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词条 Jo Ann Hardesty
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox state representative
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Jo Ann Hardesty
| honorific-suffix =
| image = JoAnn Hardesty.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Hardesty in 2012
| office = Portland City Commissioner
| term_start = January 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = Dan Saltzman
| successor =
| state_house2 = Oregon
| district2 = 19th
| term_start2 = January 1995
| term_end2 = January 2001
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = Jackie Dingfelder
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|10|15}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland[1]
| death_date =
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| citizenship =
| nationality =
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Skip Hardesty
| children =
| residence = Portland, Oregon
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}}Jo Ann A. Hardesty ({{nee|Bowman}}; 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.[2][3]

Early life

Hardesty was raised in Baltimore, Maryland.[4]

Career

Hardesty served in the United States Navy, and was elected to the Oregon House in 1994, holding office until 2001. She later served as executive director of Oregon Action, and became president of the Portland chapter of the NAACP in January 2015.[5][6]

In 2007 Hardesty began hosting "Voices from the Edge," a progressive talk radio program on KBOO, a community radio station in Portland. The call-in show addresses racial disparity, government accountability, environmental justice and politics on local, state and national levels.[7]

Hardesty ran for Portland City Council in 2018, for the open seat being vacated by the retiring Dan Saltzman.[8] She won the race, against Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith; early returns showed her receiving approximately 62 percent of the votes cast.[2][3] She was sworn in as a city commissioner{{spaced endash}}as members of Portland's city council are called{{spaced endash}}on January 2, 2019.[9][10]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/10808/jo-ann-bowman#.V8TeFGXotLg|title=Jo Ann Bowman's Biography|publisher=Project VoteSmart|accessdate=August 29, 2016}}
2. ^{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Rachel |last2=Shepherd |first2=Katie |title=Jo Ann Hardesty Is the First Black Woman Elected to Portland City Council |newspaper=Willamette Week |date=November 6, 2018 |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2018/11/06/jo-ann-hardesty-is-the-first-black-woman-elected-to-portland-city-council/ |accessdate=November 7, 2018 }}
3. ^{{cite news |last1=Templeton |first1=Amelia |title=Portland Voters Elect Hardesty As 1st Woman Of Color To City Council |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |date=November 6, 2018 |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/2018-portland-oregon-city-council-election-result/ |accessdate=November 7, 2018 }}
4. ^{{cite news |last1=Parks |first1=Casey |title=Portland NAACP president says organization needs white members: 'It's a matter of survival' |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/06/portland_naacp_jo_ann_hardesty.html |accessdate=19 January 2019 |work=The Oregonian |date=June 19, 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theskanner.com/news/northwest/8-news/7106-joann-bowman-resigns-from-oregon-action-2010-04-20|title=Joann Bowman Resigns from Oregon Action|newspaper=The Skanner|date=April 20, 2010|accessdate=August 29, 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theskanner.com/news/northwest/22318-new-president-joann-hardesty-on-civil-rights-now|title=New NAACP President JoAnn Hardesty on Civil Rights Now|author=Smith, Donovan L.|newspaper=The Skanner|date=January 20, 2015|accessdate=August 29, 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://kboo.org/program/voices-edge?page=57|title=Voices from the Edge|publisher=KBOO|accessdate=September 1, 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/city/2017/08/04/jo-ann-hardesty-former-legislator-and-head-of-naacp-portland-running-for-city-council-seat/|title=Jo Ann Hardesty, Former Legislator and Head of NAACP Portland, Running for City Council Seat|author=Monahan, Rachel|newspaper=Willamette Week|date=August 4, 2017|accessdate=November 7, 2017}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Monahan|first=Rachel|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2019/01/02/jo-ann-hardesty-officially-becomes-the-first-african-american-woman-to-serve-on-portland-city-council/|title=Jo Ann Hardesty Officially Becomes the First African-American Woman to Serve on Portland City Council|newspaper=Willamette Week|date=January 2, 2019|accessdate=January 6, 2019}}
10. ^{{cite news|last=Friedman|first=Gordon|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/01/jo-ann-hardesty-sworn-in-to-city-council-cementing-portlands-liberal-legacy.html|title=Jo Ann Hardesty sworn in to city council, cementing Portland’s liberal legacy|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=January 2, 2019|accessdate=January 6, 2019}}

External links

{{Commons category|Jo Ann Hardesty}}
  • [https://www.portlandoregon.gov/hardesty/ Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty] on City of Portland website
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9 : 1957 births|Living people|African-American state legislators in Oregon|Members of the Oregon House of Representatives|National Association for the Advancement of Colored People activists|Oregon Democrats|Politicians from Baltimore|Portland City Council members (Oregon)|Women state legislators in Oregon

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