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Come Out for OUR FAMILIES!
We believe all our families have so much in common: we struggle to access
healthy food, quality education, affordable healthcare, and housing.
Our families also face discrimination that prevents us from thriving in our
workplaces and our neighborhoods. As families of color, we experience
unique challenges as we work to keep our homes, our jobs, and our health.
These struggles affect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
families of color in very unique ways. LGBT families of color are part of
the fabric of our community and members of our own families. Unfortunately,
some of our LGBT family members do not feel our community’s full support.
Alliance of Minority Chambers
Asian Pacific Am erican N etw ork of Oregon
Brooks Staffing
Causa Oregon
Center for Intercultural Organizing
Family Care H ealth Plans
Farm w orker Housing Development Corporation
Forward Together
Hispanic M etropolitan Chamber
Latino N etw ork
Latinos Unidos Siempre
Lewis & Clark Law School
Mano a Mano Fam ily Center
Multnomah County H ealth Departm ent
National Indian Child W elfare Association
N ative Am erican Youth and Family Center
Northw est H ealth Foundation
Oregon Action
Oregon Governor’s Office
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste
(PCUN) Oregon’s Farm w orker Union
Portland African Am erican Leadership Forum
Portland Japanese American Citizens League
Portland S ta te University
Urban League of Portland
Western S tates Center
Shadiin Garcia Springfield Public Schools
M arietta Gary-Smith Health Educator.
Multnomah County Health Department
Sharon J. Gary-Smith Executive Director
McKenzie River Gathering Foundation
Shawna Gavin
We believe it’s time to come out
in support of all our families, Join us!
Reyna Lopez. Director of Civic Engagement,
Roy H unter Sampsel
Causa Oregon
Executive Director,
Institute for Tribal Government,
Portland State University
Jason Mak, APANO Board Member
Shane Lopez-Johnston
June Arim a Schumann
APANO Board Member
Lorena Manzo
Ty Schwoefferm an
Aval Louise Gordly
Marleen Ikeda Walingford
Health Equity Organizer,
Urban League of Portland
Lisa Reed Guarnero
Board Member Portland Japanese
Americans Citizen League
Sho Shigeoka
Donna Maxey. Commissioner,
City of Portland Human Rights
Senior Minister, First Umtanan Church
Luis Guerra Former Executive Director.
Causa Oregon
V icki Guinn Marketing Manager.
Family Care Health Plans
Jazz Halfmoon
Emi Hanaw a School Psychologist,
Portland Public Schools
Maileen Hamto
APANO Advisory Board Member
Jo Ann, (Bowman) Hardesty
Donny Adair President. Donny Adair Consulting
Membership Services Representative
Kaiser Permanente
We believe our communities are strongest when all families, extended-
families, multi-generational families, single-parent families and lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender families have the resources,
respect and love they need to thrive.
Lead Organizer. Causa Oregon
• All other organizations listed for affiliation purposes only
Tina Adair
So, in honor of National Coming Out Day, we are coming out as friends
family and public allies of LGBT families of color.
Joe McFerrin II
CEO and Executive Director,
Portland State University
Rev. W illiam Sinkford,
Loretta Smith, Commissioner,
District 2, Multnomah County
Channbunmorl (Chom) Sou.
Jilma Meneses Chief Diversity Officer,
APANO Board Member
Portland State University
Carol Suzuki, APANO Board Member
Andrea Leilanl Miller. Executive Director.
Causa Oregon
Nykke Straws.
Alberto Moreno Executive Director,
Youth Advocacy Manager,
Native American Youth
and Family Center
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
Kart H erinckx Director of Diversity
M att Morton
Lamar Tillm an
Education 8 Support. University of Oregon
Executive Director,
Native American Youth and Family Center
Outreach Coordinator.
