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The founders of Reimagine Oregon say change was incremental rather than transformative.
By
Julia Silverman
6/29/2021 at 4:33pm
Black Lives Matter protests around Oregon in summer 2020, like this one in Eugene, ignited Reimagine Oregon and its legislative agenda. A year later, they say they ve made some gainsâbut nowhere near enough.
Eleven months ago, the leaders of some of Oregonâs most venerable Black-led organizationsâcommunity groups, activists, nonprofits, and protest leadersâdecided it was time to seize the moment.Â
In the wake of the massive protests over the murder of George Floyd, and with the fresh memory of how quickly emergency funding and policy were passed when COVID hit in spring of 2020, there was, as Urban League of Portland President and CEO Nkenge Harmon Johnson put it, âan opportunity for catalytic change.. Incremental change does not have to be the norm. We can move mountains to make sure that our communities are doing a
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