Candace Avalos
@candaceavalos.bsky.social
Blacktina 🇬🇹 organizer at heart, Councilor by choice. 🩷 Fighting for justice, joy, and a future we deserve. ✊🏾 East Portland District 1. Personal page for big thoughts and bigger dreams. 🫶🏾
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Candace Avalos
@candaceavalos.bsky.social
· Apr 25
👋🏾 I’m Candace Avalos (she/ella) — Blacktina, organizer at heart, Councilor for East Portland’s District 1.
This is my personal space for real talk, reflections, & justice that doesn’t always fit in city memos.
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Thanks for being in community with me!
This is my personal space for real talk, reflections, & justice that doesn’t always fit in city memos.
Official updates 👉🏾 @counciloravalos.bsky.social
Thanks for being in community with me!
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This is my city councillor and I want more joy like this in my city.
me: why is this cloud ceiling taking forever?!? 😭
also me: 💃🏾 DANCE BREAK 🪩
also me: 💃🏾 DANCE BREAK 🪩
February 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This is my city councillor and I want more joy like this in my city.
me: why is this cloud ceiling taking forever?!? 😭
also me: 💃🏾 DANCE BREAK 🪩
also me: 💃🏾 DANCE BREAK 🪩
February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
me: why is this cloud ceiling taking forever?!? 😭
also me: 💃🏾 DANCE BREAK 🪩
also me: 💃🏾 DANCE BREAK 🪩
I spent so much of last year resisting my instincts because I thought that would protect me from discrimination but nope 😂 therefore, I'm going with my instincts from now on which includes being myself in public. 🤷🏾♀️ I refuse to get politician brain rot, and the only antidote is my hobbies like fr 💁🏾♀️🤪
February 17, 2026 at 6:38 AM
I spent so much of last year resisting my instincts because I thought that would protect me from discrimination but nope 😂 therefore, I'm going with my instincts from now on which includes being myself in public. 🤷🏾♀️ I refuse to get politician brain rot, and the only antidote is my hobbies like fr 💁🏾♀️🤪
so close to being done with my house which means I CAN MOVE BACK IN SOON 😭🙏🏾⛈️🩷
February 17, 2026 at 5:46 AM
so close to being done with my house which means I CAN MOVE BACK IN SOON 😭🙏🏾⛈️🩷
Might need to rewatch Scandal just to ✨feel something✨
February 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Might need to rewatch Scandal just to ✨feel something✨
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🗣️Alright, let's hear it:
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
February 16, 2026 at 4:31 AM
🗣️Alright, let's hear it:
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
IDK why but Dillon @picklesbaseball.bsky.social was outside the Schnitzer for the Dolly Parton Oregon Symphony performance last night hahaha had to snap a pic with my favorite East Portland icon 🤏🏾🤏🏾🤏🏾📸
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
IDK why but Dillon @picklesbaseball.bsky.social was outside the Schnitzer for the Dolly Parton Oregon Symphony performance last night hahaha had to snap a pic with my favorite East Portland icon 🤏🏾🤏🏾🤏🏾📸
🗣️Alright, let's hear it:
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
February 16, 2026 at 4:31 AM
🗣️Alright, let's hear it:
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
Give me your Moda center renovations hot takes👇🏾👂🏾
joined a discord channel for animal crossing 👀 lemme see what y'all up to over here ... 😏
I am fully embracing the rebirth of my gamer era and can't wait for my new game room in my casita 🎮 I painted the entire room from floor to ceiling in BLACK 🖤 even getting black carpet installed for the full sensory deprivation effect 😍 I need a chill zone so bad with my job being very intense 😵💫
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
joined a discord channel for animal crossing 👀 lemme see what y'all up to over here ... 😏
I am fully embracing the rebirth of my gamer era and can't wait for my new game room in my casita 🎮 I painted the entire room from floor to ceiling in BLACK 🖤 even getting black carpet installed for the full sensory deprivation effect 😍 I need a chill zone so bad with my job being very intense 😵💫
February 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I am fully embracing the rebirth of my gamer era and can't wait for my new game room in my casita 🎮 I painted the entire room from floor to ceiling in BLACK 🖤 even getting black carpet installed for the full sensory deprivation effect 😍 I need a chill zone so bad with my job being very intense 😵💫
Crying because my lil guy Valentino is FIFTEEN years old today 😭
February 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Crying because my lil guy Valentino is FIFTEEN years old today 😭
in a hard world, I'm yearning to be soft 🩷
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
in a hard world, I'm yearning to be soft 🩷
Gonna just start replying with this to my most notorious trolls 😂🥲
February 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Gonna just start replying with this to my most notorious trolls 😂🥲
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It's this direct and good faith engagement that comes from a team of truly civic minded individuals that make a huge difference when it feels like we are always fighting against a wave of oppression futility.
