Dr. Carolyn M. West writes, trains, consults, and lectures nationally on interpersonal violence and sexual assault, with a special focus on violence in the lives of African American women. She is Associate ...

The more intersecting oppressions one has, there is more opportunity for creativity and problem-solving. As women, we know that it’s a male-run world. We don’t give up being women to survive in the world, but we have to know how the male world works in order to survive in it.

Navigating the political landscape of securing private grants and public funding is one of the hurdles that the group had to overcome. “Asians are not politically strong. One unfortunate aspect is that we don’t have a lot of help from the government. Asians don’t participate in politics as much, esp...

Most people react to racism by claiming that they do not see color. But being colorblind is also being racist. Because it basically “pretends” that there has absolutely been no difference in treatment. You’ve got to recognize and acknowledge past mistreatment in order to correct.

Courage is particularly important. In Oregon, there are a lot of situations where people around the table are completely bought in to a way of doing things. But that way may not work for me as a woman of color, and it may not work for other people of color. Being able to step up, challenge people’s ...

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette hosted a Community Health Issues Forum on Oct. 8, drawing together a wide range of community leaders and experts in the areas of youth mentoring, prisoner re-entry, and community-based health strategies.

The Archimedes Movement has three objectives: influence policy being discussed at the state level; influence what’s being discussed at the national level; and build a movement that will shift the debate about health reform from a question of “How do we find the money to pay for health care as it bec...

Join the newly formed Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and SW Washington, as we celebrate our kickoff networking event!