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Apr 3, 20203 min read
Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19
Dear Friends, It’s understandable if we all have moments when we’re heartbroken, frustrated and scared. In phone calls, emails, and...
Mar 25, 20203 min read
Ask Gov Brown to declare a shelter-in-place order
Photo: Beth Nakamura, Associated Press Dear Friends, Today, right now, please join many health experts in asking Governor Kate Brown to...
Mar 18, 20203 min read
Supporting Small Businesses During COVID19
Getty Image We must support our small businesses and their workers! I especially support recommendations (link to them in text below)...
Mar 16, 20202 min read
Resources to help Portland during the COVID-19 Pandemic
It's times like this that Portlanders always comes together. Our campaign is sharing some ways we can all help.
Mar 10, 20204 min read
Update: Campaign Kick-Off Party Cancelled
Due to the recent updates and local uncertainties about the COVID-19 virus, using an abundance of caution, we have decided to cancel this...
Feb 28, 20201 min read
Houselessness Top Concern Among Portlanders
More than 1,700 people completed our campaign Portland Priorities Survey. At the start of our campaign, we shared a Portland Priorities...
Jan 1, 20205 min read
Arts, Culture and Music: Background Information
“To be truly competitive, both nationally and internationally, we’re going to need to grow our creative capacity.” –Sam Adams, 2009 State...
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Arts Liaison
“Since overseeing the city's stewardship over arts and cultural programs and initiatives four years ago as a new commissioner, Adams has...
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Oregon ArtPAC
With Stan Penkin, Fred Ross, Chuck Clemans, Deffenbaugh, and Adams co-founded Oregon ArtPAC in 2007[i]. Oregon artPAC, which stands for...
Jan 1, 20202 min read
The Portland Creative Laureate
Inspired by the tradition of naming of an American Poet Laureate, but wanting to open it up to all types of creatives, Adams gained City...
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Arts Equity Initiative
A May 2010 review from the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) reported that “Multnomah County has a particularly toxic form of...
Jan 1, 20203 min read
2% Percent for Public Art
“The ‘2% for Art’ policy for all: Require all local public agencies doing business with City government to establish a 2%-Percent-for-Art...
Jan 1, 20205 min read
Arts and Education Access Fund
Measure 26-146 was proposed as a legislative action, not an amendment to Portland’s city charter. This was done so that if unforeseen...
Jan 1, 20207 min read
Arts Education & Access Income Tax: City of Portland Ballot Measure 26-146: “Arts Education & Access
Portland had tried at the ballot box to boost arts funding in the past. In 1987, Portland voters turned back an art-related tax by 20...
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
For 23 years it served as a primary performing and visual arts center for North Portland and black, Latino, Asian, American Indian and...
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Public Murals Policy
In 1993, Mayor Vera Katz and a majority on the City Council, sought to restrict the proliferation of commercial outdoor billboards, and...
Jan 1, 20203 min read
Startup Funding for Right Brain Initiative
With City financial support secured by Adams,[i] a program initiated by RACC, and Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington, the goal of...
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Oregon History Center Bridge Funding
Adams gained City Council support to aid downtown Portland based Oregon Historical Society with a $___ one-time grant after state support...
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Film and Video Industry
"Ninety percent of Portlandia’s crew are local residents, according to Portland resident and Portlandia producer David Cress. The show...
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