Advocacy & Awareness

Advocacy town hall

City Club Town Hall

City Club's Advocacy & Awareness program turns research into action by informing decision-makers and the wider public about the Club’s adopted policy positions. Besides promoting positive change, advocacy committee members develop their policy knowlege and gain experience with a range of advocacy and awareness strategies. The Advocacy & Awareness Board provides support and oversight for these advocacy committees.

Below you'll find information about the Club's current advocacy committees.  These committees are open to all City Club members who agree to restrict their advocacy and awareness efforts to the Club's officially adopted policy recommendations.

 

PERS Advocacy & Awareness Committee

Chair: 
Rob Aldisert

The PERS Advocacy & Awareness Committee works to promote the recommendations in the Club's 2011 report: "Oregon PERS: Burdened by the Past, Poised for the Future." The report recommends ways that Oregon's Public Employees Retirement System can be placed on a more sustainable path while simultaneously maintaining Oregon's promise to its public employees. The committee is currently accepting applications on a rolling basis.

Forest Park Advocacy & Awareness Committee

Chair: 
Carol Chesarek

The Forest Park Advocacy & Awareness Committee works to promote the recommendations in the Club's 2010 report:"Forest Park: A Call to Action " . Key recommendations in the report include: creating a regional park structure with a stable regional funding mechanism for genuinely regional parks like Forest Park; prioritizing Portland's largest park -- Forest Park -- within the City's parks budget; and aggressively implementing the objectives laid out in the City's own 1995 Forest Park Management Plan. The advocacy committee is currently accepting applications on a rolling basis.  

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