1. Cameron Whitten was born on April 8,1991 and is an American community activist best known for advocacy on affordable housing, racial justice, and LGBT rights.
22 Facts About Cameron Whitten
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Cameron Whitten camped in Lownsdale and Chapman squares for the 38 days of the occupation.
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Cameron Whitten was arrested during some occupiers' last stand in Chapman Square.
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Cameron Whitten has another arrest in January 2012 for actions during an Occupy the Courts rally.
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Cameron Whitten got his start in politics as a candidate for mayor of Portland, Oregon, in 2012.
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Cameron Whitten campaigned on a platform of diversity and inclusion.
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Cameron Whitten was nominated by the Oregon Progressive Party for the position of state treasurer.
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Also in 2012, Cameron Whitten embarked on a hunger strike on the steps of City Hall to protest the housing crisis in Portland, and to demand immediate action from city leaders.
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In 2013, Cameron Whitten was in the news again when he participated in the campaign for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Oregon.
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Also in 2013, after a homeless camp in front of Portland city hall was cleared and replaced by a burrito cart, Cameron Whitten organized a demonstration handing out free burritos which prompted the cart to relocate.
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In 2014 Cameron Whitten was executive director of the organization Know Your City.
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Also in 2014 Cameron Whitten joined cyclists to protest the dangerous state of Portland city infrastructure after a cyclist was killed while riding in a bike lane.
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In 2015, by then a student at Portland State University, Cameron Whitten was in the news again when he was arrested after complaining about conditions on a Portland streetcar.
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In 2017, Cameron Whitten took part in protests against Donald Trump's executive order banning travelers from specific countries to the US.
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Cameron Whitten was later interviewed about the ban by Fox News; interviewer Tucker Carlson questioned Cameron Whitten's knowledge of the text of the order.
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In 2018, Cameron Whitten founded a racial justice nonprofit named Brown Hope.
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Cameron Whitten was later interviewed about the event by Fox News; interviewer Tucker Carlson questioned Cameron Whitten about whether the event was offensive.
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In July 2018, Cameron Whitten became the Interim Executive Director of Q Center, a community center serving Portland's LGBTQ+ community, and was hired to help with an unexpected leadership transition.
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In February 2019, Cameron Whitten led the organization of an emergency LGBTQ2SIA+ town hall after a series of reports of physical attacks against LGBT individuals in Portland.
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In June 2019, Cameron Whitten launched a capital campaign that raised of $100,000 to renovate Q Center.
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On January 21,2020, Cameron Whitten announced his campaign for Metro Council, with endorsements from US Representative Elizabeth Furse and several Portland city councilors.
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Cameron Whitten resigned his position with Q Center in order to focus full-time on the campaign.