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Community activist urges commission to engage after equity director resignation and investigation

City of Bend Human Rights and Equity Commission · November 18, 2025
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Summary

A community commentator urged the Human Rights and Equity Commission to lead accountability after the resignation of the city's equity and inclusion director and raised concern about an outside investigation; city attorney later named the contracted investigator as Amy Ahrendt.

Michael Funke, who described himself as a community activist and one of the people who pushed for creating the commission, used public comment time to urge HREC to take a leading role after the resignation of the city’s equity and inclusion director, Andres Portela. "The resignation of Andres Portela... and his allegations of…

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