News and commentary about Division I college football with an emphasis on the state of Oregon. By Ken Goe | The Oregonian/OregonLive I like Oregon’s Rooney Rule for two reasons: — It works. The rule, passed by the Oregon legislature in... Read More
BY ADAM RITTENBERG Minutes before Oregon passed House Bill 3118 in June 2009, state Sen. Mark Hass explained the proposal. Hass outlined how the Rooney Rule, pioneered by the NFL to increase opportunities for minority coaches, could benefit Oregon’s state... Read More
In November of 2018 Multnomah County in Portland Oregon, became the third government agency to adopt a policy modeled after the National Football Leagues “Rooney Rule” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Rule Multnomah County joined the city of Portland https://thenohatezone.wpengine.com/the-charles-jordan-standard/and The State of Oregon https://thenohatezone.wpengine.com/rooney-rule/ in adopting... Read More
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2018/11/the-hate-u-give-screening-spurs-difficult-talk-between-portland-teens-police.html Please take a moment to read the article detailing the recent book club, movie screening and discussion The No Hate Zone sponsored. Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw attended along with current police officers. Thank you to The Portland NAACP,... Read More
White Privilege Challenge: The next time you as a #White person have a discussion about #Race & #Racism with a person of color, Challenge yourself to: 1) Listen intentionally. 2) Do NOT let your initial response be to dismiss or... Read More
May 29 at 4:46 PM I can’t say that what happen in Portland, Oregon on Friday May 26, 2017 is a shock to me– as heroic and tragic as it was– and for me that’s sad. I was born in Portland Oregon ... Read More
The No Hate Zone and No Ho’s Hawaiian Cafe bring minority communities together with Portland Police Officers at community dinners.
It is hard to put into words how much I love Noho, how much I respect him not only as a friend and a person but as a member of our Portland community Noho is everything that is right about... Read More
So much has been written, verbalized, blogged, or discussed over the issue of Immigration that I think we as Americans have lost sight of what we are really talking about. I am almost 49 years old and have a very diverse... Read More
Sometime in the summer of 2004 I was coming out of Safeway getting my morning coffee from Starbucks. I was driving my black Toyota Tacoma then and both my Rottweilers Nahla and Max were in the back, tied down in... Read More