October 2026 Newsletter
Good morning! We have seven more days to motivate our friends, families, and neighbors to vote. Ask every person you meet in real life if they’ve voted already. If they reply no, encourage them to use an official Multnomah Council ballot drop box, not the US postal service Here’s a list of places where you can safely cast your ballot. Every vote counts!
There are two more doorknocking opportunities on October 31 and November 1. On Saturday, you can knock on doors for the re-election of Councilors Angelita Morillo and Tiffany Koyama-Lane. I cannot attend that canvass because I am committed to my martial arts training on Saturday mornings. I will attend the final canvass and pre-canvass pancake breakfast for Councilor Mitch Green on Sunday. Hope to see you there.
I’m also channeling my Election Day jitters into Braided River Campaign work.
This week, we are organizing support for Councilor Sameer Kanal’s Right To Breathe Act which will prevent the use of tear gas in Portland by creating stronger restrictions and penalties. Join me at City Hall on Thursday, October 29th at 9:30 am to testify after the Portland Police Bureau presents its opposition to the measure. You can read PPB’s testimony now and sign up to testify.
Chemical weapons aren’t allowed in war, and their use shouldn’t be allowed against you and me. Tear gas is toxic and can cause burns, vomiting, blindness, respiratory failure, and other serious health problems. Tear gas affects more than its “targets.” It can seep into homes, linger on trees and greenery, fill whole city blocks, and pollute our rivers.
In the evening, I’m participating in the ABC’s of Land Use Zoom hosted by Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods.
On Thursday, November 5th at 2 pm, we will be in City Hall again when the City Councilors cast their final votes on the CEI Hub policy package. This is the last and most important vote. Sit with me, wear red, and bring your knitting.
I’m excited to talk with members of the St. Johns Neighborhood Association about city policies that affect river communities at their monthly meeting on Monday, November 9th.
On Thursday, November 12th at noon, we are hosting our first quarterly Zoom to discuss the impacts of Amazon drone delivery and the Portland International Raceway. Our goal is to develop policy solutions that will improve human and environmental health. We are just beginning to learn about these issues. I hope you will join us.
I'll be at the World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims with on Sunday, November 15th at 11 am at Tom McCall Waterfront Park between Burnside and SE Ankeny. Honor our loved ones killed and injured in traffic crashes.
On Thursday, November 19th at 2 pm, you are invited to participate in our monthly North Reach River Plan community conversation by Zoom. The North Reach of the Willamette River runs nearly 12 miles from the Broadway Bridge to the confluence with the Columbia River.
Save the date for our 2nd annual Winter Solstice Party. This year it will be held on Saturday, December 19th from 7 to 9 pm in NE Portland.
We are also deepening our work on the city’s Economic Opportunities Analysis and Columbia Corridor Industrial Lands policy project with City Council President Jamie Dunphy and community organizations like 350PDX and Portland Harbor Community Coalition. Text me at 971-533-6162 if you’d like to learn more about the most obscure, important policy decisions Portland City Council will make in 2027!
To top it all off, TODAY is the first day of our 2026 fundraising drive. If you love what we do, please donate. Why are we starting TODAY of all days? Because we need your support.
Braided River Campaign is a growing movement guided by our engaged community’s vision of a thriving Portland powered by sustainable urban policy. Our staff and volunteers educate Portland decision makers on the diverse environmental and land use priorities of communities whose work touches the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
We bring river communities together with issue experts and attorneys to learn from one another, advance priorities, and combine forces to win. We hold policymakers accountable to this agenda, and we welcome your donation to ensure this agenda makes an electoral impact. Make a contribution today.
With gratitude,
Marnie Glickman
Executive Director
Braided River Campaign
P.S. Here is a photo from one of my recent visits to City Hall to support the Fair Share Tax proposal which will help Portland's struggling river communities. How? It will reduce taxes on 18,000 small businesses and raise the existing CEO surtax on about 400 large corporations based on how egregiously their CEOs are paid are relative to their workers. It will net $72 million annually for City of Portland. Photo credit: City of Portland.
