The Cascade Chapter serves Oregon and Southwest Washington. We offer regionally hosted public involvement trainings, conferences, learning and networking events, micro-grants for public participation, and best practice awards. Engage with our local Cascade Chapter community to share in a mutual exchange of equity-focused best practices in public participation.

The Community Engagement Liaison Services (CELs) is a community engagement and language interpretation program that assists city government, private entities and corporations to better achieve communication, and public engagement. This program helps integrating immigrant, BIPOC and refugee communities into the life of our communities.CELs provide effective avenues for authentic public participation. Sharing public services, benefits, and burdens more equitably requires intentional engagement of underserved communities. Having our many communities participate fully in our robust public life requires authentic partnerships. Simply hiring an interpreter to speak to populations you hope will show up is not true civic engagement and will not produce equity. CELs liaisons, on the other hand, can identify specific ethno-cultural and language communities within targeted service areas to encourage and develop genuine and representative public participation.CELs liaisons are community leaders that came from all four corners of the globe. CELs program currently have more than 80 liaisons and they are experienced and trained civic activists, who are respected elders or advocates active in their communities and fluent in English; who are available to assist public involvement programs with interpretation and facilitation services that include cultural, legal, medical, social and technical etc. CELs is the recipient of the 2020 WMSWCD Green Award.

API Forward provides education and training for local API students and young professionals to build the skills and behaviors needed to break that so-called bamboo ceiling and to be successful leaders in our community.In order to change the world, we need not only smart individuals, we need diversity in leaders.http://apiforward.org/

PKS International is an import/export company of local and foreign products/services that maximize productivity and enhance profitability. PKS International serves a variety of industries including wines, agriculture, heavy equipment and education exchange. We provide direction to clients in the development of new international business opportunities and mitigate risk through issue resolution, education and strategic planning.

Mission of the New Portlanders Policy Commission is to advise the City on policies and practices to integrate immigrant and refugee communities’ voices and needs into the provision of City services, City decision-making and civic engagement in Portland, and to seek constructive relationships with each member of Council and the City Auditor.https://www.portland.gov/civic/immigrants/npcc#!/action=viewmore&type=topPages#:~:text=New%20Portlanders%20Policy%20Commission%20Mission%20of%20the%20New,each%20member%20of%20Council%20and%20the%20City%20Auditor.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is historically a bipartisan, independent commission of the U.S. federal government, created in 1957, that is charged with the responsibility for investigating, reporting on, and making recommendations concerning civil rights issues that face the nation.http://www.usccr.gov/

The mission of the OCAPIA is to work for the implementation and establishment of economic, social, legal, and political equality for Asian American & Pacific Islanders in Oregon and to maintain a continuing assessment of the issues and needs confronting Asian Pacific Americans.

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is an art college in Portland Oregon, offers MFA, MA, and BFA programs in art. As Oregon’s flagship college of art and design since 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art has helped shape Oregon’s visual arts landscape for more than a century. PNCA students study with award-winning faculty in small classes. In the last ten years, PNCA has doubled both the student body and full-time faculty, quadrupled its endowment, and added innovative undergraduate and graduate programs.http://www.pnca.edu/

APACC fosters business-to-business relationships through frequent networking events and educational seminars throughout the year and strives to use its connections with Asian countries and pacific region to help develop international business opportunities, and is committed to business and community partnerships in education and other areas of mutual interest. APACC is the recipient of the 2013 Asian Reporter Foundation Exemplary Community Volunteer Award.

b. a. diva’s mission is to offer fun, sexy, comfortable and reasonably priced high-end clothing for mature women with busy lifestyles. The “wow” factor of the design differentiates us from other clothing products.

Co-team lead, partnership specialist at US Census Bureau- Develop partnership with state and local government, community based organizations, faith-based groups, grassroots entities and businesses to gain support. - Conduct cross-cultural workshop, presentations, seminars, exhibitions and trainings.- Manage eleven assistants in 7 counties: Marion, Yamhill, Lincoln, Polk, Linn, Malhuer.- Provide support to Census field operations throughout Oregon.- Outreach to Asian and Middle Eastern population in Oregon to encourage better census count for 2010.- Coordinate and implement regional media activities