May her and her team continue to inspire what I hope is a new generation of civil servants
May her and her team continue to inspire what I hope is a new generation of civil servants
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
It's this direct and good faith engagement that comes from a team of truly civic minded individuals that make a huge difference when it feels like we are always fighting against a wave of oppression futility.
May her and her team continue to inspire what I hope is a new generation of civil servants
May her and her team continue to inspire what I hope is a new generation of civil servants
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Hey Portlanders,
Just want to make a quick shout out to @candaceavalos.bsky.social and her team.
Their response to a public comment I made shows that they fully read and engaged with everything I was trying to convey as opposed to the auto-replies I received from most other recipients.
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Just want to make a quick shout out to @candaceavalos.bsky.social and her team.
Their response to a public comment I made shows that they fully read and engaged with everything I was trying to convey as opposed to the auto-replies I received from most other recipients.
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February 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Hey Portlanders,
Just want to make a quick shout out to @candaceavalos.bsky.social and her team.
Their response to a public comment I made shows that they fully read and engaged with everything I was trying to convey as opposed to the auto-replies I received from most other recipients.
1/2
Just want to make a quick shout out to @candaceavalos.bsky.social and her team.
Their response to a public comment I made shows that they fully read and engaged with everything I was trying to convey as opposed to the auto-replies I received from most other recipients.
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🥹🫶🏾 my team of civic baddies is so thankful for your love, thank you! 🙏🏾
It's this direct and good faith engagement that comes from a team of truly civic minded individuals that make a huge difference when it feels like we are always fighting against a wave of oppression futility.
May her and her team continue to inspire what I hope is a new generation of civil servants
May her and her team continue to inspire what I hope is a new generation of civil servants
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
🥹🫶🏾 my team of civic baddies is so thankful for your love, thank you! 🙏🏾
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One thing that's fun is that if you're black and you don't have much experience, it's woke dei if you get the job, and if you're black and you have all the experience in the world, you're an out of touch elite who is not really black and doesn't deserve the job.
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
One thing that's fun is that if you're black and you don't have much experience, it's woke dei if you get the job, and if you're black and you have all the experience in the world, you're an out of touch elite who is not really black and doesn't deserve the job.
save drafts feature!!??? 😍😭🥹🥳
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 AM
save drafts feature!!??? 😍😭🥹🥳
They simply MUST make it easier to download photos and videos from your Nintendo switch to your phone 😩 I have important content to post from blush isla 🏝️🩷🙂↔️😜
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 AM
They simply MUST make it easier to download photos and videos from your Nintendo switch to your phone 😩 I have important content to post from blush isla 🏝️🩷🙂↔️😜
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Ring says it is terminating its partnership with police tech company Flock Safety following backlash to this commercial: www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/...
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Ring says it is terminating its partnership with police tech company Flock Safety following backlash to this commercial: www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/...
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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I know how hard Commissioner Avalos and so many others worked for this, and it's truly incredible to know this has finally come to fruition. What a massive accomplishment for our city.
Now, in 2026, the Community Board for Police Accountability is seated and beginning its work!
That is not symbolic.
That is structural change.
Their voice matters. Their independence matters. Their integrity matters.
This took years. Today we honor that work.
Onward. ✊🏾
That is not symbolic.
That is structural change.
Their voice matters. Their independence matters. Their integrity matters.
This took years. Today we honor that work.
Onward. ✊🏾
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I know how hard Commissioner Avalos and so many others worked for this, and it's truly incredible to know this has finally come to fruition. What a massive accomplishment for our city.