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State Senator

Margaret Carter
Democrat

Occupation:State Senator

Occupational Background:President & CEO, Urban League of Portland; teacher & counselor, Portland Community College

Educational Background:M.Ed., Oregon State University; B.S., Portland State University

Prior Governmental Experience:State Representative 1985-1999; Attorney General’s Crime Victim Assistance Advisory Committee; Governor’s Council on Drugs & Alcohol; Supreme Court Task Force on Racial/Ethnic Issues in the Judicial System, Implementation Committee; Co-Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Safety in Portland Public Schools; Oregon Workforce Investment Board

Community Involvement:Board of Governors, Cascade College; Portland Business Alliance; OMSI Board; Joyful Sound Choir Director; volunteer counselor prisons & juvenile detention centers; 2004 American Red Cross Breakfast of Champions

MARGARET CARTER
Working for North-Northeast Portland

• MARGARET CARTER is committed to protecting the vital human services for the most vulnerable Oregonians – the ill, disabled, poor, and elderly:those least able to care for themselves
  
  
• MARGARET CARTER is working for economic stability, affordable homeownership for low-moderate income families in North-NE Portland and to prohibit discrimination (HB 2379)
  
  
• MARGARET CARTER was the driving force to establish the Jobs Skills Center for North-Northeast Portland to improve industrial workforce training and to set-up Advanced Technology Centers
  
  
• MARGARET CARTER was pivotal in securing General Funds to counter gang activity, for drug intervention/diversion:supports community and parent initiatives to stop violence
  
  
• MARGARET CARTER is working with Willamette Riverkeeper and citizens of St. John’s, University Park and Cathedral Park to enhance the riverfront, to secure citizen input, and to uphold the integrity of the Superfund and Willamette River Cleanup Authority

Partial list of awards to Margaret Carter:

Oregon League of Women Voters Distinguished Service
Portland State University Outstanding Alumna 2002
Elliot Human Rights Award
Jefferson High School Image Award
March of Dimes White Rose Honoree
The Skanner Celebration of Accomplishment Award
The Portland Observer Commitment to Youth
Portland Rainbow Coalition Community Service
Oregon Alzheimer’s Association Public Service Award
Portland Community College Outstanding Service Award

RE-ELECT MARGARET CARTER
Our Voice for North-Northeast Portland

(This information furnished by Friends of Margaret Carter.)