PERSON: Cameron Whitten

City Club of Portland’s Advocacy and Awareness Board

Member of the board

Cameron Whitten is a writer, civic entrepreneur, and an economics student at Portland State University. He has been engaged with nonprofit, civic and political causes in Portland for his entire adult life. His passion of advocating for human rights and marginalized communities was catalyzed in 2011, the year the Occupy Movement was born. Cameron currently serves as a member of the City Club of Portland’s Advocacy and Awareness Board, the Portland Bureau of Transportation Budget Advisory Committee, the Multnomah County Oregon Historical Society Levy Oversight Committee, and the Board of Trustees for Pioneer Square. Cameron’s biggest pride is that he’s a first-time uncle to year-old Dominick Daniel Whitten.

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