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Cameron Whitten is a prominent political and community advocate for blacks, LGBTQ+, indigenous, and other marginalized people groups in Portland Oregon. He came to Portland as a homeless youth living on the streets, and, through various assistance programs, was able to find housing, employment, and graduate from university. He became a political activist in the Occupy Portland movement, embarked on a 55-day hunger strike on the steps of City Hall to protest the housing crisis and inequality in Portland, ran for Mayor of Portland at the age of 21, and was nominated for the state treasurer position. He has served as the Executive Director of the Q Center a community center serving the LGBTQ+ community, is the founder of the racial justice nonprofit Brown Hope, co-founder of Black Resilience Fund which has raised over 2.5MM dollars for Black people in Portland and a whole lot more!He has been through a lot and has had to fight over and over to have his voice heard, but he continues to be an advocate to fight racial injustice and discrimination of any kind along with being a champion of community, love, and hope!Websites:Black Resilience Fundhttps://www.blackresiliencefund.comBrown Hopehttps://www.brownhope.orgPodcast:Your Neighborhood Black Friends