This is an all-hands-on-deck situation where government needs to dig deep, think creatively, from police to community-based organizations to infrastructure design — we all have a role to play in this emergency.

Jo Ann Hardesty

Jo Ann A. Hardesty (born October 15, 1957) is an American Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who is currently a Portland City Commissioner, having taken office on the Portland City Council in January 2019. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1995 until 2001. Hardesty is the first African American woman to serve on Portland's city council and is an advocate of police fund reduction.

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