Minority oversight resolution approved

December 16, 2009 Nathalie Weinstein Portland city council today unanimously approved a resolution requiring the inclusion of at least one minority evaluator on all panels that review and award city contracts not based on low bids. “This is going to be a long process,” said Roy Jay, president of the Alliance of Minority Chambers of Commerce, the organization charged with vetting potential candidates to sit on the panels. “I don’t expect this to go into effect until mid-April to late May. But I already have half a dozen people today tell me they are willing and ready to serve. This...

Roy Jay to Emcee Annual Benefit for Ride Connection

Roy Jay to Emcee Annual Benefit for Ride Connection Roy Jay continues his community involvement and philanthropic ways, nationally as well as locally. On Thursday October 29th, Roy Jay will be the master of ceremonies for Ride Connections Annual Gala. The event will be held at the Tiffany Center, 1410 SW Morrison, in downtown Portland and is expected to attract an overflow crowd.   As demands for Ride Connection’s network of services and partners significantly increase, so does the importance of this event. Ride Connection, seeking an emcee for the event, turned to their longtime friend Roy Jay, who enthusiastically...

Roy Jay elected V.P. of Former Street of Dreams Homeowners Association

October 10, 2009 Portland Oregon business entrepreneur, Roy Jay was elected Vice President of the Altamont Homeowners Association at the annual meeting held in Clackamas County last September. Altamont is one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in the Portland, Oregon and has been the site of three previous Street of Dreams housing expositions. Jay becomes the first African American ever elected to the board.  The Association governs all rules, policies financials involving over 1000 residences in the Happy Valley neighborhood.  Altamont is a mix of affordable housing, executive apartments to multimillion dollar homes. Jay resides in one of the homes...

AACC helps Native American Chamber

NO STRINGS ATTACHED .. . AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER REACHES OUT TO FINANCIALLY EMPOWER NATIVE AMERICAN CHAMBER In keeping with the slogan of ‘Inclusive, Not Exclusive’ the African American Chamber made a surprise announcement on Wednesday as Chamber President, Roy Jay delivered a keynote speech at the noon luncheon of the Native American Chamber. The theme was ‘It’s not just about Us .. It’s About All of us’.  At the end of the 45 minute speech in Northeast Portland Jay surprised everyone by asking Native American Chamber President, Herb Fricke to stand up and accept a check in the amount of...

Mr. Portland

ULNW Cover Story – August 2009 Roy JayProject Clean Slate By Lora-Ellen McKinney, Ph.D. There is no getting around the fact that Roy Jay is excited about the work that he does. There is a good reason why. Most of us don’t think much about our identification documents. We show them when we need to. We tease other people about their ugly pictures and lie that ours are gorgeous. The media have increasingly shared stories about people whose identities have been stolen. There is, however, a large group of people who are off of most of our identity radars. But...