AFTER a break last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Japanese Society of Northern Marianas brought back the Japanese Autumn Festival on Saturday evening at the Paseo De Marianas
By: scott.huish in NAMC Oregon December 22, 2020
1:23 pm
New Member Spotlight:
Jeana Woolley
For Jeana Woolley, the opportunity to empower the Black community in Northeast Portland and make it stronger and more economically viable is personal. The longtime community activist and business owner has worked for more than 45 years on a variety of economic development initiatives and projects intended to benefit Northeast Portland, its residents and its business owners.
In 1997, Woolley developed Allen Fremont Plaza, the first affordable housing project ever sponsored by a Black organization in Oregon. She was a founding board member of community development organizations such as Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives Inc. and Albina Community Bank (now Beneficial Bank) that continue to serve the Black and BIPOC communities today.