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- People's Town Hall's IF WE CAN KEEP IT. This week we talk with Sharon Meieran, a practicing emergency room physician in Portland, Oregon, and a serving Multnomah County Commissioner. We talk about her path to public service, balancing a career in medicine with a political life, how public testimony by constituents is an under-utilized tool for making change, and sources of hope that sustain her in her work.
- People's Town Hall's IF WE CAN KEEP IT. This week we talk with Candace Avalos, an Oregon-based activist and movement leader. We discuss her motivation to becoming involved in her city, her run for office, her involvement in creating a new charter for Portland, and reasons for hope for the future of our democracy.
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