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Martin Luther King Jr.
2018 special edition
January 10, 2018
Promoting Black Male Achievement
Community
driven group
fights for
progress
by Danny Peterson
The Portland Observer
Black Male Achievement,
an organization that runs with-
in the city of Portland’s Office
of Equity and Human Rights,
has been fighting to improve
the life outcomes of black men
and boys since 2014.
Among its many efforts, the
group recently helped push
Portland Police to eliminate the
compiling of lists of suspected
gang members because they
unfairly targeted residents of
color and were not effective in
curtailing crime.
“We’re in the city so the
Portland Police Bureau is part
of the same entity. So we have
a ton of opportunity there,” C.J.
Robbins, Black Male Achieve-
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photo by Danny Peterson/The Portland Observer
C.J. Robbins works to improve life outcomes for black men and boys at Black Male Achievement, a community-driven organization within
the City of Portland’s Office of Equity and Human Rights.