OABA Celebrates 40th Anniversary

  • OABA 40th Anniversary Celebration at Oregon State Capitol, Governor's Ceremonial Offices - FREE - PUBLIC INVITED ~ ANNIVERSARY CAKE & PUNCH

Click here to view a complete program for the day.

  •  Hon. Statesman; OABA PRESIDENT, DR. CALVIN O.L. HENRY
  •  Hon. Statesman, Senate President Peter Courtney
  •  Hon. Stateswoman, Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek
  •  SEIU Local 503 Steward, Hon. Dr. Martin Kehrli, DHS, Disability Determination Services, 
  •  Caribbean Chef Regis
  •  OREGON Stateswoman, Hon. Barbette Renee Woodall
  •  OREGON Stateswoman, Hon. Teressa Raiford Mazique - Don't Shoot Portland
  •  SALEM - PDX - ACLU - Constitution & Preservation of Civil and Human Rights 
  •  A BETTER OREGON
  •  OREGON Statesman, Hon. Senator Lew Fredrick
  •  HONORABLE FORMER SENATOR CHIP SHIELDS - PORTLAND OREGON

The 2016 Oregon Black Political Convention Steering Committee (OBPC SC)

2016 OBPC Date And Location

The 2016 Oregon Black Political Convention (OBPC) will be held on April 22-24, 2016, at the Crowne

Plaza Portland Convention Center, 1441 NE 2nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232.

2016 OBPC Steering Committee

The duties and responsibilities of the 2016 Oregon Black Political Convention (OBPC) Steering Committee are to plan and prepare for the 2016 Oregon Black Political Convention.  This Steering

Committee shall:

1. Hold meetings to plan and prepare for the 2016 Oregon Black Political Convention.

2. Prepare a budget for the OBPC and have it approved by the OABA Board of Directors.

3. Select the THEME for the Convention and have it approved by the OABA Board of Directors.

4. Be responsible for inviting candidates to attend the convention.

5. Prepare and distribute: OBPC Announcement Flyers, OBPC Brochures, OBPC Program Booklet, DRAFT OBPC Platform and Resolution, 2016 OBPC Convention Rules, and ADOPTED OBPC Platform and Resolution Pamphlet by May 2016.

6. Plan and schedule the activities of the convention, including candidate's participation and endorsements and luncheon.

7. Conduct outreach to community organizations, young Black Americans, high school students and college students.

8. Be in charge of pre-registration and registration for the convention.

9. Be responsible for publicity for the convention. Work with the editor of OABA NEWSLETTER.

10. Provide and control space for candidates' exhibits or literature

11. Work with OBPC College interns.

Join the OABA

OABA is a membership organization and is open to any person who is in accordance with the policies and principles of the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs. 

 
 
 

Donate to the OABA

OABA is nonpartisan and nonprofit, but it is political. We at the Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs (OABA) are asking you to help us so that we can be a better political voice for Black Oregonians as well as all Oregonians.