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Friday Forum: Maxine Fitzpatrick's Fight Isn't Over

12:00pm, 11-15-2019
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Maxine Ftizpatrick is a local legend. She spent 25 years fighting housing displacement and gentrification in Portland. She joins us for Friday Forum on Nov 15 to reflect on her career and talk about the work left to be done. Join us! Register below.
 

About Presenter Maxine Fitzpatrick:
Maxine Fitzpatrick retired after 25 years as the Executive Director/CEO of Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc. (PCRI), a community development corporation specializing the development and management of affordable housing. Maxine became the first executive director of PCRI in 1993, relocating to Portland from the Midwest where she also developed and managed affordable housing. A longtime affordable housing and community advocate, Maxine has earned an Equal Opportunity Award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for her efforts to further Fair Housing and is a past board member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. She currently serves on the Development Review Advisory Committee for the Bureau of Development Services, Portland Public School District Wide Boundary Review Advisory Committee, and the Metro Policy Advisory Committee.



 

Comments
1:12am, 11-19-2019
At a time when a post-secondary education is required for a vast majority of jobs, why is Oregon investing so little in our future workforce?
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4:45am, 4-1-2020
At least she worked at Portland Public School District Wide Boundary Review Advisory Committee. No one has this opportunity to work there in Portland.

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