"Recognizing and using Black political action to make political change." For further info, contact oaba@peak.org [1]. What is done at this convention to help Black Oregonians benefits all Oregonians. This non-partisan group is meeting at the Embassy Suites Hotel Portland, to discuss issues and conditions of the Oregon black community and to support candidates running for political office who are responsive to them. Actions and endorsements of this convention are not those of the OABA, Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs.