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Mari Watanabe is an American Democratic politician currently serving in the Oregon House of Representatives.She represents the 34th district, which contains portions of Multnomah and Washington counties and includes the communities of Bethany, Bonny Slope, Cedar Mill, Oak Hills, Rockcreek, and Tanasbourne as well as parts of northern Beaverton and northwestern Portland.
Now retired, Mari is a former Executive Director of Partners in Diversity, founding member of the City of Beaverton Diversity Advisory Board and serves on other nonprofit boards that support veterans, Japanese Americans, women, and the arts.
Elevate Capital was founded in January 2016 by Managing Director Nitin Rai. Also in January 2016, the Portland Development Council (now Prosper Portland) selected Elevate Capital as the management firm for its publicly financed investment fund whose stated goal was to improve diversity among Oregon startups. [3]
Aug. 20—The city of Portland is searching for its first director of justice, diversity, equity and inclusion, a new position that will be charged with promoting equity and inclusion in city work ...
The Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League and the city's as-yet unnamed WNBA team will train together at a new performance center in a first-of-its-kind alliance between teams from ...
PDXWIT's original mission statement was "We encourage women, non-binary and underrepresented people to join tech and support and empower them so they’ll stay in tech." In 2021, they updated their mission statement to "We are building a better tech industry by creating access, dismantling inequities and fueling belonging."
Art At Work's citywide assessment in 2012 confirmed that none of Portland's 14 neighborhood associations reflected the diversity of the residents Pottenger created Meeting Place in Portland, Maine. It was a year-long project with 4 key neighborhoods to increase the odds that Portland's neighborhood associations might reflect the diversity of ...
PFI has won diversity and business grants through its federal, state and local partners. Unlike some for-profit schools, PFI remains affordable. It believes in #schoolwithoutdebt with the cost of a certificate ranging from $16,000 to $19,000. [9] [10] More than 7,000 persons have studied at the school since it opened its doors. [citation needed]