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Administrator o f Purchasing. Un
der Gov. Atiyeh, she served as an
assistant and as the State’s Direc
tor o f Affirmative Action.
Toran received her bachelor’s
degree from the University o f
Portland and M asters o f Social
W ork degree from Portland State
University.
Prior to joining VO A, Toran
was at the Oregon State Office for
Services to Children and Families,
Oregon’s child protective services
agency, where she served as di
rector for six years. She previ
ously held the position o f Oregon ’ s
Use of Force Hearing
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The AMA is hosting four educational meetings to provide the
public with information about the strengths and weaknesses of
the Settlement Agreement, as well as to explain how we can get
involved, including how to take video testimony.
The last 2 public meetings will be held:
Saturday February 8: 2 to 4 PM,
St. Johns Community Center, 8427 N Central St.
Thursday February 13: 6 to 8 PM,
Rosewood Community Center 16126 SE Stark St.
A lbina M inisterial Alliance (AM A) Coalition for Justice and Police Reform
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testimony for the hearing.
In 2012, the U.S. D epartm ent
o f Justice Civil Rights Division
and U.S. A ttorney's Office for
the D istrict o f Oregon reported
on their investigation o f the Port
land Police B ureau’s use o f force,
revealing “a pattern or practice
o f unnecessary or unreasonable
force during interactions with
people who have or are perceived
to have m ental illness.”
The justice departm ent sued
the City o f Portland based on
those findings.
The Hum an Rights C om m is
Sick Leave Ordinance Praised
Portland M ayor Charlie Hales,
while at a W hite House meeting
last T h u rsd ay w ith P resid en t
Obama, Vice President Biden and
C abinet m em bers, said L abor
Secretary Tony Perez highlighted
Portland's paid sick leave ordi
nance as an exam ple o f local
leadership.
“T he secretary sp o tlig h ted
P o rtlan d and th is o rd in an ce,
cham pioned by C om m issioner
A m anda Fritz,” Hales said. “The
secretary said that, at a time when
little is com ing from Congress to
PCRI is bringing out the stars to celebrate our 3rd annual gala.
sion says the process o f form ing
an agreem ent to settle the lawsuit
is a rare opportunity to im prove
police accountability in Portland
and m ake encounters with police
safer for people with m ental ill
ness and to em pow er Portland’s
Police officers to serve m ore
effectively and protect civil rights.
W hile the D O J investigation
did not address use o f force dis
parities based on race, the HRC
also recognizes that m any o f these
same police practices are experi
e n c e d d is p ro p o rtio n a te ly by
people o f color, calling for in
creased attention around use o f
force related to race.
support working fam ilies and to
address- w orsening incom e in
e q u a lity , lo c a l e ff o r ts lik e
Portland's are where progress is
being m ade.”
T he P o rtlan d C ity C ouncil
passed the ordinance in 2013. It
ensures that everyone working
in the Portland can earn sick time
to use when they or a fam ily
m em ber are sick, injured or need
preventative health care.
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