A family engagement specialist was one of many employees who left the agency. In her resignation letter, she decried the “focus on media coverage and legislator perspectives instead of centering family needs and provider experiences.”Beth Nakamura
In December 2022, Priscilla Lowells went over her bosses’ heads to alert the incoming Oregon governor of problems in her workplace.
“With great courage I send this email in hopes that someone can hear my voice of concern,” Lowells wrote to Andrea Cooper, then chief of staff for incoming Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek. “As a person of color I have spoken up and I have been met with resistance.”
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