Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The Multnomah County Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC) has launched a Spanish-language section of the Office of Citizen Involvement website, with the aim of informing the Latino community about the county’s programs and services, as well as encouraging and empowering residents to become more civically engaged. Not merely [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day) summed up the short session of the 2012 Oregon Legislature in a few words. The Republican state senator called the two-month session “34 days of hell.” Ferrioli and his Democratic counterpart Diane Rosenbaum (D-Portland), speaking at a City Club luncheon at the Governor [...]
Alberto Moreno Community columnist The problem with the story of us is that it is written by other hands. Told by other tongues. But the true story of us is only breathed by our asbestos-filled lungs, shaped only by our bruised and calloused hands. The story of us is portaged only, on our bending, bowing [...]
Can a new model for development bring health, wealth, and equity to a neighborhood? Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Bucking a system that skews to the lowest bidder, the powerful, and the well-connected, the Let Us Build Cully Park! project is envisioned not only as an opportunity to bring a park to [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — TriMet may soon ask you to drop a few more coins into the box to pay for your rides to work and back. In addition to that pocket change, some fairly serious numbers are under discussion at TriMet — the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon. It’s [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Milwaukie, OR — The death threat Saúl Reyes Salazar received could not have been more clear. In brief it warned, “Mind your own business or we’ll cut your head off at the neck.” That was not the first threat of that nature Reyes had received. The Chihuahua native estimated that [...]
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Ernesto Domínguez, 23, has firsthand knowledge of the types of challenges facing the youth he helps through his work at Cascade AIDS Project, Advocates for Youth, and the Oregon Queer Youth Summit. Domínguez experienced homelessness for nearly a year and a half when his mother kicked him [...]
Erin Rook PQ Monthly Growing up, Jedidiah Chávez didn’t have a lot, but there was always music. His mother, a concert pianist, bartended and waited tables to support her son and provide for his musical education. “She had a jar she would put her tips in, and she would put a couple dollars in another [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Salem, OR — How good was the Oregon Legislature in 2011? If you were to look at the Oregon Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, the answer would be pretty poor. The “report card” was drafted by a coalition of seven organizations that represent minority groups. The coalition considered 23 [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — A spirit of optimism filled the room at the January organizing meeting for Portland’s proposed Mercado Latino. Considering the pros and cons of seven operating procedures for the market, 22 voting members passionately debated the issues before casting their votes. Nathan Teske of Hacienda CDC served as [...]