Plaoned Parenthood
Columbia Willamette
Levi Herrera-Lopez Executive Director,
Mano a Mano Family Center
Michael Alexander President
and CEO, Urban League of Portland
Thach Nguyen,
Daniel HoSang
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon
(APANO)
Tricia Tillm an Administrator,
Jaim e Arredondo. CAPACES Leadership Institute
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
and Political Science. University of Oregon
Melissa “M im i” Nolledo Chairperson
Eugene/Springfield Asian Council
Solomon Trim ble
Oregon Voices
Pam Phan. Member,
Miki Hunnicut
Asian Pacific American
Network of Oregon (APANO)
Youth Coordinator,
Latinos Unidos Siempre
Rich Iw asakl, Portland Japanese
Lolenzo T. Poe,
David Barrios Native Community Member
Helena Huang Executive Director.
Alescia Blakely
Samuel Brooks.
Chief Executive Officer. Brooks Staffing
Kayse Jama. Executive Director.
Center for Intercultural Organizing
V era Poole. Multnomah County Sherriff
Sheila Warren
Annabelle Jaram illo Commissioner,
Midge Purcell
Cyreena Boston Ashby Portland African
Benton County
M argaret C arter Retired State Senator
Gale Castillo. President.
Roy Jay. Executive Director,
Alliance of Minority Chambers
Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber
Lee Po Cha. Associate Director of IRCO
and Director of IRCO's Asian Family Center, IRCO
Karol Collymore Executive Director,
Equity Foundation
Terry Cross
Gerald Oeloney
Se-ah-dom Edmo Tribal 8 Diversity Outreach,
Lewis 8 Clark College
Roberto Jimenez, Executive Director.
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
J.B. Kim Assistant Dean.
Diversity and Academic Resources.
Lewis 8 Clark Law School
Director of Advocacy and Public Policy,
Urban League of Portland
Pamela Weatherspoon
Guadalupe Quinn
African Amencan AIDS Awareness
Action Alliance (A6)
Mym a-Yvonne Williams
Program Coordinator.
Immigrant Rights Advocacy Program
(Amigos)
Ramon Ramirez. Presidente.
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos
del Noroeste (PCUN)
Oregon's Farmworker Union
Larry Kleinman. Secretary-Treasurer.
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos
del Noroeste (PCUN)
Oregon’s Farmworker Union
Liani Reeves General Counsel,
Office of the Governor
Paul Knauls, Community Leader
Suk Rhee Vice President.
Planning 8 Operations,
Northwest Health Foundation
K alpana Krishnamurthy Policy Director,
City of Portland s Office of Youth
Violence Prevention and Co-Founder
of PFLAG Portland Black Chapter
Forward Together
Susan Leedham Co-president
Portland Japanese American
Citizens League (JACL)
Representative, IBEW
Thomas Le Ngo
Joe Finkbonner Executive Director. NPAIHB
President, Portland Parent Union
Ron Williams. Executive Director,
Oregon Action
A ntoinette Edwards Director.
Keith Edwards. International Business
Cassandra Villanueva
Director of Organizing
and Advocacy,
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Andrae L. Brown. Associate Professor.
American Leadership Forum
V icki Falcon-Vazquez,
Jr., Chief Equity and Diversity Officer,
Portland Public Schools
American Citizens League
Lewis & Clark College
Office of Equity and Inclusion
Equity Specialist.
Bureau of Planning
and Sustainability
M a’Lena Wirths
State Vice President,
Oregon Schools
Employees Association
Jean Yam am oto Co-president.
NAACP Eugene/Springfield
Portland Japanese
Amencan Citizens League
David Rogers Executive Director.
Partnership for Safety and Justice
APANO Board Member
Eric Richardson. President.
Anita Yap
Larry Roper,
Asian Pacific American
Network of Oregon (APANO)
Vice Provost for Student Affairs
Oregon State University
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCRI)
Steve Llanes
Shawn Fleek
Native American Service Coordinator.
McLaren Youth Correctional Facility
Carmen Rubio Executive Director,
Lew Frederick Representative
Jen Lleras Gender Justice Trainer/Organizer
Oregon State Congress
Western States Center
P atti Sakurai APANO Board Member
Frank G arcia Policy Advisor Diversity
Cynthia Lin
and Inclusion Affirmative Action,
Oregon Governor’s Office
Gender Justice Trainer/Organizer
Western States Center
Aimee Santos-Lyons
Maxine Fitzpatrick Executive Director.
Desiree W llliams-Rajee
Latino Network
Diana Ruiz
Gender Justice Director
Western States Center
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