Building Civic Power is an online program that will bring together 6-10 Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) who live or work in East Portland to amplify their storytelling power and civic leadership potential.
The goal of Building Civic Power is to develop API civic leaders in […]
/// January 2021 ///
2020 was a difficult year for many, and although the new year does not mark that much of a change for many of us it still allows for us to feel some semblance of a new beginning. Moving into a new year, how do we use radical hope to envision our futures? […]
| None of us could have imagined what 2020 would look like.
None of us could have imagined the challenges, the loss, the injustice and outrage, and how difficult it would become simply to breathe. 2020 has looked different for each of us, yet we’ve all carried the collective weight of this year […] |
/// December 2020 ///
As the year comes to an end, we each are finding ways to reflect on our year and place and space in the world. Intentionality and intersectionality have come into play in major ways throughout the year, How have we been intentional in our lives and work? Below […]
Throughout this year, we have seen crisis after crisis lay bare the unjust system that leaves too many of us to fend for ourselves with too few resources. During this election cycle – and throughout this year – we’ve seen how much stronger we are when we come together to forge a new […]
