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February General Meeting: Public Post Secondary Education in Oregon

Prioritizing the Needs of Higher Education in Oregon: the State’s Role in Changing Times

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 7:00 pm
Multnomah County Board Room, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

This event is free and open to the public.

Topics: The 40-40-20 goal for education; State funding for education; Supporting institutions of higher education; Diversity and equity in higher education; The future of public higher education

Discussing these issues will be:
Ben Cannon             Executive Director, State of Oregon, Higher Education Coordinating Commission
Lisa Avery                President, Sylvania Campus, Portland Community College
Sona Andrews        Provost and Vice president for Academic Affairs, Portland State University
Lew Frederick         Senator, Oregon State Senate District 22

A video recording of the meeting will be available subsequently on Metro East Community Media channels and on demand at here.

The League’s 2016 Victories

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Big Win on Open & Accountable Elections

The Portland City Council voted yesterday to pass Open & Accountable Elections! If you’ve been following this closely, you know what a profoundly important victory this is.

Open & Accountable Elections will open up Portland city elections for broader and more accountable representation in city government. The program empowers candidates to run for office without taking big campaign contributions, instead fueling their campaigns with small-dollar contributions from local city residents, matched 6-to-1 with designated public funds. In a city where only 7 women, 2 people of color, and 2 people from the outer east side have ever been elected to city office, and at a time when big special interest money is strangling our democracy – this is groundbreaking reform!

Continue reading “Big Win on Open & Accountable Elections”

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Upcoming & Recent Events

April 10, 2024, “Portland Public Schools, Opportunities and Challenges Ahead” Panelists: Dr. Sandy Husk, Portland Public Schools Interim Superintendent; Michelle DePass, PPS Board of Directors member; William Fernandez, Senior Professional Development Officer, Office of Research, Assessment and Accountability; Kristina Howard, Interim Chief Academic Officer, Senior Director, Teacher Professional Learning, Office of Teaching and Learning. To view the video of this program click here. The link to the podcast is here.

March 2024 “Solutions to our Affordable Housing Crisis” Panelists : Representative Mark Gamba, Oregon Legislature; Brian Hoop, Director, Housing Oregon; Dominique Merriweather (Dom), Executive Director, Proud Ground. The video of this event is here. For the podcast is click here.

The videos and podcasts of earlier panel discussions on Transportation Challenges, Police Accountability and other community issues are posted on our public events page.

Read our Recent Testimony page to read copies of our testimony and letters to elected officials.