{"id":3505,"date":"2026-08-18T18:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/?post_type=pew-projects&#038;p=3505"},"modified":"2026-08-22T21:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T21:46:45","slug":"geneforum-org-portland-or-2000-partners","status":"publish","type":"pew-projects","link":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/pew-projects\/geneforum-org-portland-or-2000-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneforum.org, Portland, OR 2000 Partners:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">Oregon Public Broadcasting<br \/>\nAlbany Democrat-Herald<br \/>\nThe (La Grande) Observer<br \/>\nNewport News-Times<br \/>\nGeneforum.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">Because Oregon is the only state in the nation that treats an individual&#8217;s DNA as private property, its genetic privacy law is frequently under discussion and review. The project increased public knowledge of this unique law and created opportunities for public input into the ongoing discussions using a variety of tools:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">Three produced stories and five call-in shows on Oregon Public Radio.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">Seven focus groups around the state of 12-15 people each.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">A Nov. 14, 2000 town hall meeting in Portland that attracted 25 people including three state legislators.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">The creation of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060927084038\/http:\/\/www.geneforum.org\/\">geneforum.org<\/a>, an interactive Web site dedicated to the topic.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">The Web site experienced approximately 10,000 user sessions during 2000. Some 300 of the visitors completed quizzes on their attitudes toward genetically engineered food and the use of their own tissue for genetic research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The results, along with other citizen input, were forwarded to the Genetic Research Advisory Committee, appointed by the Oregon Legislature to make recommendations on the state&#8217;s genetic privacy law. In its final report, the committee cited the input as beneficial to its work and recommended, among its findings, that &#8220;continuing efforts be made to gather public input on genetic privacy issues, to inform and educate the public about genetic research and to promote public dialogue on these issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The partners used the Pew funding to leverage additional funding from two Portland based foundations for support of the Web site and the focus group research.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0033cc; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, sans-serif, arial;\">Morgan Holm<br \/>\nDirector of News &amp; Public Affairs<br \/>\nOregon Public Broadcasting<br \/>\n7140 S.W. Macadam Ave.<br \/>\nPortland, OR 97219-3013<br \/>\nPhone: (503) 293-1905<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060927084038\/mailto:morgan_holm@opb.org\">morgan_holm@opb.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3528,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"pew-categories":[144,125,148,173,124],"class_list":["post-3505","pew-projects","type-pew-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pew-categories-144","pew-categories-engagement","pew-categories-geography","pew-categories-oregon","pew-categories-pew-projects"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pew-projects\/3505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pew-projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pew-projects"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pew-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev-testinglink.com\/projects\/civilorg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pew-categories?post=3505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}