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In late January, news came out of the Portland branch of the NAACP that raised eyebrows around the Portland political scene: the chapter’s newly-elected president, James Posey, was attempting to appoint Vadim Mozyrsky as chair of the branch’s Political Affairs committee. Less than a year earlier, Mozyrsky, whose family came to the United States as refugees from Ukraine, had been a candidate for Portland City Council running to the right of sitting Commissioner and former.
Sharon Gary-Smith and Donovan Scribes joined Portland NAACP leadership at what they describe as a turning point in the chapter’s 108-year history. In October 2020, then-president of the Portland NAACP Elbert "E.D." Mondainé stepped down following a board vote for his immediate resignation. A week prior, the Portland Mercury had published a story detailing the stories of three men who alleged that Mondainé sexually and physically abused them when they attended his church, Celebration Tabernacle..