Hello Friends and Neighbors,

Please make note of our upcoming town hall this Saturday. We will be gathering in the auditorium of the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building located at N Killingsworth St and N Albina Ave at 10:00 a.m. Parking will be free on campus during the town hall.

Yours truly,

Senator Lew Frederick
Senate District 22

Levee Ready Columbia – Results from Values and Beliefs Survey

This summer over 1,000 people shared their thoughts about the future of the levee system along the Columbia River in Multnomah County with Levee Ready Columbia (LRC), a group of people from over 20 organizations who different interests in the Columbia River and the levee system.  We heard from people all over Multnomah County and the surrounding area about what they value most about the areas behind the levees and what they hope for the future of the levee system as LRC works to ensure the levees meet federal requirements.  The survey was available online and on paper in multiple languages and community organizers held in-person small group listening sessions and discussions in Spanish, Russian, and Somali.  

Some of the common themes that emerged include:

• People are concerned about future flooding on the Columbia River (88 percent).
• Most participants are willing to support investments of some kind beyond minimum federal requirements
• The majority of participants support paying a few more dollars per year to make sure that the levees meet federal requirements and provide economic, environmental, or recreational improvements along the river.
• While protecting all of the interests in the areas around the levee were important to people, participants indicated that the following were most important to them:
  • improving the health of the environment and habitat for fish and wildlife
  • protecting places for people to enjoy nature
  • protecting Portland International Airport
  • protecting homes and residents in the area; and
  • protecting educational and training institutions behind the levees

You can read the whole report at Oregon’s Kitchen Table.  To stay involved and hear about the progress LRC makes regarding the levee sytem, visit LRC’s website.

Long-awaited traffic signal is now installed at NE 122^nd Avenue and Marine Drive

PORTLAND UNITED AGAINST HATE

Civic Dialogue Workshops

The Portland United Against Hate Coalition is pleased to partner with the Office of Community and Civic Life and North Portland Neighborhood Services to provide:

Interrupting Hate in Public Spaces

Wednesday, October 16th

Historic Kenton Firehouse

8105 N. Brandon Ave. 97217

6:30 pm-9 pm

light refreshments

To register: email mary@npnscommunity.org or call 503-823-8877

Interrupting Hate in Public Spaces Ensuring the safety of our communities is paramount. Yet public vitriol is skyrocketing, tensions flare at a moment’s notice and Oregon is consistently ranked in the top five states of per capita hate incidents. Participants will learn how to identify, understand and overcome the inhibitions that prevent them from supporting targets of hate. They will learn and use tactics for interrupting verbal hate; while centering and empowering the target. They will understand the risks involved in intervention and how to de-escalate a situation.

Offered by As the Spirit Moves Us.

Beginning August 18 though mid-October, the U.S. Census Bureau will be performing our first field operation for the 2020 Decennial Census.  Basically we are sending Census staff, referred to as ‘Listers’, out into neighborhoods to verify addresses.  Approximately 35% of all addresses in the US will be verified by our Listers.  The Lister will first knock on the door, identify themselves and ask a few questions about the residence, or what we refer to as a Housing Unit.  The Lister will display a Department of Commerce/US Census Bureau identification and carry a U.S. Census briefcase. 

Here is a link that provides more information about the AddCan project.

 https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2019/ad-can-launch.html

We also have a map called the 2020 Census In Field Address Canvassing (IFAC) Viewer which indicates exactly which housing units will be contacted.  Using the + and – button in the upper left hand corner, you can see more detail by street.  Here’s the link.

https://gis-portal.data.census.gov/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=1a0004d1745547888c8fd2f4d929d42f

We think it is important for you to know that Census staff will be going into neighborhoods throughout Oregon starting August 18 in order to verify and update addresses in preparation for the decennial census.   Please assist me in spreading this important message.  We would ask that you disseminate this information to your staff, cities in your County, community based organizations, neighborhood associations, or anyone else that might be interested.  We also have already notified your police or sheriff departments about this field operation just in case neighbors start calling the police.

I would welcome the opportunity to talk further with your staff, cities, neighborhood associations, community based organizations, libraries, or any one else that would like additional information about this program, or in general about the upcoming 2020 Decennial Census.

Thank you.

Sarah in Portland

Sarah Bushore

Partnership Specialist

Los Angeles Regional Census Center

U.S. Census Bureau

Cell (971) 409-9250

sarah.m.bushore@2020census.gov

census.gov