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    Iowa foster care system changes prove positive and effective

    In hopes of improving the placement stability in the state's foster care system Iowa implemented a ‘No Eject/No Reject’ policy
    By
    Libby Dowsett
    October 20, 2021
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    Photo of author Vanessa Veselka in front of a bookcase

    Portland author’s award winning novel rereleased

    Vanessa Veselka’s “Zazen” is set in a city that resembles Portland
    By
    Jay Boss Rubin
    October 20, 2021
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    A photo of two people fist bumping , both wearing hats and face masks.

    Union Gospel Mission hosted expanded distribution event

    Union Gospel Mission's annual distribution event provides winter weather essentials to vulnerable Portlanders
    By
    Andrew Jankowski
    October 13, 2021
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    Photo of a graphic that says "foster care shuffle part 1: youth call for end to constant, traumatic foster care disruptions"

    Lack of placement stability for Oregon foster youth causes traumatic disruptions

    Former foster youth speak on their experience with a lack of placement stability while in Oregon's foster care system
    By
    Libby Dowsett
    October 13, 2021
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    Multnomah County Courthouse sign

    Portland nonprofit helps expunge juvenile records

    Youth, Rights & Justice’s new expunction clinic will assist eligible people in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties seal juvenile charges that often bar them from housing and job opportunities
    By
    Taylor Griggs
    October 6, 2021
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    Woman holding a sign that urges Kaiser Permanente to support their employees

    Thousands of Kaiser workers on the verge of strike

    Kaiser Permanente workers say the healthcare company declined proposed contract changes, now prepared to strike due to a lack of safe staffing, saying it puts the health and safety of patients and workers at risk.
    By
    Aurora Biggers
    October 6, 2021
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    Photo of Roma children.

    Albanian Roma fight for their rights

    Young Roma activists are fighting for a better future, calling for education access and political representation
    By
    Astrid Benölken Tobias Zuttmann
    September 29, 2021
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    Photo of Coco Jem Holiday, neighborhood resident Ray Colbert, and OHSU volunteers advertising Local Lounge’s pop-up vaccination clinic on Aug. 14.

    Vaccination efforts continue in Multnomah County through community collaboration

    Community leaders and health care experts bring vaccines directly to neighborhoods with vaccine rate disparities
    By
    Andrew Jankowski
    September 22, 2021
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    50 years after Attica uprising, prisoners' rights a concern

    Health care, visitation rights and brutality remain a concern for incarcerated individuals especially with aging prison populations
    By
    Matt Williams
    September 15, 2021
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    Photo of a marquee reading "People's market in Rockwood. Thurs. 4-7PM"

    The People’s Market at Rockwood builds community ties through its garden

    How a garden and farmers market aims to connect one of Oregon's most ethnically diverse communities
    By
    Dan Newth
    September 15, 2021

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