Quality news, where you want it, when you want it.
Quality news, where you want it, when you want it.
Quality news, where you want it, when you want it.
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It’s easy. Just click “Edit Text” or double click me to add your own content and make changes to the font. Feel free to drag and drop me anywhere you like on your page. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you.
This is a great space to write long text about your company and your services. You can use this space to go into a little more detail about your company. Talk about your team and what services you provide. Tell your visitors the story of how you came up with the idea for your business and what makes you different from your competitors. Make your company stand out and show your visitors who you are.
About Sam
Sam’ passion for making things better is fueled by his upbringing.
As a kid, Sam grew up in the small coastal town of Newport, Oregon.
The local economy was in transition: so many trees had been cut down that the logging industry had mostly collapsed. Sam’s father, Larry, a special education teacher, also he worked as a commercial fisherman to make ends meet. But climate change and overfishing depleted that line of work.
Sam’s father struggled with addiction issues. After his parent's divorce, Sam’s mother, Kara, became a single mom of four teenaged kids. With the help of subsidized public student family housing and food stamps, Kara, once a high school drop out, obtained a college education.
At 11 years old, Sam started work as a newspaper delivery boy for the Oregonian. He became fascinated by current events, reading each paper, cover-to-cover. "I also read about Portland, a place that seemed like a place that would more readily accept for who I am," says Sam.
As a teenager in a small Oregon town in the 1970s, Sam also struggled with his identity. He didn’t know other people who were gay and was bullied from a young age for being “a fag.” At age 16, he began living largely on his own in Eugene, going to high school there while working as a dishwasher, busboy and cook at Mr. Steak in the evenings and weekends.
This background is why Sam is so passionate about helping good communities, helping those in need of a hand up, and fair treatment for all. Access to employment and effective government programs like food stamps and subsidized public housing were part of the reason he had a place to live and enough to eat when his family struggled.
Sam Adams has worked as a county government intern, congressional aide, a campaign manager, mayoral chief of staff, a member of the city council, a Portland mayor, a nonprofit executive director, an environmental think tank leader of a global organization, a columnist, and a consultant. All this work has been dedicated to a common theme: making communities more educated, healthy, sustainable, prosperous, and equitable for all.
In his free time, Sam enjoys spending time with his partner, Peter Zuckerman, along with writing, beekeeping, beer-making, gardening, and photography.