After a week of mixed messages, Derrick Peterson said Wednesday, May 10 that he is officially withdrawing from the race for the Portland Public Schools Board of Education. Peterson updated his campaign website Wednesday, after posting a statement the week prior about his decision to withdraw from the race, then telling a current board member that he planned to stay on the board, if elected. Peterson withdrew after media reported he maintained ties to Christian.
democratic party in georgia. we re going to continue to tell that story, that is that, over the past two years, if you think about what president biden and vice president harris s administrations have done, advancing racial equity, like, think about, and think about all of the bill signings that i ve been able to attend. where everything has an equity lens, creating economic opportunities, and good paying jobs. literally impact of the black community. and investments in the bipartisan infrastructure law, the largest investment on hbcus ever in this country. has come in this administration. so, we have to make sure that we re telling the story, in a real way, and that we do a good job of packaging big policy proposals and ideas, and passing the legislation, but, now it s time we make sure that people really understand how it impacts their everyday life, and what exactly was in all of this transformational registration that the biden ministration has been able to sign into law over the p