I am wildly excited to join Oregon NOW as the new Executive Director! And I am happy I got to meet some of you at this year’s Annual Conference and Meeting!

Coming with experience in legislation, advocacy, coalition building, and community organizing, I am ready to jump in and support all of your efforts, campaigns, and ideas. My goal with everything I do is to fight for self-determination and collective power by meaningfully involving those most impacted by decisions in the decision-making process and by centering the voices and visions of people who have been marginalized. I look forward to contributing to NOW’s history of grassroots activism for equity and intersectional feminism.

Local Chapter Meetings
In an effort to meet you all, I am planning on attending the following local chapter meetings:
Tuesday, May 22: Central Oregon Coast
Sunday, July 15: Greater Portland
Tuesday, July 17: Mid-Willamette Valley
Monday, August 6: South Willamette Valley
**TBD: High Desert (August)

Oregon NOW Board
I am also happy to announce our new board:

Officers

• Christine Chin Ryan, President (term ends in 2020)
• Marisha Childs, Vice President (term ends in 2019)
• Rebecca Callison, Treasurer (term ends in 2020)
• Vacant, Secretary (term ends in 2019)

At-Large Board Members

• Nancy Campbell Mead (term ends in 2019)
• Mary Schutten (term ends in 2020)
• Kristin Teigen (term ends in 2019)
• T Krone (term ends in 2020)
• Elleanor Chin (term ends in 2019)
• Position 6 Vacant (term ends in 2020)

Please contact me with any questions or ideas, or anything!
Here’s to dismantling the patriarchy arm in arm!

In solidarity,
Corinne

P.S. If you live in the Portland area, I encourage you to register for White Supremacy in Oregon: History and Current Issues, a six-week course beginning on May 1 from 7-9 pm at Taborspace in Portland. Follow this link for a week-by-week course description and to register. Now more than ever, it’s imperative that we collectively build an understanding of how Oregon’s whiteness, historically and today, has functioned, so that we can move forward to develop a better future for us all. We hope you’ll join us for this important class!