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A Reed College graduate who has gone on to be a leading voice on the intersection of racism and transportation reform advocacy will join Portland-based Microcosm Publishing for a live event on YouTube later today (5/28). Adonia Lugo earned a degree from Reed in 2005 then went on to earn a Masters Degree and PhD … Read more
The ‘communities of concern’ conundrum
The survey is noteworthy with its nearly 5,000 responses.
“I don’t want to talk about equity. I want to talk about racism.”
Maria Cahill has taken her fight against racism to a bike lane in Old Town.
A message was clearly sent, and it was picked up by the TV news.
To understand the links between urban planning and gentrification, there’s no substitute to hearing directly from those impacted by it.
“It’s my city. I like it.”
Transportation advocacy doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
Biking connects us with our neighbors and surroundings in a way that driving can’t.
“Our organization and our movement have not done enough to listen to the concerns and priorities of communities of color.”
The City of Hillsboro and two of its police officers may head to trial this fall over the largely unreported 2012 incident.