Debra Porta

Nonprofit Professional...Executive Director for Pride Northwest, Inc, the 501c3 nonprofit responsible for Portland Pride celebration and more.

[Matt McNally @mattmcnallypdx]

This week Portland City Council will vote to finalize a City budget that defunds Portland Street Response by $3 million, according to @wweek. This on top of a hiring freeze imposed by @CommissionerRG that has prevented PSR's 24/7 expansion.

https://t.co/4oU9VwUoqd

[NWS Portland @NWSPortland]

The probability of 18" of snow falling between Sunday morning & Monday morning is around 60% for Santiam & Willamette Passes. It's even around 35% at Government Camp along US26. Be prepared for snow covered roads if you plan to travel across the Cascades Sun-Mon. #pdxtst #orwx

[Adam ❤️s dadjokes @dadjokePDX]

Cannot express enough how disappointed I am to see @reneforportland elevating the voice of a proud boy accusing our @JH4PDX volunteers of violence with absolutely zero proof and calling it “touching”

[Portland Mercury 🗞 @portlandmercury]

Christine Drazan refuses to concede (shock), Rene Gonzalez shows love to Patriot Prayer member (shock), and Alex Jones fined again (yay!). It's GOOD AFTERNOON, NEWS.
https://t.co/rhN2h3csUd

[PDX NAACP @pdxnaacp]

"What we are witnessing today is a sort of quasi-liberalism which is based on the principle of looking sympathetically at all sides. It is a liberalism so bent on seeing all sides, that it fails to become committed to either side." - MLK, 'Give Us the Ballot'

[Debra Porta @Debra1966]

@JoAnnPDX Thank you Commissioner Hardesty!

[Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty @JoAnnPDX]

Press Release: Commissioner Hardesty Condemns Attempts to Undermine Charter Reform Process

https://t.co/VKcFlw3k6M

[Portland United for Change @charter_reform]

It’s official! Portland Charter Reform is Measure 26-228 on the ballot this November.

Change can’t wait! Vote YES on Measure 26-228!

Learn all about the Portland Charter Reform campaign at https://t.co/2nxujK9rcD

#PortlandPolitics #pdx #midterms2022 #ORpol #OregonVotes

[Candace Avalos @candaceforpdx]

Hi, I'm Candace! 👋🏾
I am a civic leader in PDX & I care about environmental justice, police accountability, housing abundance, voting, community engagement, & more.

I love: ☀️🫂🐐😸🌮🪴

More @ https://t.co/3cZ0gtnwuP

Thanks in advance for engaging on my page with kindness! 😉

[FairVote @fairvote]

And that's a wrap! Alaska's first #RankedChoiceVoting congressional race has been certified by the state!

#ICYMI, here's our recap of what happened, and why we got the result that we did: https://t.co/3njvLPOBPo

[Portland United for Change @charter_reform]

NEW: @pdxnaacp has endorsed the Portland Charter Reform measure on the ballot this November!

As the nation's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP has always been on the forefront of expanding voting rights and democracy for people of color.

https://t.co/9ys3TwM6vs #PDX

[Debra Porta @Debra1966]

@charter_reform @pdxnaacp Thank you!🙌

[Portland United for Change @charter_reform]

"Detractors of ranked choice voting often argue that the system is too confusing for voters to understand. But a large majority of Alaskans found the act of ranking easy. An exit poll...released on Aug. 30, found that 85% of respondents said ranked choice voting was “simple”"

[Portland United for Change @charter_reform]

Exciting news from Alaska, where voters used ranked choice voting to reject far-right Sarah Palin in favor of Mary Peltola, first ever Alaska Native elected to Congress! 🎉

In Portland, OR, we have the opportunity this Fall to adopt ranked choice voting: https://t.co/2nxujK9rcD

[Debra Porta @Debra1966]

@charter_reform Let's do this Portland!

[Portland United for Change @charter_reform]

PORTLAND HASN'T UPDATED ITS GOVERNMENT SINCE 1913 AND WE FINALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE FOR A CHARTER REFORM MEASURE IN NOVEMBER THAT WILL MAKE THINGS A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR ALL OF US ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FEELING REPRESENTED OR HEARD BY CITY LEADERS

[Pod Save America @PodSaveAmerica]

We're coming to Portland! And we got @JamieforOregon to come with!

Saturday at 8 PM - see you there 👇
https://t.co/cJOJK4nSbs

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

NEW: The draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade that just leaked also explicitly criticizes Lawrence v. Texas (which ended laws that banned gay sex) and Obergefell v. Hodges (which legalized same-sex marriage). Alito claims they are not “deeply rooted in history.”

[USGS Volcanoes🌋 @USGSVolcanoes]

The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in Tonga was recorded on seismic stations at Cascade volcanoes! The coincidence of the seismic and infrasound signals here indicate that these are the airwaves from the eruption. Data shown are from Lamberson Butte at Mount Hood.