<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-info gmail-callout" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(233,233,233);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(202,202,202);color:rgb(51,51,51);clear:both;overflow:auto;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><h4 class="gmail-callout-heading" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.313em 17px 0px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.4;margin:0px;font-family:open_sanslight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.5em">[Please share with your communities!]</h4><div><br></div><div><br></div><h4 class="gmail-callout-heading" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.313em 17px 0px;font-weight:400;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.4;margin:0px;font-family:open_sanslight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.5em">Clinic hours</h4><div class="gmail-callout-contents" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 1.25em 1.25em"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.9375em 0px 0.625em;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6">The CLEAR Clinic is now offering in-person legal clinic hours!</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6;list-style-position:outside"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Location</span>: PCC Cascade, Terrell Hall, Room 203 (<a href="https://www.pcc.edu/locations/cascade/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,102,122);line-height:inherit;font-size:1em">map here</a>) – <a href="https://www.pcc.edu/transportation/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,102,122);line-height:inherit;font-size:1em">payment or a parking permit is required</a> in PCC parking lots</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Walk-in Clinic Hours</span>:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6;list-style-position:outside"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0.313em 0px 0px">DACA Renewals and Immigration Legal Screenings: Tuesdays 12 to 4pm</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0.313em 0px 0px">Expungements: Fridays 12 to 4pm</li></ul></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:15px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6">Additional services available through the PCC CLEAR Clinic:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.9375em;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6;list-style-position:outside"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em">To get navigated into the Equity Corps of Oregon program and access the CLEAR Clinic’s limited scope <span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">deportation defense legal services</span>, please call our partner Pueblo Unido at: 503-360-0324</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">To access the CLEAR Clinic’s eviction defense legal services (if you have been issued a termination notice by your landlord, or if you have an eviction court case pending,) please contact the <span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Eviction Legal Defense Project</span> as soon as possible, by filling out the <a href="https://oregonlawcenter.org/eviction-defense-project/#reachout" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,102,122);line-height:inherit;font-size:1em">Eviction Legal Defense Project web form</a> or calling 888-585-9638</li></ul></div></div><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:open_sanslight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.85714em;font-variant-ligatures:normal">About the CLEAR Clinic</h4><span class="gmail-fas gmail-fa-balance-scale gmail-round gmail-alignright" role="img" title="balance scale" aria-label="balance scale" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:80px;font-weight:900;font-family:FontAwesome;display:inline-block;float:right;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:rgb(0,128,153);border-top-left-radius:50%;border-top-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-left-radius:50%;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:2.14286em;height:80px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;margin:0.313em;padding:0px;width:80px"></span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal">Welcome to the PCC CLEAR (Community Legal & Educational Access & Referral) Clinic! The CLEAR Clinic is a free legal clinic at PCC Cascade in North Portland, providing the following free legal services to Oregonians:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.625em 0px 0.313em 1.875em;padding:0px;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;list-style-position:outside;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em">Criminal record and eviction expungements;</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em">Eviction legal defense for Portland residents;</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em">DACA renewals and immigration legal screenings;</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em">Limited scope deportation defense;</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em">Legal name and gender-marker changes; and</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em">Other advice and referrals for legal services, PCC resources, and community-based resources.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal">The CLEAR Clinic aims to help PCC community members reduce barriers to employment, housing, education and well-being. We are dedicated to increasing access to justice and addressing the lasting impact of disproportionate law enforcement on people of color and low-income communities.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal">Additionally, the CLEAR Clinic offers a seamless transition to education and career training at PCC by partnering with credit and non-credit academic programs and wrap-around supports like Workforce Development, Adult Basic Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and the Dreamers Resource Center. The Clinic also partners with a variety of community-based organizations to holistically support participants.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal">All of our legal services are free and accessible to everyone in the community (though filing fees may apply).</p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:open_sanslight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.85714em;font-variant-ligatures:normal">Purpose</h4><span class="gmail-fas gmail-fa-fist-raised gmail-round gmail-alignright" role="img" title="fist raised" aria-label="fist raised" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:80px;font-weight:900;font-family:FontAwesome;display:inline-block;float:right;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:rgb(0,128,153);border-top-left-radius:50%;border-top-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-left-radius:50%;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:2.14286em;height:80px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;margin:0.313em;padding:0px;width:80px"></span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal">The purpose of the PCC CLEAR Clinic is to tear down the legal barriers that keep our community from enjoying the benefit of each members’ full participation.