Background
Carter, Margaret L. Daughter of Emma Carter.
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Margaret L. Carter
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Bachelor, Portland State University, 1972; Master of Education, Oregon State University, 1973; postgraduate, Washington State University.
Career
Community organizer, assistant director, Community Action Agency, Shreveport, Louisiana teacher, Albina Youth Opportunity School, Portland counselor, Portland Community College member, Oregon House of Representatives, Salem, since 1984. Member Joint Trade and Economics Development committee, since 1985, co-chair since 1989, Human Resources committee, 1985, vice chair, 87, Education committee, 1985, 87, 89, Conference commission on Doctor Martin Luther King State Holiday, co-chair, 1985, Joint Health Care committee 1986.
Achievements
Membership
Founder, music director Joyful Sound Singers Piedmont Church Christ. Volunteer counselor various juvenile detention centers and women's prisons, voter registration drives in Portland's black neighborhoods, Project Pride. Organizer Oregon chapter of Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation.
Founder Oregon Black Leadership Conference. Member Oregon State Commision on Post Secondary Edition and the Oregon Alliance for Black School Educators, Special Common for the Parole Board on the Matrix System. Member Governor's Task Force on Pregnancy and Substance Abuse, since 1989, Council on Alcohol and Drugs, since 1989, board directors American Red Cross, Emanuel Medical Center Foundation.
Member National Organization Black Legislation Elected Women (vice president 1985), National Black Caucus (Executive Committee), Blacks in Governor (regional president), Alpha Kappa Alpha.
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9 children.
