Oregon League of Minority Voters
320 SW Stark Street, Suite 418
Portland, OR 97204
Portland, OR 97204
NEWS
RELEASE
Contact: Brian Owendoff – 503-201-9590
Promise King 503-720-6776
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 24, 2012
Oregon League of Minority Voters to
present Civil-Rights Champion Award to Mayor Sam Adams, PCC President & others
Group to honor the late
Harold Williams with Civil Rights Legacy Award
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon League of Minority Voters
(OLMV) will host its third annual State of Civil Rights Forum 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, at Self-Enhancement
Inc Campus, 3920 North Kerby Avenue, Portland, OR 97227-1255 in Portland.
The free event is open to the public.
Attendees must order tickets in advance by calling 503-946-8526 or by sending
an email to olmv@oregonlmv.org.
An estimated 200 people are expected
to attend the dinner, including public officials, business leaders and
community leaders.
The event will include remarks by
civil rights leaders. OLMV will present its coveted Civil Rights Champion Award
to Portland Mayor Sam Adams, retiring Portland Community College President
Preston Pulliam, and former President of the Northwest Health Foundation Thomas
Aschenbrener.
In addition, the OLMV will honor the
late Harold Williams with its Civil Rights Legacy Award.
“The goal of the event is to provide
a forum for a frank assessment of the state of civil-rights and to
continue community dialogue about specific
actions we can take to ensure all citizen’s ability to fully participate in
civil and political life in Oregon,” said event co-chair Brian Owendoff.
“We are taking this moment in our
history as a people to affirm and recognize that the civil rights of every
Oregonian are sacred and must be kept so, and that our collective liberty in
pursuit of our individual rights is never exploited in ways that divide us,”
added OLMV Director Promise King. “ And that those we elect to serve and
represent us lead us toward unity and justice, and far away from discrimination
and racial division.”
About The Oregon League of Minority Voters (OLMV)
Founded in 2007, a concerned
group of volunteers and leaders established the OLMV to advocate for public
policies that uniquely impact all people of color throughout Oregon. It serves as a liaison between communities of color,
policy leaders and the public institutions that serve them. The league is a
non-partisan and non-profit organization founded to promote a broader
understanding of the issues that uniquely impact people of color and minorities
with a mission to re-engage majority involvement in civil-rights causes. For
more information about OLMV, go to website:
www.oregonlmv.org.
