Black Trans Lives Matter!
By Margaret Dierdre O'Hartigan
Among signs carried in Portland protests this summer are those reading “Black Trans Lives Matter!” What you may not comprehend, however, are the many ways...
Woodlawn Yoga: A Gathering Space In the Community, For the Community
by Diane Englert, Woodlawn Neighbor
On the corner of Northeast Dekum Street and 8th Avenue sits the Woodlawn Wellness Center. The gray and sage building houses an acupuncturist, chiropractor and a yoga studio. I live in...
Love is the Greatest
By Ike Harris, Concordia Neighborhood
Remember Muhammad Ali, the greatest heavy weight boxer of all time? I do. Those quick hands and feet.
Once upon a time he made this statement. He said to his audience...
Dynamic Density: It’s Not if We Grow, it’s How We Grow
by Jonathan Konkol, Eliot Neighborhood
Portland has struggled to accommodate growth in the decade since the Great Recession, and our conversations about growth and neighborhood change have become oppositional and overheated. It doesn’t have to...
Farm to Community – Organic Growth
By Ankur Dholakia and Ruchi Shah, Woodlawn Neighborhood
A nice stroll on a Saturday morning at the Woodlawn’s Farmers Market is more than just fresh produce from local farmers. Neighborhood residents and visitors enjoy live...
YOUTH VOICES: An Ode to Good in the Hood
By Jazkia Phillips
As each year passes, I can’t help but to find something new to love about you. The final days of June that you have claimed as yours, to me, feel like settling...
YOUTH VOICES: Renewing Gentrification
By Taji K. Chesimet
I fell under a spell for the past six years of living in this city, blind to what was occurring under my feet. I walked to school every day during junior...
Public Mural is More Than Paint
By Brian Burk, Concordia News
The restrooms at Fernhill Park have been called many things, but beautiful has never been one of them. Thanks to a team of artists from Beaumont Middle School, that is...
Constructing Hope Builds Careers for NE Portland Residents
By Alex Freedman, Humboldt neighborhood
This article originally appeared in the Eliot Neighborhood newsletter.
In the midst of Portland’s record-setting, $2.5 billion building frenzy, upwards of 10,000 skilled construction jobs are going unfilled. Chronic labor shortages...
Farmers Markets Provide Source of Income for Urban Farmers
By Kelly Merrick, Portland Farmers Market
Farmers market season is in full swing in Portland, a time where farmers and local food artisans transform empty parking lots and streets into temporary markets, tables overflowing with...