by Jenny Lee and Marcus Mundy • Dec 24, 2020 at 10:00 am
Opportunities for change in 2021 include an overhaul of the City of Portland Charter. COSMONAUT / GETTY IMAGES
2020 set the stage for challenging some of the most profound structures and assumptions that this state and country have been built upon through genocide, land theft, slavery, and colonialism.
The murder of George Floyd and uprisings for Black lives have accelerated changes that community members have been demanding for generations, while the pandemic and economic crisis made racial inequities clearer than ever. Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) leaders and organizers worked with communities to expand the universe of what is possible for racial justice in Oregon.
âLife itself is my present this yearâ
Obstacles in the health care system make access to treatment and recovery dangerously difficult for many Latinos with COVID-19 Agustin Maldonado, an Oregon Catholic who had a life-threatening case of COVID-19, prays the rosary in front of his familyâs shrine Dec. 4. Maldonado says his experience with the coronavirus was horrific, but he found solace in his faith and feels he gained spiritual insights amid suffering. (Courtesy Maldonado family)
select There are ongoing disparities in the medical system for people of color and the undocumented, and with COVID-19 those put our community in more vulnerable and life-threatening situations, said Olivia Quiroz, executive director of the Oregon Latino Health Coalition.
âLife itself is my present this yearâ
Obstacles in the health care system make access to treatment and recovery dangerously difficult for many Latinos with COVID-19 Agustin Maldonado, an Oregon Catholic who had a life-threatening case of COVID-19, prays the rosary in front of his familyâs shrine Dec. 4. Maldonado says his experience with the coronavirus was horrific, but he found solace in his faith and feels he gained spiritual insights amid suffering. (Courtesy Maldonado family)
select There are ongoing disparities in the medical system for people of color and the undocumented, and with COVID-19 those put our community in more vulnerable and life-threatening situations, said Olivia Quiroz, executive director of the Oregon Latino Health Coalition.