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Susan G. Komen Oregon & SW Washington
AFRICAN AMERICAN INITIATIVE –
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
“No longer will I HUSH about my HEALTH”
PORTLAND METRO SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS AND SURVEYS
Breast cancer survivors, patients, relatives of breast cancer patients,
potential benefactors, the community…
08/23/18
St. Johns Portland Library • 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
7510 N Charleston Ave, Portland, OR • Rm Capacity 22
08/24/18
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08/27/18
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08/28/18
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08/30/18
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Meet the African American Initiative Data Collection Team: Angela Owusu-Ansah, Ph.D,
Professor of Doctoral Studies, D. Bora Harris, MPA, Diversity Consultant and Kelvin Hall, Doctoral
Candidate, Community Advocate….REFRESHMENTS AND PRIZES
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more accessible, she backs a campaign
finance proposal that will make it easier
for working class people to raise funds for
public office. The measure will be on the
same November General Election ballot as
her City Council race.
Hardesty likes how the proposal would
work, allowing a $50 donation from an in-
dividual to be matched six times by a City
of Portland election fund, raising the total
to $300, and giving small campaign con-
tributions from individuals more impact so
that regular people running for public of-
fice can have a better shot at winning.
“I believe that will be a game changer,”
she said, adding that she understands how
high-cost campaigns steer people away
from running for office, and explaining
how she was even told she would need to
raise at least $250,000 to even compete in
her election.
“For most people, that is an enormous
hurdle to overcome. I personally don’t
know anybody that has $250,000, so that
was going to be a huge hurdle,” Hardesty
recalled.
Other ways Hardesty wants to make lo-
cal government more accessible is to hold
meetings in different parts of the city, and
during the times when people are getting
off work, rather than the usual 9 a.m. city
council meeting at City Hall on Wednes-
days, downtown, which Hardesty said
must be an inconvenience to many.
The Navy veteran who is originally
from Baltimore, Maryland, is also pushing
for free transportation during rush hour,
two hours in the morning and two hours in
the evening. She hopes this will not only
bolster citizens’ ability to attend local gov-
ernment meetings, but also reduce green-
house gases and alleviate mounting traffic
congestion from the some 45,000 people
who move to Portland each year, Hardesty
said.
“I think once we realize how much more
convenient that’s going to be for people
that work traditional shifts, then we’ll be
able to make the case for why having free
public transportation will have an impact
on climate change and reducing fossil fuels
in the air.”
In addition, Hardesty backs a Clean En-
ergy Fund, also on the ballot in November.
The initiative would tax big businesses one
percent of their sales, if they make a bil-
lion dollars in annual revenue and half of
that is within the city limits. The revenue
would be used to encourage and promote
eco-friendly measures like retro-proofing
old houses to make them more energy ef-
ficient and to train and create jobs in the
green energy field for low income people.
Hardesty backed a steering committee
made up of non-profits representing com-
munities of color that supports the mea-
sure.
The expected $30 million of revenue
generated from the Energy Fund each year
would be managed by a community over-
sight committee, similar to what is in place
for the Portland Children’s Levy, Hardesty
said. She also asked Mayor Ted Wheeler
to assign management of the fund to her
portfolio to supervise and implement, pre-
suming it passes and she is elected.
On the issue of housing and homeless-
ness, Hardesty advocates for hiring home-
less people at minimum wage to clean up
garbage in the city and provide hot meals
and showers to other homeless people
through “mobile units.” The cost would
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