# Lew Frederick > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lew_Frederick > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lew_Frederick.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Frederick > Source revision: 1349688425 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Lew Frederick** (born December 1951) is an American [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_of_Oregon) politician, currently representing District 22 in the [Oregon Senate](/source/Oregon_State_Senate).[1] ## Early life and education Born in [Pullman](/source/Pullman,_Washington), Washington, Frederick grew up in [Baton Rouge, Louisiana](/source/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana), and [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)). Frederick is the son of botanist Dr. [Lafayette Frederick](/source/Lafayette_Frederick), Professor Emeritus [Howard University](/source/Howard_University), and his wife Antoinette Reed Frederick. Frederick has lived in northeast [Portland](/source/Portland,_Oregon) since 1974.[2] ## Career Throughout his career, he was a teacher at the [Metropolitan Learning Center](/source/Metropolitan_Learning_Center_(Portland,_Oregon)) for two years, a radio and television reporter with [KGW](/source/KGW) for seventeen years, Director of Public Information at [Portland Public Schools](/source/Portland_Public_Schools_(Oregon)) for thirteen years, Assistant to the President at [Portland Community College](/source/Portland_Community_College), and held a position on the State Board of Education.[3][self-published source?] In October 2013, Frederick was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award at [Earlham College](/source/Earlham_College). Frederick was sworn into the Oregon House of Representatives in October 2009 and began serving on the House Interim Human Services Committee and House Interim Sustainability & Economic Development Committee.[4] According to the *[Portland Tribune](/source/Portland_Tribune)*, he was Oregon's "highest-ranking black leader and the only black man serving in the Oregon Legislature" as of 2010.[2] Commissioner [Amanda Fritz](/source/Amanda_Fritz) and *[The Skanner](/source/The_Skanner)* endorsed Frederick during his campaign for District 43.[5][6] Frederick, formerly a member of the House Joint Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology, has moved into the leadership ranks through his new Committee assignments.[7] Frederick's 2013 Regular Session assignments are as Vice-Chair, Land Use Committee; and both the Ways and Means Committee, per se, as well as the Ways and Means Subcommittee On Education.[8] Lew Frederick maintains a research and strategy affiliation with the California and [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington,_D.C.)–based company, The Rand Reed Group, an applied anthropological consultancy run by Kathleen Rand Reed.[9] Frederick supports reparations for the descendants of slaves, and on January 11, 2021, proposed Oregon State Bill 619 to direct the Oregon Department of Revenue to pay individuals who could demonstrate heritage in slavery $123,000 as an annual annuity. Despite misreporting and misreading to the contrary, SB 619 would create an annuity of $123,000 which is paid annually, rather than a sum of $123,000 paid annually.[10] His Chief of Staff is [Nathan Soltz](/source/Nathan_Soltz), Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon.[11] ## See also - [76th Oregon Legislative Assembly](/source/76th_Oregon_Legislative_Assembly) ## References 1. ["Senator Lew Frederick"](https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/frederick/). Oregon State Legislature. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190705232328/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/frederick) July 5, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 23, 2017. 1. Anderson, Jennifer (July 1, 2010). ["Racism in Portland: What are we doing?"](http://thetribonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=127793326578537300). *[Portland Tribune](/source/Portland_Tribune)*. pp. 1–2. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191215092056/http://thetribonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=127793326578537300) December 15, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 25, 2013. 1. ["About Lew"](http://lewfrederick.org/about-lew). lewfrederick.org. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110820002119/http://lewfrederick.org/about-lew) August 20, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 1. ["Lew Frederick Sworn In as Newest House Member"](https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:9493.2531535119/rid:a69575b6599f63d943bb54ec80cb912e). Oregon State Legislature. October 30, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 1. Fritz, Amanda (October 19, 2009). ["Why I support Lew Frederick for House District 43"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161014151124/http://amandafritz.com/node/1668). amandafritz.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.amandafritz.com/node/1668) on October 14, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 1. ["The Skanner News Endorses Lew Frederick for Oregon House of Representatives"](http://www.theskanner.com/article/The-Skanner-News-Endorses-Lew-Frederick-for-Oregon-House-of-Representatives). *The Skanner*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034349/http://www.theskanner.com/article/The-Skanner-News-Endorses-Lew-Frederick-for-Oregon-House-of-Representatives) July 17, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 10, 2011. 1. ["Joint Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology"](http://www.leg.state.or.us/committees/exhib2web/2011interim/JLAIMT/jlaimt.htm). Oregon State Legislature. Retrieved February 3, 2013. 1. ["Representative Lew Frederick"](http://www.leg.state.or.us/frederick/). Oregon State Legislature. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130113123540/http://www.leg.state.or.us/frederick/) January 13, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 3, 2013. 1. [Link text](http://www.cusag.umd.edu/people.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120125043644/http://www.cusag.umd.edu/people.html) January 25, 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Cultural Systems Analysis Group (CUSAG), University of Maryland, College Park. 1. Allen, Blake (2021-01-19). ["Portland lawmaker proposes paying reparations to Black Oregonians"](https://ktvz.com/top-stories/2021/01/18/portland-lawmaker-proposes-paying-reparations-to-black-oregonians/). *KTVZ*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221208184643/https://ktvz.com/top-stories/2021/01/18/portland-lawmaker-proposes-paying-reparations-to-black-oregonians/) December 8, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-02-19. 1. ["Senator Lew Frederick staff"](https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/frederick/Pages/staff.aspx). *www.oregonlegislature.gov*. 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