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As Portland City Council finalizes the 2020-2021 city budget, the City's Budget Committee has proposed a budget that dedicates over one-third of the City's general fund budget on policing. This is a disgrace. How we spend our public funds expresses our values as a city, and we do not believe that our city should continue to over-invest scarce resources in the Portland Police Bureau.
Especially at this time of unprecedented crisis, we must commit our public resources to the health and well-being of our communities: programs like rent and mortgage assistance for working-class folks, housing for our unhoused neighbors, and food assistance programs for people having trouble making ends meet.
That's why we're demanding that the Mayor & City Council DEFUND the Portland Police Bureau, REINVEST in Black communities, and PROTECT communities from violence. Use the tool below to send an email to the Mayor and City Commissioners and also call them to express these demands:
As Portland City Council finalizes the 2020-2021 city budget, the City's Budget Committee has proposed a budget that dedicates over one-third of the City's general fund budget on policing. This is a disgrace. How we spend our public funds expresses our values as a city, and we do not believe that our city should continue to over-invest scarce resources in the Portland Police Bureau.
Especially at this time of unprecedented crisis, we must commit our public resources to the health and well-being of our communities: programs like rent and mortgage assistance for working-class folks, housing for our unhoused neighbors, and food assistance programs for people having trouble making ends meet.
That's why we're demanding that the Mayor & City Council DEFUND the Portland Police Bureau, REINVEST in Black communities, and PROTECT communities from violence. Use the tool below to send an email to the Mayor and City Commissioners and also call them to express these demands:
As Portland City Council finalizes the 2020-2021 city budget, the City's Budget Committee has proposed a budget that dedicates over one-third of the City's general fund budget on policing. This is a disgrace. How we spend our public funds expresses our values as a city, and we do not believe that our city should continue to over-invest scarce resources in the Portland Police Bureau.
Especially at this time of unprecedented crisis, we must commit our public resources to the health and well-being of our communities: programs like rent and mortgage assistance for working-class folks, housing for our unhoused neighbors, and food assistance programs for people having trouble making ends meet.
That's why we're demanding that the Mayor & City Council DEFUND the Portland Police Bureau, REINVEST in Black communities, and PROTECT communities from violence. Use the tool below to send an email to the Mayor and City Commissioners and also call them to express these demands:
As Portland City Council finalizes the 2020-2021 city budget, the City's Budget Committee has proposed a budget that dedicates over one-third of the City's general fund budget on policing. This is a disgrace. How we spend our public funds expresses our values as a city, and we do not believe that our city should continue to over-invest scarce resources in the Portland Police Bureau.
Especially at this time of unprecedented crisis, we must commit our public resources to the health and well-being of our communities: programs like rent and mortgage assistance for working-class folks, housing for our unhoused neighbors, and food assistance programs for people having trouble making ends meet.
That's why we're demanding that the Mayor & City Council DEFUND the Portland Police Bureau, REINVEST in Black communities, and PROTECT communities from violence. Use the tool below to send an email to the Mayor and City Commissioners and also call them to express these demands:
Together, we can show that those of us living and working in the City of Portland say "enough is enough" to racist and violent policing.
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* Thank you to Unite Oregon and the Portland African American Leadership Forum for the strategy and language in this action. We encourage you to donate and support these powerful organizations in our communities.