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Oregon Department Of Education Takes Funds For Disadvantaged Kids, Pays 1619 Project Creator $50k: Report

Hank Berrien
Oregon Department Of Education Takes Funds For Disadvantaged Kids, Pays 1619 Project Creator $50k: Report
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The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) took funds from a program for disadvantaged children and gave it to 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones for two virtual speeches she made in May.

The group Oregonians for Liberty in Education issued a public records request only to find the ODE had paid Hannah-Jones “a total of $50,000…using resources from Every Day Matters,” the group’s website writes.

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