Hi all! I am running for Portland City Council, District 2. Please join me in reimaging our city to create a place where all Portlanders can thrive.

*This is after 7 yrs of oft-heated, deeply personal back-and-forth touching on issues of race, class privilege, equity, politics+school budgets+community building. Parents can still raise $, for, say, band uniforms, field trips, classroom supplies. No staff, as of 25-26 school yr

We have been carefully monitoring the weather forecast, and have determined that, on Friday, schools will close three hours earlier than usual. https://t.co/q1IC4f3y9l

To the educator, who left this at my house, next time ring the doorbell come in for a cup of tea and let’s talk. It’s time to heal. @pdxteachers

I remember my first day of 1st grade. I was ready with my red/white striped turtleneck, a red pleated skirt, ankle socks and a ponytail. I was crisp and ready and eager to learn! I witnessed this excitement yesterday. Go scholars at King, Jefferson and Tubman!

Congratulations to @Super_GGuerrero on his appointment to the Chair of the Council of the Great City Schools. I’m eager to witness the work you’ll accomplish for our nation’s most precious public school students.

@PPSConnect Sources say that Peterson felt his background — which I detailed here, last week — was becoming a distraction to the issues at hand and taking a toll on his family.

Was a beautiful morning to pick up trash with SOLVE, the NAACP, and Metro Council President Peterson @posejames @MCPLynnPeterson @SOLVEinOregon

Visual and performing arts are happening at Portland Art Museum ⁦@PPSConnect⁩

Watching the students perform-I live for these moments ⁦@PPSConnect⁩

I could not love this any more.❤️

A momentous day for our community honoring the legacy of Dr. Matthew Prophet by renaming the Blanchard building for him. ⁦@PPSConnect⁩ ⁦@akohnstamm⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@BrimJulia⁩ ⁦@Super_GGuerrero⁩ Thank you Oregon Association of Black School Educators!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

‘Making a way out of no way’: Meet four Black women who helped birth Detroit’s environmental justice movement https://t.co/ol8vllL74x via @detour_detroit

There's no way to square @PPSConnect's talk about equity with its policy that allows schools in wealthier communities to "buy" extra teachers with parent donations. The details of any fix are tricky, but hope the board considers more than token changes.

So awesome! Mr. Cowley & @leodis_v McDaniel HS students are piloting an AP African American studies course this year, making them one of ONLY 60 high schools in the country, and the only in Oregon to do so! Thank you @jrlsilverman for a great read! Lots of great stories at PPS!

Quite a contingent at @PPSConnect this AM for a convo on school safety. No specifics yet on whether there are plans to put school resource officers back into city high schools after several recent incidents of gun violence adjacent to school grounds.

Timeline cleanse. 1/10/23 https://t.co/X2XeiDsOnh

It’s great to be at the 2022 COSA Principals Conference. I’m looking for great leaders that want to join Oregon’s largest and most amazing school district, Portland Public Schools. Find me if you’d like to chat about open roles!

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Listening to two women of color being THANKED for their critical data analysis in service of Seattle Public Schools! At the 2022 #GreatCitySchools Fall Conference