Candace Vickers News Today

Oregon’s working parents feel the strain of child care costs. Are some of the solutions Oregon is looking at, including universal child care, going to fix it?

Oregon parents struggle with soaring child care costs in a broken system.

Vickers is a mother of two and a fourth generation Black Portlander, who for over 15 years has advocated for and served the kids who have historically been marginalized and systematically denied opportunities to thrive. She has deep organizing, activism, and leadership experience supporting students and families throughout the Portland Metro area in a variety of roles including general and special education teacher, district climate coach, assistant principal, student services supervisor, princi...