Economic Justice

Unite Oregon works to ensure our communities have access to workforce training, sustainable and fair employment, and the opportunity to build wealth. We work to ensure language barriers are reduced as well as expand access to licensing opportunities in trades. We are helping to build community prosperity ecosystems that generate and retain wealth in the community.

Current Projects:

• Anti-Displacement PDX (ADPDX) Coalition: Unite Oregon has formed a leadership development program and cohort to address the needs of those facing displacement - especially Black, Indigenous, immigrants, refugees, and People of Color residents in the Portland Metro region. ADPDX focuses on empowering, educating, and developing advocacy skills to create opportunities that minimize displacement risks for our communities.

• Community Development & Economic Prosperity Program: Unite Oregon has launched an economic justice program to build and retain wealth for systemically and institutionally excluded communities - namely immigrants, refugees, Black and Indigenous communities, and People of Color. The Community Development & Economic Prosperity Program seeks to develop and pilot an economic ecosystem that generates wealth, creates assets, helps community entrepreneurs develop businesses, and reinvests resources to ensure sustainability and stability for our communities. As part of this initiative, Unite Oregon is working to collaboratively develop a community-based, community-centered strategy for equitable development in East Portland and the Southwest Corridor.

For more information, contact Leslie Lum, Community Development Director at leslie@uniteoregon.org.