NEEDED: Civil Rights Enforcement in Oregon

ACTION ALERT!

HB5022

Attorney General John Kroger needs our help to restore Civil Rights Enforcement at the Oregon Department of Justice.


‘We do not have the legal resources we need to guarantee the civil rights and civil liberties of our citizens. The Oregon Department of Justice used to have a civil rights enforcement unit, but back in the 1980s, the funding for this unit was eliminated. Today there is not one single attorney at the Department devoted to civil rights and civil liberties enforcement work.”

It’s time that the Oregon Department of Justice has a civil rights enforcement unit again. It’s a critical tool that will help Oregon become more fair, equitable and just, combating discrimination based on age, race, gender, gender identity, disability or sexual orientation and protecting important constitutional rights.


Please show your support for HB 5022 by calling these members of the ways and means committee today:

Sen. Margaret Carter 503-986-1722

Rep. Peter Buckley 503-986-1405

Sen. Joanne Verger 503-986-1705

Rep. Chip Shields 503-986-1443

Food Drive - A success

Last Saturday we helped unload food from mail trucks, sorted it, packed it into boxes and filled one 18-wheeler and most of another...


This is what the loading dock of the Gresham PO looked like most of the day!



John Vandermosten and KC Hanson - you both ROCK!









If I never see another yellow bag - I'll be very happy

VOTE

Elections have consequences - we all know that

But do we know that the consequences START at the very local levels? Like the ones in our recent voter pamphlet and ballot?

So fill out your ballots and get them in on or before May 19th...you can drop off ballots at county libraries.

Being postmarked on Election Day is not valid here - they must be IN by 8PM that evening.