LWVPDX Podcasts
Nonpartisan information for voting and civic engagement from the League of Women Voters of Portland. Oregon voters, educators, and interested community members can listen to nonpartisan candidate and ballot measure forums, candidate interviews, and information about how governmental and nongovernmental organizations are addressing important community issues.
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LWVPDX Podcasts
Portland is Changing! Charter Implementation Successes and Challenges
A panel of leading experts discusses the work accomplished through September 2023 and work that is underway to ensure effective and fair implementation of the charter reforms that Portland voters approved in November 2022. The panelists are:
- Melanie Billings-Yun, Charter Review Commissioner, 2020-22 (Moderator)
- Shoshanah Oppenheim, Charter Transition Project Manager
- Marcus Mundy, Executive Director, Coalition of Communities of Color
- Leah Benson, Co-Chair, Government Transition Advisory Committee (GTAC)
- Alex Zielinski, Reporter, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)