Oregon for Obama update

March 18, 2008

Editor’s note: We’ve received the official info on Friday’s events in Portland and Eugene. Full details are available below. We’ll add information on other Oregon events as they become available.
I just got word – it’s official, there is now an Obama campaign office here in Oregon: 3016 SE Division, Portland (a former Wild Oats location).
The campaign [...]

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Why I am running for Oregon Senate District 23, pt 3 (experience)

January 16, 2008

I described my qualifications to succeed Senator Avel Gordly in the Oregon Senate in terms of my life experience in Parts 1 and 2.
Here, in Part 3, are my qualifications for the office in terms of my five years plus of legislative experience, five years of serving the constituents of Senate District 23 and the [...]

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Why I am running for Oregon Senate District 23, pt 2

December 2, 2007

Four years ago, on Thanksgiving Day 2003, I watched my son Aaron, all 21-years-old of him, pack for deployment to Iraq.
He was gone the next day, driving to Utah to join my other son, Tyler, 19 years old, both members of the same Army National Guard unit.
As we held our last embrace, standing together in [...]

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It’s On!!! Sean Cruz for Senate District 23 campaign kicks off Nov 29

November 26, 2007

Elect Sean Cruz for Oregon State Senate District 23
Campaign kicks off at Tupelo Joe’s
Featuring: The Bobby Torres Ensemble(Latin jazz at its finest) Andrew Gorry(PSU guitarist) Special Guests!!!
Bring four cans of food!!!
Please bring four items of non-perishable food for the NE Emergency Food Bank. Winter food stocks are far lower than what is needed.
When: Thursday, November [...]

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A teachable moment in Portland: Cesar Chavez, Chicanos, Latinos and “the Community.”

November 17, 2007

I am going to try to seize a teachable moment amid this mind-numbing conversation that used to be about Cesar Chavez….
Much of the confusion stems from the lack of clarity regarding who is speaking and on whose behalf they claim to be speaking.
Virtually all of the public discussion centers on “Latinos” and the “Latino community”, [...]

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