</p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:open_sanslight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.85714em;font-variant-ligatures:normal">Vision</h4><span class="gmail-fas gmail-fa-glasses gmail-round gmail-alignright" role="img" title="glasses" aria-label="glasses" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:80px;font-weight:900;font-family:FontAwesome;display:inline-block;float:right;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:rgb(0,128,153);border-top-left-radius:50%;border-top-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-left-radius:50%;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:2.14286em;height:80px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;margin:0.313em;padding:0px;width:80px"></span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal">We acknowledge our state and nation’s devastating history of white supremacy both within and outside the legal system; our vision is to clear our community members’ legal obstacles that arise from oppressive systems, and to work toward ending those systems entirely.</p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:open_sanslight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.85714em;font-variant-ligatures:normal">Mission</h4><span class="gmail-fas gmail-fa-cloud-sun gmail-round gmail-alignright" role="img" title="cloud sun" aria-label="cloud sun" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:80px;font-weight:900;font-family:FontAwesome;display:inline-block;float:right;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:rgb(0,128,153);border-top-left-radius:50%;border-top-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-left-radius:50%;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:2.14286em;height:80px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;margin:0.313em;padding:0px;width:80px"></span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.313em;padding:0.313em 0px 0.625em;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal">The CLEAR Clinic creates and fosters a PCC community that values all of its members and allows each person to shine their brightest, without being held back by legal issues. We help our community clear their records, clear up their housing and immigration issues, and clear their paths forward through free legal services and advocacy.</p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:open_sanslight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4;font-size:1.85714em;font-variant-ligatures:normal">Values</h4><span class="gmail-fas gmail-fa-people-carry gmail-round gmail-alignright" role="img" title="people carry" aria-label="people carry" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:80px;font-weight:900;font-family:FontAwesome;display:inline-block;float:right;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:rgb(0,128,153);border-top-left-radius:50%;border-top-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-right-radius:50%;border-bottom-left-radius:50%;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:2.14286em;height:80px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;margin:0.313em;padding:0px;width:80px"></span><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.625em 0px 0.313em 1.875em;padding:0px;font-size:14.4px;line-height:1.6;list-style-position:outside;font-family:open_sansregular,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-ligatures:normal"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Every human being has inherent value.</span> We strive to treat everyone who comes through our doors with dignity and respect, and provide legal services that help promote the value of each person.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Legal advocacy is critical for social and racial justice.</span> We focus on reducing barriers to success and well-being and addressing historical injustice by providing access to essential legal services.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Charging clients for legal services is an inherent barrier to accessing justice.</span> Eliminating fees for our work increases equity and accessibility of legal services that support our community’s basic needs.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Community resilience is possible through collaboration.</span> We believe that our responsibility to the community goes beyond the college’s doors. We carry this responsibility through, among other things, the hands-on legal work we do in the Clinic and our community partnerships that provide wraparound support and community care.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Fostering curiosity and growth provides opportunities for student leadership development.</span> We are honored to provide experiential learning opportunities for PCC students through legal services leadership programs.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.625em"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:inherit;font-family:open_sanssemibold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Responding to harm or violations of the law does not require us to rely on incarceration and punishment.</span> We work towards a society where immigration is not criminalized, and our response to harm or legal violations is repair not punishment.</li></ul><div><a href="https://www.pcc.edu/clear-clinic/">Clear Clinic </a></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#ffffff">-</font></div><span style="color:rgb(120,63,4)">Max Macias </span><a href="https://www.name-coach.com/max-macias" style="font-family:"open sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.538em;background-color:transparent;border-radius:0px;color:rgb(136,91,192);outline:0px!important" target="_blank"><img alt="A button with "Hear my name" text for name playback in email signature" src="https://www.name-coach.com/images/emailsig/email-sig.jpeg" style="border-radius:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:middle;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:15px"></a></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Pronouns: | He, Him, His/They |</b></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><b>Strengths:</b> Input, Ideation, Context, Connectedness, Intellection</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><font face="arial black, sans-serif">Social media is mind control.  </font></div><div><br></div>The ideas expressed in these emails in no way represent any organization's viewpoints, or opinions.  The opinions, ideas and reflections are my own personal intellectual property.<br><div><br><br>Publishing<br><br><a href="http://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lowrider Librarian</a></div><div><a href="https://www.librarianswithspines.com/" target="_blank">Librarians With Spines </a><br></div></div></div></div>