Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney
@councilorepg.bsky.social
Official account of City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney, also serving District 2 in Northeast Portland, Oregon.
https://linktr.ee/councilpresidentepg
https://linktr.ee/councilpresidentepg
We will continue to monitor the situation in the courts, and I encourage our community to keep on supporting local resources that are helping folks to get food even after the restoration of SNAP benefits.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We will continue to monitor the situation in the courts, and I encourage our community to keep on supporting local resources that are helping folks to get food even after the restoration of SNAP benefits.
The Trump administration should never have put Oregonians in a position of such uncertainty regarding their SNAP benefits in the first place, but I am proud of our community for continually taking swift action when our neighbors are under attack.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Trump administration should never have put Oregonians in a position of such uncertainty regarding their SNAP benefits in the first place, but I am proud of our community for continually taking swift action when our neighbors are under attack.
And thank you to PPS for the quick actions to keep our kids safe.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
And thank you to PPS for the quick actions to keep our kids safe.
If you witness ICE in our community, call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition hotline at 1-888-622-1510.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you witness ICE in our community, call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition hotline at 1-888-622-1510.
The role of school employees is to educate our kids, and it is beyond the pale for the Trump administration to put them in the middle of immigration enforcement activity.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The role of school employees is to educate our kids, and it is beyond the pale for the Trump administration to put them in the middle of immigration enforcement activity.
Parents should not have to worry about whether their kids are safe at school, and children should not have to worry about their parents' ability to pick them up safely.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Parents should not have to worry about whether their kids are safe at school, and children should not have to worry about their parents' ability to pick them up safely.
Federal employees aren’t just being disrespected by this ongoing shutdown – there are tangible, real-life consequences to the federal government’s inaction.
The President needs to tell his party to stop using working people as pawns and get back to work so that Oregonians can, too.
The President needs to tell his party to stop using working people as pawns and get back to work so that Oregonians can, too.
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Federal employees aren’t just being disrespected by this ongoing shutdown – there are tangible, real-life consequences to the federal government’s inaction.
The President needs to tell his party to stop using working people as pawns and get back to work so that Oregonians can, too.
The President needs to tell his party to stop using working people as pawns and get back to work so that Oregonians can, too.
Rent and mortgages are due on Saturday.
These are families who need to put food on the table. Older folks trying to save enough money for retirement.
These are families who need to put food on the table. Older folks trying to save enough money for retirement.
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Rent and mortgages are due on Saturday.
These are families who need to put food on the table. Older folks trying to save enough money for retirement.
These are families who need to put food on the table. Older folks trying to save enough money for retirement.
These steps are part of a long game, but last night, we showed that Portland is not backing down. Thank you to everyone who came out to share this moment with us. We are just getting started.
October 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
These steps are part of a long game, but last night, we showed that Portland is not backing down. Thank you to everyone who came out to share this moment with us. We are just getting started.
On Wednesday, we present the “Protect Portland Initiative” to the full City Council, alongside @councilortkl.bsky.social and @councilorclark.bsky.social.
October 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
On Wednesday, we present the “Protect Portland Initiative” to the full City Council, alongside @councilortkl.bsky.social and @councilorclark.bsky.social.
Come show your support Wednesday evening when our resolution, called the "Protect Portland Initiative," is introduced. We are stronger together.
October 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Come show your support Wednesday evening when our resolution, called the "Protect Portland Initiative," is introduced. We are stronger together.
On Wednesday, October 15, @counciloravalos.bsky.social, @councilortkl.bsky.social, @councilorclark.bsky.social, and I will present a joint resolution to Council that creates a coordinated framework to safeguard Portlanders targeted by those at the highest levels of our nation’s government.
October 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
On Wednesday, October 15, @counciloravalos.bsky.social, @councilortkl.bsky.social, @councilorclark.bsky.social, and I will present a joint resolution to Council that creates a coordinated framework to safeguard Portlanders targeted by those at the highest levels of our nation’s government.