HOME|TRANSLATIONS|JOIN US/CONTRIBUTE|CONTACTRESIZE TEXT A  A  A




an historic tour

Fasten Your Seat Belt 2008

...of housing discrimation




Fasten Your Seat Belt: It's Been a Bumpy Ride

On Wednesday, April 30th 2008, the Fair Housing Council (FHCO) launched a new service to the community. The sensory-rich, tactil experience included a bus tour around Portland, Oregon highlighting a few sites where various forms of historic housing discrimination had taken place.

The bus tour was part of a day-long event in honor of national Fair Housing Month and a celebration of the passing of the federal Fair Housing Act in 1968. Special guests and expert planelists discussed the past, present, and future of housing equity.

Below are pictures from the bus tour and the rest of the day's activities followed by program details and media coverage.

If you have questions about the event, would like to sponsor a similar tour or event, or would like to participate in a future tour, visit our Tours page. To learn more about Fair Housing Month visit www.FHCO.org/fair_housing_month.htm; to learn about the history of civil rights in housing visit www.FHCO.org/history.htm. Thank you for your interest.

 

2008 Event Pictures:

Inaugrual Event Flyer and Program Details:

 

2008 Event Sponsors:

City of Eugene
Gold Level Event Donor

City of Portland, Bureau of Housing and Community Development
Gold Level Event Donor

Multnomah County Schools and Community Partnerships
Gold Level Event Donor

Portland Metropolitan Assn. of REALTORS®
Gold Level Event Donor

Oregon Economic and Community Development Department
Gold Level Event Donor

Oregon Housing and Community Services
Gold Level Event Donor

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Gold Level Event Donor

 

City of Corvallis
Sterling Level Event Donor

Metro Multifamily Housing Assn.
Sterling Level Event Donor

Kristine McVikar
Sterling Level Event Donor

Princeton Property Management
Sterling Level Event Donor

Regional Multiple Listing Service
Sterling Level Event Donor

 

Bittner & Hahs
Donor Level Event Donor

C&R Real Estate Services
Donor Level Event Donor

City of Beaverton
Donor Level Event Donor

Kell, Alterman & Runstein Attorneys
Donor Level Event Donor

Key Bank
Donor Level Event Donor

Multnomah County
Donor Level Event Donor

Oregon Rental Housing Assn. and the Rental Housing Assn. of Greater Portland
Donor Level Event Donor

Washington County
Donor Level Event Donor

 

Bowen Property Management
Friends Level Event Donor

City of Vancouver
Friends Level Event Donor

Clark County
Friends Level Event Donor

JK Management
Friends Level Event Donor

National Fair Housing Alliance
Friends Level Event Donor

Sterling Savings Bank
Friends Level Event Donor

Vancouver Housing Authority
Friends Level Event Donor

West Coast Bank
Friends Level Event Donor

 

City of Gresham
Other

 

FHCO's Tour Makes the News:

 

Fair Housing Month Proclamations:

Fair Housing Month Commemoration:

 

 
"Get on the Bus with Tour Guide, Jayme Rabenberg!"
 
Tour participants listen intently as featured guests speak at designated locations of interest.
 
Artist, Valerie Otani, with Tour Guide and Former Director of FHCO, Cynthia Ingebretson. Ms. Otani points backward to one of the traditional Japanese gates she designed.
..
A close up of Otani's tribute to those detained in Japanese interment camps for four months before being forcibly relocated.
..
Ms. Otani's exhibit honors more than 3,700 Japanese Americans who were detained at the Portland Expo Center, the site of a 1942 Japanese interment camp.
 
On the bus mid-tour, FHCO staffer, Luke Griffin checks in with attendees.
 
Folks file out of four full buses at two designated stops.
 
Tour Guide, Diane Hess, introduces Ed Washington at the site of the historic Vanport flood.
..
Mr. Washington, Former Metro Counselor, shares his memories of growing up in the City of Vanport, which was washed away by a massive flood in 1948.
..
Two hundred participants listen as Mr. Washington shares his story.
 
One attendee, Andrea Lindberg with the City of Beaverton, graciously doubled as camera crew.
 
Back at the conference hall, FHCO's own John Gainer introduces the Sermonettes Gospel Singers (below) before going on to do a rousing solo performance.
___________________________
 
"Anywhere But Here" is the name of a moving and historical display the FHCO created. The banner above served to introduce the display.
..
Bus tour participants enjoyed Anywhere but Here, FHCO's traveling exhibit which details the history of housing discrimination in Oregon.
..
During the event, the 2008 Grand Prize Winner of FHCO's annual poster contest was announced.
..
Here Pegge McGuire (right), FHCO's former Director and Administrator at the Oregon Housing and Community Services) presents FHCO's 2008 award to Priya Basak of
Rosemont Middle School. OHCS is one of the sponsors of FHCO's annual contest.
 
Other winners and contestants' artwork were displayed as well.
..
FHCO staff and volunteers greet guests during morning registration.
..
200 participants enjoyed lunch time presentations.
..
Fanciful centerpieces drive home the theme that "It's Been a Bumpy Ride" since the Fair Housing Act was enacted in 1968.

return to top of page

"Thank You"

The FHCO would like to thank our partners and members for their support.
Their grants and contributions have helped to make the resources on this site possible.
Please join them in our efforts!






If you have a fair housing question, or to report a fair housing complaint, please call 503/223-8197 Ext. 2 or 800/424-3247 Ext. 2 (TTY and translation available). Alternatively, you may call HUD at 800/877-0246.


Service Area:
Office Location:
Contact:

Oregon and Southwest Washington
506 SW Sixth, Suite 1111, PORTLAND OR . 97204
information@FHCO.org .| .503/223-8295 .| .Hotline 800/424-3247 Ext. 2

The work that provided the basis for this publication was supported by funding under a grant with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The substance and findings of the work are dedicated to the public. The author and the publisher are solely responsible for the accuracy of the statements and interpretations contained in this publication. Such interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Government.

©2010. FHCO. All rights reserved.