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- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
OPEU Demands for School Reopening -- Sign the Petition
Until our demands for health, safety, equity, and investment have been met, distance learning, while far from perfect, is the only reasonabl
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Author Deb Mayer
- Jan 7, 2020
- 10 min
Affordable Housing in Oregon -- the Bigger Picture
In its first edition of the new decade, January 1, 2020, Willamette Week published a story, Oregon’s Landmark Tenant Safeguards Haven’t...
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Author, Deb Mayer
- Dec 23, 2019
- 3 min
Oregon Is #1 in the Nation for Homeless Children
Oregon leads the nation in homeless children and youth. It would be splitting hairs to say it was a three-way tie between Oregon, Nevada,...
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Author Deb Mayer, David Morrison
- Aug 7, 2019
- 5 min
Oregon Legislature Passes SB 283 to Study Effects of WiFi Radiation on Children (with video)
During the summer of 2018, David Morrison and Deb Mayer made the rounds visiting legislator after legislator in Salem to find sponsors...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Mar 17, 2019
- 2 min
Dear Senators . . .
We need your testimony! We have hearing dates for Senate Bills 281, 282, and 283! YAY! Now is the time to weigh in with your support for...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Mar 12, 2019
- 4 min
Crisis in the Classroom
Since the airing of Classrooms in Crisis, hundreds of teachers have reached out to KGW investigative reporter Cristin Severance...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min
Harmful WiFi Health Effects on Children
To avoid any misunderstanding of Parents Across America's stance on the use of computer technology, we want to make our position clear....
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Author Joanne Zuhl, Deb Mayer
- Feb 19, 2019
- 2 min
Do We Need Warnings on Wifi?
In February 2019, Joanne Zuhl reported this story In Street Roots about three bills related to the safety of wireless networks and...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Feb 5, 2019
- 3 min
Before We Knew Better . . .
We even made toys for kids with asbestos. Once we learned of the health risks associated with each of these, we took action to protect...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Jan 22, 2019
- 3 min
A Very Funny Parent Speaks Out on a Very Serious Topic
Are we all spending too much time looking at our screens? Comedian Paula Poundstone thinks technology addictions are an attack on family...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Jan 7, 2019
- 3 min
WiFi Safety for Kids
During the summer of 2018 a small group of Oregonians coalesced around the idea that too much attention to cell phones, tablets, and...
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Author David Morrison
- Dec 31, 2018
- 3 min
Will 2019 Be the Year?
It's been 13 years since David Morrison enrolled his daughter in the idyllic setting of the Arbor School for Arts and Sciences in...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Dec 7, 2018
- 9 min
Portland Public Schools Says Goodbye to Police in Schools!
UPDATE: PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANCELS ITS CONTRACT WITH PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU! NO MORE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT PPS! Under...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Nov 28, 2018
- 1 min
Thank You for Your Support
Parents Across America Oregon is one of 50 chapters and affiliates in 29 states supported by Parents Across America. As many of us come...
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Authors Deb, Khem, Julie
- Sep 30, 2018
- 5 min
A Message from PAA President, Khem Irby
Parents Across America Executive Director Julie Woestehoff is retiring. It will take three of us to take her place: Khem Irby, Deb Mayer,...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Aug 7, 2018
- 2 min
Education Is a Civil Right! We Will Not Give Up the Fight!
"And how are the children doing?" This traditional greeting of the Maasai people in Africa asks after the well-being of the children. The...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Jul 25, 2018
- 5 min
The Cost of Pay for Success
"North Coast preschool advocates prepare for pilot study" was the headline the July 6, 2018 edition of The Daily Astorian. This post is...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Jul 16, 2018
- 1 min
EMF/RF and Microwave Radiation Presentation by Cece Doucette
Below is Cece Doucette's recent presentation to Board of Health in Ashland, Massachusetts. Likewise, we need citizens in communities...
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Author Deb Mayer
- Jun 27, 2018
- 4 min
Can You See It Now?
Artist rendition of typical house showing WiFi radiation Over the past few weeks, Oregonians have been asking questions and seeking...
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