Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers

January 16, 2019 By

Sam Sachs has been battling racism his entire life.

By promoting equity and diversity through his work as a former Army veteran, football player, law enforcement officer, and later as Human Rights Commissioner for the City of Portland, he’s made a name for himself. He’s spearheaded an effort for local and state governments in Oregon to adopt variations of an equitable hiring standard, for example, known as The Rooney Rule, in which at least one ethnic minority must be interviewed for leadership roles.

Read the full article here: http://m.portlandobserver.com/news/2019/jan/16/breaking-bread-breaking-barriers/

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