Michelle DePass wants to represent District 2, which encompasses all of north and parts of northeast Portland. She currently works for the City's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and has served on the Portland Public School board since 2019 — first as chair and currently as vice-chair.

She wants to bring her experiences fighting for racial and environmental justice and a vision of a cleaner, greener District 2 to City Hall.

In this interview we talked about her family memories growing up around the N Williams Ave and MLK Blvd corridors, her opinions on the I-5 Rose Quarter project, her time on the PBOT advisory committee for the N Williams Traffic Safety Project, and much more.

Links:

• Meeting on Williams project turns into discussion of race, gentrification - 7/21/11 BikePortland story
• Campaign Website
• DePass for Portland on Instagram

This conversation was recorded on the steps in front of the gazebo in Peninsula Park on July 15th.