Uniting Cultures in Portland: Bridging the Gaps in City Policy
Please Note: This report is not a comprehensive or exhaustive study of Portland's immigrant and refugee communities. The purpose of this document is to provide some basic information to the City of Portland's immigrant and refugee task force, so that the newly formed group can build on the collective community work that has already been accomplished. In addition, this report does not represent the efforts of one particular organization. Rather, it was born of a collaboration between immigrant and refugee-led community organizations and individuals—facilitated by the Center for Intercultural Organizing— who came together to set aside their personal and/or organizational agendas in order to advance the rights and well being of all immigrant and refugee communities. Download the Report: Click here.

Listening Sessions Report:
A Police and Community Partnership to Eliminate Racial Profiling
In May and June of 2006, the Center joined with Oregon Action, the NW Constitutional Rights Center and others to host a series of five Community Listening Sessions on racial profiling by police. About 45 Portland police officers and over 267 community members participated. On October 19, 2006 the Portland City Council accepted the six recommendations derived from the listening sessions. A Racial Profiling Commission was subsequently established and funded. Download the Listening Sessions Report: Click here.

Speaking Out to Protect Civil Rights
In the Era of the USA PATRIOT Act
On December 9, 2004—with a vote of 4-1—the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution to protect civil rights resolution expressing commitment to protect our civil rights and reduce discrimination and harassment in the era of the USA PATRIOT Act. [read the report].