An account of the latest attempt to revise Portland\u27s city charter, from it\u27s accidental inception as fallout from a clean elections initiative to the upcoming charter commission and its potential impact on city governance. Discusses changes made to the city charter in 1923, which decreased the representation of ethnic and nonwhite neighborhoods, dovetailing with the agenda of the Ku Klux Klan during its brief Maine ascendancy. Relates how local residents and activists, including Black Lives Matter Portland (now known as Black Portland Organizers Working to End Racism, or Black POWER) have seized on the inadvertent call for a new charter commission to address inequities in city management
Some community activists believe that some members of the Portland City Council are attempting to ke...
This archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library as part of the Oregon Documents Dep...
In September 1826, a group of six African American men addressed a letter “To the Public” on behalf ...
In 1924, the influence of the Ku Klux Klan was at a peak in Maine, with 50,000 members, 6.2 percent ...
In recent decades, scholars have praised Portland as a model for urban planning and citizen particip...
In 1923, Portland, Maine voters approved passed a ballot measure that jettisoned the nearly century-...
A few decades ago, a small number of Portland officials and residents were able to make decisions wh...
City piece on a newly formed Latino civil rights group, the League of United Latin American Citizen...
In 1993, Charles Moose became Portland, Oregon\u27s first black police chief. A nationally recognize...
In 1993, Charles Moose became Portland, Oregon’s first black police chief. A nationally recognized s...
City piece on the defeat of a measure that would have created a charter commission in Portland. Do...
Portland City Councilor John McDonough wants all city councilors to run citywide for their offices. ...
In 1974, the City of Portland established, by city ordinance, the Office of Neighborhood Association...
Diverse-City piece on the decision by Joe Gray, Portland\u27s city manager, to hire Tim Burton as t...
Portland and Seattle are often considered to be divergent in character, partly because civic leaders...
Some community activists believe that some members of the Portland City Council are attempting to ke...
This archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library as part of the Oregon Documents Dep...
In September 1826, a group of six African American men addressed a letter “To the Public” on behalf ...
In 1924, the influence of the Ku Klux Klan was at a peak in Maine, with 50,000 members, 6.2 percent ...
In recent decades, scholars have praised Portland as a model for urban planning and citizen particip...
In 1923, Portland, Maine voters approved passed a ballot measure that jettisoned the nearly century-...
A few decades ago, a small number of Portland officials and residents were able to make decisions wh...
City piece on a newly formed Latino civil rights group, the League of United Latin American Citizen...
In 1993, Charles Moose became Portland, Oregon\u27s first black police chief. A nationally recognize...
In 1993, Charles Moose became Portland, Oregon’s first black police chief. A nationally recognized s...
City piece on the defeat of a measure that would have created a charter commission in Portland. Do...
Portland City Councilor John McDonough wants all city councilors to run citywide for their offices. ...
In 1974, the City of Portland established, by city ordinance, the Office of Neighborhood Association...
Diverse-City piece on the decision by Joe Gray, Portland\u27s city manager, to hire Tim Burton as t...
Portland and Seattle are often considered to be divergent in character, partly because civic leaders...
Some community activists believe that some members of the Portland City Council are attempting to ke...
This archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library as part of the Oregon Documents Dep...
In September 1826, a group of six African American men addressed a letter “To the Public” on behalf ...
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