This week in PPS: Rob Ingram

September 28, 2009 by Steve Rawley

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Rob Ingram: “I’m one of those guys who believes that actors and musicians and athletes are a little over-paid, and our teachers and social workers are way under-paid.” (photo by Steve Rawley)

This week in PPS, we begin a new series I’m calling “Difference Makers,” interviews with people making a difference in the lives of youth.  This week, I talked with Rob Ingram, director of the City of Portland’s Office of Youth Violence Prevention. We had a broad ranging talk touching on the Million Father March, Black Men Working, the success of students involved with SEI, the PPS high school redesign, and the over-representation of black men in Oregon’s criminal justice system. I caught up with Rob at his office in Northeast Portland.

Links

• Office of Youth Violence Prevention
• Portland Family Magazine
• Million Father March on What’s Happening PDX (I erroneously referred to this Web site as “Happening in PDX” in the podcast)
• Black Star Project

Steve Rawley is the father of two PPS students and is publisher and editor PPS Equity.

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