OREGON GOVERNOR SIGNS PROJECT CLEAN SLATE FUNDING

Oregon’s Governor Ted Kulongoski, Senator Margaret Carter, Roy Jay and a host of others are on hand for the official signing of HB 3054 which helped with seed money to keep Project Clean Slate operating. The program which started on July 9, 2005 has served and helped literally thousands of people get a second chance for jobs, employment, housing and other...

POLITICIANS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS APPLAUD ROY JAY & PROJECT CLEAN SLATE

Not many people would cash in nearly all of their retirement to help people that they never really met. That’s what African American Chamber of Commerce President, Roy Jay did in 2005 as he launched Project Clean Slate. What is now an award winning program set out on a path to help a few hundred people reclaim their drivers license and expunging minor criminal convictions. These and other barriers were in the way of people moving forward and getting a second chance in life. Since inception, PCS has assisted over 8000 people in more ways than they can imagine. One...

AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER THE SPARK PLUG BEHIND MULTI MILLION DOLLAR SUIT

African American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon was one of the main spark plugs supporting a multi million dollar suit against Asbury Auto Group in Portland, Oregon for racial discrimination. This news story is only the tip of the iceberg. Asbury packed up and not only left town, but the entire state of Oregon. This event was August 18, 2008. Plaintiffs were four African American employees that were called the “N” word repeatedly, passed over for promotion. In the 11th hour after, they reached out to the African American Chamber of Commerce’s Legal Support Division. The initial results in Federal...

ROY JAY & FRIENDS PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO HOMELESS, NOW A NURSE!

To hear her story, you would begin to appreciate the efforts of self preservation. A few years ago, Melonie Powell as a victim of domestic abuse at 18 years old with four toddlers. She escaped her environment late one night with a train ticket to Portland Oregon to get reunited with her mother. Thinking that she was leaving her past behind her, Powell became entangled in drugs, crimes and losing her children to DHS. Living on the streets of Portland, she slept at night under a major bridge and would wake up each morning looking at a billboard of a...

Roy Jay 2010 DJC Newsmaker of the Year

Businessman Roy Jay recognized at Daily Journal of Commerce, Newsmaker of the Year...

ROY JAY MENTIONED AS POSSIBLE MAYORAL CANDIDATE

Portland Oregon’s Mayor Tom Potter announces that he will NOT run for re-election. Roy Jay among first names mentioned as possible...

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