Volunteers are the life of our campaign. They are the public faces for Measure 91 and work hard to help make a win possible in November. Please meet some of the wonderful people giving their time to the campaign!
Kaaren Graham
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Kaaren has lived in Oregon for over 30 years, and she loves her state. She spends some of her free time collecting art and other handmade goods, and is an avid button collector. She has been working to help end social injustices since she was a student at Wilkes University.
Kaaren has always thought marijuana should be legal, and she wants to see it taxed, because it will go to good causes, like schools, police, and drug education programs. Medical Marijuana helped her survive a rare cancer, and she hopes to see better access to marijuana for medicinal users and oversight by the state of dispensaries. She volunteers twice a week making phone calls and doing research for the campaign.
Sam Krause is one of our amazing volunteers at the Yes on 91 campaign. Sam is at our campaign office in Portland three times a week or more. He is one of the people that we have been able to count on from day one. He’s from Canby, Oregon. He first learned about marijuana for medical purposes from a patient who survived pulmonary cancer because she was able to relieve pain by using marijuana. Measure 91 hits home for him because his sister has epilepsy and has been able to control her seizures with marijuana.
Sam took an indirect path, but eventually ended up at Portland Community College. He enjoys working on campaigns, fundraising and doing door to door outreach. He cares about making an impact and has been working on other campaigns as well.
He has always thought marijuana should be legal, and he thinks this is the right measure. He’s glad Oregonians have paid attention and been picky because we’ll end up with a great measure and 91 is it.
Pat Hughes is originally from southeastern Idaho, but made her way to Portland, which is where she feel she really belongs. Pat grew up very conservative and still thinks of herself as a simple country lady.
She has three children and has always thought of herself as a motherly figure. She is also a registered nurse and worked in neonatal intensive care and delivery for over 30 years. She is voting yes on Measure 91 because of how this will positively impact our community and make it better for children.
She volunteers for Vote Yes on 91 because she thinks this is the right step to take for marijuana. She believes it is the sensible approach and dedicates her free time to helping get the word out about Measure 91.