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Jane A.
Review for Unite Oregon, Portland, OR, USA
in the years I worked as a policy director and education strategy coordinator for then Portland City Commissioner and now Mayor, our work with CIO not only helped inform us on an array of concerns, we worked together to solve community problems. We turned to CIO to bring together representatives from many communities too often not "at the table" to make decisions and develop policies to ensure we all work together. They are a very effective organization with strong and wise leadership. I greatly respect the work of CIO. They are continuing to build relationships which ensure that including underrepresented communities becomes the norm. The issues I worked most directly with CIO on regarded public safety and planning issues. Their participation and contributions were invaluable.
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Together we designed the public involvement process for the Portland Plan, our longterm planning effort. We worked hard to ensure a broad representation of our communities have genuine and accessible involvement in that planning process and outcomes.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Provide them the time and resources to continue developing. I believe they are doing it well; they have a broad base of communities represented, work to build their leaders from within as well as reaching out to new individuals or organizations. They are strong without being strident, which I found very important in working with our City leadership. They understand well the importance of when to listen and when to make sure their points are understood, when to compromise and when to stand firm.
