Community and business leaders rally around PSR

City officials, community organizations and businesses came together at City Hall on Thursday, November 14, for a press conference to affirm support for Portland Street Response.

The following speakers addressed the media:

• Mayor Ted Wheeler
• Commissioner Chloe Eudaly
• Ashley Henry, Executive Director, Business for a Better Portland
• Kina Voelz, Co-owner, Noraneko
• Will Rasmussen, Government Relations, Executive Committee Chair, Portland Business Alliance
• Helen Ying, Chair, Old Town Community Association
• Adam Lyons, Executive Director, Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
• Iden Campbell, Racial Justice and Transgender Justice Program Director, Basic Rights Oregon
• Nick Sauvie, Executive Director, ROSE Community Development
• Darren Golden, Policy Specialist, Urban League
• Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty

[Note some of the entries to our logo contest in the background, behind the podium. The winner will be announced Friday, Nov. 15.]

Here are links to media coverage of the event. More will be posted here as they are published;  reload this page to see any new additions.

• OPB: Portland Plans For New First Responder Program To Assist People In Crisis
• KGW: Portland city leaders give update on Portland Street Response