A Very Significant Win in Oregon
With all the much-deserved excitement around the possibility of marriage equality in Oregon, many folks may have missed another initiative that, until last Friday, had been gaining momentum and posed a...
View ArticleLove Wins: The Freedom to Marry Comes to Oregon
On Monday, May 19th, the long-awaited decision on marriage equality in Oregon finally came—and I am so excited to say that we won! In an eloquent and powerful ruling from Judge Michael McShane, the ban...
View ArticleBeyond the Ballot in Oregon
Achieving marriage equality in Oregon has been a winding road with many unforeseen turns over the past year—which unexpectedly led us away from taking the fight to the ballot box in November. In May,...
View ArticleThe Future is Bright: LGBTQ Youth Leaders Convene in Oregon
When I arrived on a bright Saturday morning to set up Pride Foundation’s table before the Oregon Queer Youth Summit (OQYS) began, I was surprised that a sea of brightly-dressed youth were already...
View ArticleCausa Awarded Ted Lord Grant for Allied Communities
When you think of the challenges confronting members of the LGBTQ community, obtaining a driver card is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But if you ask Luz—a Latina, lesbian, and first...
View ArticleReal Talk about Ferguson in Portland: Ideas for Allies
Like so many people, I have been glued to my computer following the events of Michael Brown’s death and the actions unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri through social media and other news sources....
View ArticleFilling in Gaps in Services for LGBTQ People Along the Oregon Central Coast
When Jeanne St. John moved to Lincoln County, OR from the Bay Area in 1990 the culture shock was overwhelming; “It was stunning—like a time warp, but in a bad way.” She and her partner went from being...
View ArticleCreating Space for LGBTQ Immigrants and Refugees
The motto for Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO)—a Pride Foundation grantee in Portland, Oregon—is to “build, organize, and activate.” In the words of Zack Mohamed, CIO’s LGBTQ Equity and...
View ArticleSomething We All Deserve
Imagine that you’ve just started a new job. You’re ushered through Human Resources to get your benefits started and are thrilled to finally have health insurance after going without it for some...
View ArticleThe Value of Being Yourself
Katie Carter, Pride Foundation’s Regional Development Organizer in Oregon, recently interviewed a 2015 scholar to learn about her experience immigrating to the United States and what it’s been like to...
View ArticleUpdates from Oregon: Training Nurses to Provide Care for Transgender...
Last fall, Pride Foundation awarded a grant to the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force to develop a training for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) on how to meaningfully provide medical-forensic care...
View ArticleA 48-Year Journey
Nikki never dreamed that she would be buying a house in Salem, Oregon with a loan from the VA: “At 72, I didn’t think I would ever see the day that I received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air...
View ArticleThe Freedom to Be Who You Are, Where You Are
On a recent trip to Eastern Oregon, I met a lesbian couple, Stef and Liz, living in this part of the state their entire lives. Their story echoed many of those heard on that trip, which illustrated the...
View ArticleYou’re Getting a Raise in Oregon
March 2nd was a historic day in Oregon—for LGBTQ people, for people of color, for all Oregonians. On this day, Governor Kate Brown signed into law an increase in the state’s minimum wage, making it the...
View ArticleListening, Learning, and Leading in Douglas County
I was lucky to spend the better part of a week in May with 160 of my philanthropy colleagues as we all convened in Canyonville for the bi-annual Grantmakers of Oregon & SW Washington (GOSW)...
View ArticlePRIDE in OR: An Acrostic
We’re featuring PRIDE acrostics from each of our Regional Development Organizers (RDO). Katie Carter, Oregon RDO, shares what PRIDE in Oregon means to her: Passionate: Passionate leaders and...
View ArticleHonoring Service: LGBTQ Veteran Nikki from Portland
From the archives: Nikki never dreamed that she would be buying a house in Salem, Oregon with a loan from the VA: “At 72, I didn’t think I would ever see the day that I received an honorable discharge...
View ArticleOur Shared Values and Vision in Action
by Dani Bernstein and Katie Carter Since our beginning, both Pride Foundation and Equity Foundation have believed that we can more quickly and effectively create change by working together. Two years...
View ArticleSeeing the World Better
It isn’t every day that your optometrist becomes one of your organization’s most dynamic corporate partners, but that is exactly what Dr. Summy To and John Schreiber at Myoptic Optometry + Eyewear...
View ArticleA Whole New Magnitude of Change for LGBTQ Communities in Oregon
Meyer Memorial Trust and Pride Foundation have been long-time partners, and share a deep and ongoing commitment to advancing equity in our foundations and more broadly in the field of philanthropy....
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