All About Me
This is the geographic location where APH was born. Bonus 50 points for specificity!
What is San Antonio, Texas?
This financial strategy lets cities pocket extra cash from shiny new developments to fund their own projects—claimed to be a more equitable approach than old-school urban renewal.
What is Tax Increment Financing (TIF)?
These are the Indigenous tribes whose ancestral lands we currently inhabit—name at least one of them and let's see how many we can all name together after!
What are the Multnomah, Clackamas, and Chinook tribes?
This is a controversial item that was part of the most recent Portland election.
What is the Parks Levy?
This was the former name of Prosper Portland before they rebranded to distance from association with displacement and gentrification.
What is the Portland Development Commission (PDC)? This rebranding aimed to distance the organization from its past associations with displacement and gentrification, particularly in marginalized communities.
The name of the nonprofit that APH and her Mom founded.
What is Dream for Tomorrow?
This term refers to the fight against policies and actions that push long-time residents out of their neighborhoods—because everyone deserves a home sweet home!
What is anti-displacement?
This is a Guinness World Record that the city of Portland holds.
What is the smallest Park?
This city employee position was ousted during the last Portland budget city council.
Who is the interim ED of Prosper Portland?
This former mayor is who I associate with most recently emboldening Prosper through our government systems in very problematic ways.
Who is Sam Adams?
What is Tennis?
This policy approach aims to ensure that new development benefits existing residents rather than pricing them out—because homes shouldn't be a luxury!
What is equitable development?
This is the Portland city district that we are in together right now, here at the Zipper.
What is District 3? And who are Councilors Morillo, Novick, and Koyama-Lane?
This local elected allegedly fled the US to flea fraud investigations and more! Most recently it was reported that she also may have taken children!
Who is Melissa Fireside?
This is supposed to be Prosper Portland's real job - besides glossing over inequality.
They're supposed to be boosting the local economy through equitable economic development practices - but are they helping our neighborhoods or our developers most? You be the judge!
This is the activity APH actually went to college on a scholarship to compete in.
What is policy debate?
This slogan was used to support ADPDX advocacy efforts.
What is "People Over Property"?
This is the newest national team in the city of Portland.
What is the Portland Fire?
Today, City Council is discussing this important budget process that happens in the fall and spring to ensure the city is on track for a balanced budget.
What is the Technical Adjustment Ordinance (TAO)? The Technical Adjustment Ordinance (TAO) is a critical budgetary process that occurs in the fall and spring and serves as a check-in for the city’s financial status. During this time, the City evaluates actual expenses against initial projections made in the budget.
This is the bare minimum an employer or authority figure owes to expect loyalty in return.
What is protection?
These are the higher education institutions that I owe student loans to.
What are Wake Forest University, Boise State University, and Lewis & Clark Law School?
Name three current values of Unite Oregon.
What are Collectivism, Black Liberation & Pro-Blackness, Decolonization, and Joy?
This is the year I moved to Portland.
When is 2018?
This perhaps unassuming creature has become the mascot of social justice in Portland.
What is a frog?
This is the phrase that I believe most accurately captures the advocacy work I have been a part of the last couple of years.
What is the "accountability gap"?