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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 11 June 2020

SEI President and CEO Tony Hopson, Sr. (photo via LinkedIn)

Alberta Alive! will deliver 52 affordable apartments across multiple sites along NE Alberta Street with an emphasis on providing housing for those displaced by gentrification, veterans, and artists

voting rights

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 09 June 2020

Featuring Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign Rev. Barber, and labor activist and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, the rally calls for swift action from Congress to secure the vote

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 08 June 2020

Rasheedah Thomas

The organization is laser-focused on defeating Trump in November by creating a historic voter turnout

Details: Written by Sarah Wexler, Office of Governor Kate Brown; Published: 05 June 2020

Two people embrace as protesters demonstrate in and around Pioneer Square in Portland, on Tuesday evening, June 2, 2020 as protests continued for a sixth night in Portland, demonstrating against the death of George Floyd. (Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian via AP)

Learn about how to get involved with local organizations that have been fighting for decades for racial justice.

Pine State Biscuits

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 04 June 2020

On Sunday, June 7, the owners of Pine State Biscuits are donating all of their profits to the NAACP and ACLU from all five of their locations.

Details: Written by Nate McCoy, Executive Director, NAMC-Oregon; Published: 04 June 2020

All of us at NAMC-Oregon are angered and deeply saddened by the police murder of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and the countless other deaths in the Black community

Details: Written by Derrick Johnson, NAACP; Published: 04 June 2020

At 12:45 p.m. PT today, the NAACP is asking for everyone to take a moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 03 June 2020

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

The lawsuit’s lead plaintiff, Jared Goyette, a journalist covering the demonstrations, was shot in the face with a rubber bullet

Ellen Rosenblum

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 03 June 2020

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum

People of Color Caucus released policy recommendations yesterday pertaining to police accountability

Details: Written by Nataki Garrett, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Published: 03 June 2020

Nataki Garrett, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

#BlackLivesMatter at OSF and we will not remain silent

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