Families have been struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. A provision in the stimulus bill would help by fundamentally changing the child tax credit.
Business leaders say pandemic should propel change, progress
Leaders of Portland-area BIPOC business groups say efforts need to adapt to economy, inequities.
Leaders of BIPOC business groups on Wednesday, Feb. 3, said that lasting progress toward equity requires small but important changes involving not just government but the business community as well.
Nkenge Harmon Johnson of the Urban League of Portland moderated the virtual hour-long discussion, part of a series called State of the Possible hosted by City Club of Portland.
Participants said the state s pandemic economy was K-shaped, meaning that some businesses and people have done well while others have suffered.
Community members renew calls for Mark Shull s resignation January 21 2021
Path for healing exists, but not if commissioner remains a represenative of Clackamas County, say Muslim and LGBTQ residents
A coalition of community members representing metro-area Muslim residents and other marginalized groups held a press conference Thursday afternoon to renew calls for Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull to resign.
Shull who recently came under scrutiny for racist, transphobic, anti-immigrant and Islamophobic statements made on his personal Facebook page has doubled down on some of his comments in recent days. During a Board of County Commissioners meeting Thursday, Jan. 21, Shull incorrectly stated that Muslim people believe in Sharia Law over the U.S. Constitution. His comments followed nearly 45 minutes of public testimony in which community members unleashed scathing calls for his resignation.
This year I have learned to see myself in a different context, which I intend to keep. I am a Salemite and a Portlander. I am Oregonian, and an American. My mother, father, and their parents were born in this country, as were my grandparents, going back generations. My family were kidnapped Africans, then enslaved people forced to work for no compensation to build much of the wealth and infrastructure upon which this nation still relies. Later, my family members were steel workers, letter carriers, law enforcement officials, military veterans, teachers, artists, and more. Regardless of our occupations, we share something in common beyond our family ties: None of us has enjoyed the full rights due to American citizens under the United States Constitution. Those rights are denied to us because of skin color, even in 2020, in a nation that espouses liberty and justice for all.
OHA plans to promote the vaccine and build confidence in it, in a culturally responsive way.
Posted: Dec 17, 2020 9:13 AM
Updated: Dec 17, 2020 9:14 AM
Posted By: KPTV
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) Leading up to the first COVID-19 vaccinations, scientists and doctors have worked to reassure the public that the vaccines are safe and effective, but even after seeing hospital workers get the very first doses in our area Wednesday, some people are still skeptical.
In the flood of comments, our FOX 12 Facebook page gets every day, when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, responses vary from can’t wait to get it to you couldn’t pay me to get it.