8/10/2023 News Roundup

REVIEW BOARD <<A proposal for a new police oversight panel approved by voters almost three years ago will come before the Portland City Council on Aug. 31. Council members are already signaling it may be in trouble. After the George Floyd protests, 82% of Portland voters in November 2020 approved the creation of a new …

12/30/22 News Update

BROWN HOPE <<The embattled racial justice nonprofit Brown Hope delayed the $2,000 monthly stipends that it promised to 25 Black families after its bank froze its account, an email obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive shows. Black Resilience Fund Program Manager Alexandrea Wilson wrote in the Dec. 21 email to grant recipients that Brown Hope’s bank was …