered
accountability when it comes to
profiling did not pass this session.
Jama, however, remains hopeful.
“This new generation is working
together, and organizing as a team,
so I think we will be able to continue
to convince elected officials they
need to take a look at these issues,”
he says.
The next Legislative session in
Oregon begins in February, 2014.
cent sheen allude to the culture of
big oil. The planters are planted with
native species and receive water
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run-off from the adjacent private
Arts has named.
property. All of the water then flows
Dekomstruction was designed by through a downspout onto an up
artists Buster Simpson and Peg ended oil barrel that quite literally
Butler at the intersection of North “beats” the drum on rainy days.
east Dekum and Durham, adjacent
The project was initiated by the
to the Breakside Brewery.
Portland Bureau of Environmental
Twenty halved oil barrel planters Services as a part of their Sustain
stenciled with the names of depleted able Stormwater “green street” pro
oil fields and painted with an irides- gram to address stormwater man
agement issues. The bureau worked
with city transportation officials to
help with bike parking to give the
project an aesthetic and augmented
conceptual twist, and then turned
to the Regional Arts & Culture Coun-
cil, w hich hired artists Buster
Simpson and Peg Butler.
The overall project budget was
nearly $60,000. Funding came from
agrantfrom the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency with additional
funds from all of the other partners.
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