PFW Taking a stand on ABUSE….
THIS WILL BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED…..
VIOLENCE AND ABUSE WITHIN THE PORTLAND FASHION AND STYLING COMMUNITY ENDS NOW!!
In 2017 I, Executive Producer Tod Hunter Foulk, received two calls in a matter of hours from a SW WA Police officer investigating a sexual assault at what the officer assumed was Portland Fashion Week though in fact it was Fashionxt, followed by another phone call by an irate, saddened and concerned boyfriend of a participating Fashionxt model on the same subject. Both parties were informed that it was not a PFW matter however if we could help we certainly would! We never heard back from either of them.
Flash forward when each year we are hearing the same story repeated regarding the same individuals, organizations and events. We had assumed that it was a single account of a single instance with a single victim however we have recently learned that is NOT the case and that this has been going on for years with multiple victims. Enabled by knowing event organizers turning blind eyes and subjecting others to risk simply for monetary gain, ego-gratification and “followers” likes” and “comments” on social media profiles.
It now has become painfully apparent that Portlnd’s Fashion and Style industry is NOT self regulating in where professionalism and culpability for ones nefarious actions are a concern. Nor are these less than desirable actions by certain individuals even being considered by or being held accountable by others.
Therefor PFW is now stepping in speaking of what we know, and attesting to the poor character of others exhibited to us personally in the past before we severed ties with the players in question. Whether that exhibition of poor character be through theft, embezzlement, liable, and/or slander they are all incidences of which we are factually aware and legally attest to.
Portland Fashion Week has been instrumental in nurturing and in bringing our city’s now world famous fashion community to the fore and as I am the original Founder, Concept Creator, Writer and Executive Producer of the Portland Fashion and Style Awards, I now roll up my sleeves up in disgust and prepare for a deep collective “Portland fashion industry” clean up and make-over, aiding one of the aforementioned victims in her logical and legal, legislative endeavor as outlined below.
What has brought this back to the fore is the lackadaisical attitude and malaise regarding this issue? To paraphrase: “The only way for evil to triumph is for a good man to do nothing” attitude AS IT APPEARS TO CURRENTLY BE IN EFFECT will no longer be tolerated by us at Portland Fashion Week because the community has now obviously become very dangerous. We at PFW will now take it upon ourselves to help protect those unable to protect themselves. And we now must, no one else is.
The ax forgets but the tree never does is an apt analogy for this case, as it seems those in supposed positions of “power” IE the PRODUCERS of events allowing the participation of a proven rapist while black listing the victim as seen specifically here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU4Iuzqb1_g&t=273s have become a real concern.
These knowing producers should be held accountable just as the perpetrator must now be too!
We are sorry for the outburst but are righteously indignated where rape, assualt, and human trafficking in an industry which we believe we built from scratch is concerned and will do all in our power to clean this up and make redress where possible!
-Tod Hunter Foulk
Executive Producer Portland Fashion Week
As the law will be written:
Problem Statement
When a petitioner files for a protective order against a respondent, they are given 12 months until that order expires.
The respondent is given 1 month to file a Motion to Contest, and if they do so, then the petitioner must show up to every related hearing to maintain the protection order.
Though necessary, this system allows skilled manipulators to use coincidences to legally harass their victims by dragging out the process for the entire duration of the order, denying the petitioner any peace of mind. No matter how long the Motion to Contest lasts, the original expiration date of the order may not move.
Skilled manipulators’ methods may have the appearance of legitimacy (such as but not limited to examples from case 17PO09385 in which the respondent provided the "wrong" mailing address, and claimed a vehicular delay when a detective would be present at the hearing), and it is impossible to fairly use targeted amendments to account for the innumerable coincidences. It is a problem that a vindictive respondent is able to waste tax dollars and court’s time in retaliation by disruptively forcing the petitioner to engage through the woefully repurposed “Justice System.”
Solution statement
We propose that a new expiration date of the initial protective order be determined at the conclusion of the Motion to Contest. Unless a different date is specified by the overseeing judge, the automatic new expiration date will be 12 months from the conclusion of the motion to contest.
If no contest is filed in the first place, the expiration is one year from the original filing date. No changes are prescribed in this case. If the order is contested, and takes more than 30 days to resolve, the initial expiration date is unacceptable, and must be extended to allow the petitioner to have their year of peace of mind knowing that their attacker must stay away from them.I
If you wish to help or have any additional info on past or current victims or assaults please contact Diana below!
Public safety is a community effort!
Miigwetch,
Diana Gutman
Survivor/ victims advocate & human rights activist
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I am a disabled combat Veteran living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to being hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). As a Veteran I fight for social justice and advocate for equality as a Survivor/ victims advocate and as a human rights activist.
In 2019 I proposed Oregon State House Bill 2746- the Hope Card program (ORSHB2746 was signed into effect on 7/14/2021). In 2018 I proposed Oregon State House Bill3117 and had it declared as an emergency- because for the Survivor it is an emergency (ORSHB3117 was signed into effect on 5/22/2019).
I am a public figure who uses my gifts of acting, singing & public speaking to raise awareness on issues that we face as a community.
I embrace my Indigenous heritage and the knowledge and truth passed down from my elders in the Indigenous community.