https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/04/25/jo-ann-hardesty-says-shes-the-angry-black-woman-portland-city-council-needs-we-agree/
Willamette Week
After a failed run for Multnomah County chair in 2001, she became executive director of the nonprofit Oregon Action, focused on economic justice, and a consultant to nonprofits in the years since. She's revived the local chapter of the NAACP in the past three years.