Tom Potter Bows Out Of Mayoral Race

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Roy Jay Bows Out Of Mayoral Race

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Giving Second Chances

Giving Second Chances Fortune Small Business July.August 2007 The clerk at Walgreens had a strange glint in her eye as Roy Jay approached her counter. Next thing he knew, she was rushing toward him, arms outstretched. “Thank you!” she cried, hugging the befuddled 6-foot 4-inch Jay. “I got my job here because of you.” The clerk was one of the thousands in Multnomah County (which encompasses metro Portland, Ore.) who have benefited from Project Clean Slate (projectcleanslate.com), a program Jay founded in 2005 to help local residents expunge convictions for offenses such as marijuana possession and driving without insurance. The...

Roy Jay Leaves NCBMP Post

ROY JAY LEAVES NCBMP POST Portland, August 19, 2007 ROY JAY, elected as national chairman of the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners in November 2006 in Las Vegas has left the 23 year old organization after less than one year at the helm.  Jay follows in the footsteps of Bruce Gordon, former national head of NAACP who departed the national organization after only 19 months. The reasons, insiders say are similar& — accountability and professionalism. Jay has been one of the main arteries of the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners for over 13 years providing technical and financial...

Project Clean Slate is back

Oregonian Blog Posted by S. Renee Mitchell – August 19, 2007 Courtesy of The Oregonian Thousands of people showed up in North Portland for Project Clean Slate in 2005. The program is now being expanded. Let me start with the long-awaited news: Enrollment for Project Clean Slate reopens Sept. 1, 2007! The program has helped thousands of people regain driver’s license privileges, expunge minor criminal convictions and get back on track to gain or upgrade employment, housing and other opportunities. On Aug. 15, Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed into law House Bill 3054 which provides $275,000, the first official funding for Project...