Watch the video of the panel discussion on Rights for Working Women: Fairness, Equality, Safety. What still needs to be done in Oregon for women in the workplace?
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February 12 Panel Discussion – video playback
Rights for Working Women
Fairness, Equality, Safety
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 7 – 8:30 PM, Multnomah County Boardroom, 501 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland
MetroEast Video Recording Replay Schedule on Public Access stations
What is the status of working women in the second decade of the 21st Century? What has changed and what progress is still needed? For years, women have asked for equal pay for equal work, help with childcare and family leave, opportunities for jobs and for advancement in fields that men dominate, and safe workplaces, free from discrimination and harassment. Many women—particularly women of color—still face daunting obstacles to equal opportunities. What can be done and what is being done to level the playing field?
These questions and others were addressed by our panel, including:
- Moderator: Emily Evans, Executive Director, Women’s Foundation of Oregon
- Lili Hoag, Political Director, Family Forward of Oregon
- Patricia Weekley, Director of Equity, Inclusion & Sanctuary, Morrison Child and Family Services
- Mari Watanabe, Executive Director, Partners in Diversity, Portland Business Alliance
Unfortunately, Kelly Kupcak, Executive Director, Oregon Tradeswomen, was unable to participate on the panel, due to unsafe travel conditions on February 12.
About our programs
The League of Women Voters Civic Education programs are free and open to the public. Programs are designed to inform our community about relevant issues. Please join us for this discussion, and plan to join us for the next program in this Tuesday evening series.
• March 12, 2019 – Climate Justice: How do the impacts of climate change affect different communities?
MetroEast Community Media records these programs for rebroadcast and online streaming from www.lwvpdx.org. The Carol & Velma Saling Foundation and the Multnomah Bar Foundation provide funding for the recording through grants.
Parking is available on the street. The Multnomah County Board Room at 501 SE Hawthorne is easily accessed by public transportation, TriMet options include bus lines 4, 6, 10, 14, 15, and the Portland Streetcar
Prepare to Vote – 2018 Election Info!
Are you ready to Vote? Find unbiased information on candidates & issues on Vote411.org.
VOTE411.org is an online Voters’ Guide that shows you the candidates and issues on your ballot. It includes everything in our Voters’ Guide and more. There are links to videos of our forums and of talks with the candidates.
Enter your address to find out about the candidates and ballot measures that you will be voting on.
Printed nonpartisan Oregon & Multnomah County Voters’ Guides
Look for copies of the LWV voters’ guides in English and Spanish at all branches of the Multnomah County Library; the Multnomah County Elections Office; New Seasons and other stores; college, university and community college campuses; Gresham City Hall, churches, markets and many other locations.
Click on the links below to view a pdf of the English General Election guides. (Links to the Spanish guides are in the Informacion Electoral post above.)
Nov. 2018 Oregon Voters’ Guide – English
Nov. 2018 Multnomah Voters’ Guide – English
Video Voters’ Guide – recordings of candidate interviews
Click here to watch Video Voters’ Guide recordings of interviews with candidates running for office in Multnomah County. The Video Voters’ Guide recordings also are linked to each candidate on Vote411.org.
The Video Voters’ Guide includes interviews of candidates for U.S. Congress, Governor, the Oregon State Legislature, Circuit Court, and Metro, County and City offices. There are even interviews with the two candidates in the election for Judge of the Circuit Court, 4th District.
Election Forums
Watch the videos of our 2018 General Election forums. (Scroll down and click on the title of each debate in the lists below.) See the schedules for the playbacks on Comcast and Frontier channels by clicking here for the October 2 forum and here for the October 9 forum.
Candidate forums
Portland Commissioner Position 3, Candidate Debate – JoAnn Hardesty vs. Loretta Smith
Multnomah County Auditor Candidate Debate – Scott Learn vs. Jennifer McGuirk (Presented with City Club of Portland)
Ballot measure Forums
Debate on Oregon Measure 103 – Prohibits taxes/fees for groceries
Debate on Measure 26-201 – Portland’s retailer surcharge for clean energy projects
Short on time? Watch key parts of the forums.
Portland Commissioner Position 3: Candidate Answers to 3 Questions + Closing Remarks
Multnomah County Auditor: Opening, Closing and Answers to 2 Questions
Metro Measure 26-199: Opening, Closing, Answers to 3 Questions
Portland Measure 26-201: Opening and Closing
Oregon Measure 103: Opening and Closing
Oregon Measure 102: Explanation
Sponsors for one or more of the Voter Services listed above are: Carol & Velma Saling Foundation, The Wyss Foundation, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, Multnomah Bar Foundation, MetroEast Community Media, Vernier Software and Technology, Neil Kelly Company, Paloma Clothing, the Sara Frewing Fund, and LWV of Portland Education Fund.
please be informed and Vote!
Juvenile Justice: What’s Needed?
Come hear the first of our Second Tuesday series of panel discussions: Juvenile Justice: Are we improving outcomes for youth?
When: Tuesday, September 11 at 7 PM
Where: the Multnomah County Building, 501 SE Hawthorne, Portland.
Speakers:
Panelists include Kimberly McCullough, Policy Director for ACLU Oregon, Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, Family Care Manager, Community Healing Initiative Program, and DeAnna Horne, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. They will review the history and impacts of Measure 11 on the juvenile justice system
Measure 11 and the juvenile Justice System
According to Multnomah County information, “Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 11 in November 1994 to apply mandatory minimum prison sentences to certain crimes against persons …, with no possibility for any reduction in sentence, such as for good behavior. Measure 11 also mandates that juveniles age 15 and older, charged with the felonies…be tried as adults.
Panelists will tell the stories of youth who are impacted by the juvenile justice system and describe community responses that are shown to improve outcomes. The speakers will discuss legislative remedies that they believe would improve the juvenile justice system, and they will answer questions from the audience.
Getting there & hearing the program
The Multnomah County Building is easily accessed by public transportation, TriMet options include bus lines 4, 6, 10, 14, 15, and the Portland Streetcar. If you drive, parking is available on the street.
The League of Women Voters Civic Education programs are free and open to the public. MetroEast Community Media records these programs for rebroadcast and streaming on this website, lwvpdx.org. The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation and the Multnomah Bar Foundation provided grants to pay for the recordings
Watch candidates’ opening & closing statements
Short on time? Learn quickly about the candidates in the May 15 Primary by watching just their opening and closing statements. Then to learn more, watch the complete candidate forums for each office and hear the candidates’ answers to questions about the issues they would confront if elected. Please also take a look at how these candidates (and those who were not able to attend our forums) responded to questions in our Multnomah County Primary Election Voters’ Guide. Check out our Video Voters’ Guide to hear from other candidates on your ballot.
Candidates for Multnomah County Commissioner District 2 – open & close
Candidates for Multnomah County Chair – open & close
Candidates for Multnomah County Auditor – open & close
Candidates for Metro Councilor Districts 2 & 4 – open & close
Candidates for Portland City Commissioner Position 2 – open & close
Candidates for Portland City Commissioner Position 3 – open & close