Upcoming Programs & Events
VITAL VOICES in STORYTELLING, DIGITAL MEDIA and CLIMATE JUSTICE
VITAL VOICES: DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Designing for Equity Listening and Learning Session
Designing Equity : Listening and Learning Session with N/NE PDX youth
VITAL VOICES WINTER 2022 YOUR LIBRARY YOUR VOICE: Designing Teen Spaces
VITAL VOICES WINTER 2022 YOUR LIBRARY YOUR VOICE
EmpowHER Fall 2021 Vital Voices in the Built Environment
EMPOWHER FALL 2021 ALL WE CAN SAVE VITAL VOICES
YSYV Fall 2021 Vital Voices in the Built Environment
YSYV FALL 2021 ALL WE CAN SAVE VITAL VOICES
TAPPIN ROOTS NATURE INTERNSHIP FOR BLACK YOUTH - APPLICATIONS DUE
TAPPIN ROOTS PAID INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE
EmpowHER Abbey Planting Day
EmpowHER Winter Cohort will be building and planting the healing garden at the Abbey
EmpowHER Abbey Planting Day
EmpowHER Winter Cohort will be building and planting the healing garden at the Abbey
ALLIANCE MEEK MATHUFACTURING 2
Join Alliance MEEK youth in MATHUFACTURING share their design of Housing for our houseless communities
ALLIANCE MEEK MATHUFACTURING 1
Join Alliance MEEK youth in MATHUFACTURING share their design of Housing for our houseless communities
YSYV PSU ARCH 382 VITAL VOICES REIMAGINING STEAM LEARNING SPACES FINAL PRESENTATIONS
Join the YSYV + PSU Spring Cohort for MID TERM REVIEWS for their design of Reimagining STEAM learning Spaces: A CRT look at Science buildings
EmpowHER Abbey Building & Planting Day
EmpowHER Winter Cohort will be building and planting the healing garden at the Abbey
EmpowHER Abbey Building Day
EmpowHER Winter Cohort will be building and planting the healing garden at the Abbey
YSYV Spring 2021 Vital Voices: New Monuments of Downtown PDX
Join YSYV Hacker Studio cohort as they share their designs to of New Monuments for Downtown Portland
YOUTH FOR PARKROSE 2021 Vital Voices
Join Youth of Parkrose 2021 cohort as they share their designs to improve Portland’s Parkrose district and their dreams for their futures and communities.
YSYV PSU ARCH 382 REIMAGINING STEAM LEARNING SPACES MIDTERMS
Join the YSYV + PSU Spring Cohort for MID TERM REVIEWS for their design of Reimagining STEAM learning Spaces: A CRT look at Science buildings
EmpowHER Abbey Planting Day
EmpowHER Winter Cohort will be building and planting the healing garden at the Abbey
Vital Voices: EmpowHER Alberta Abbey Healing Garden Winter 2021
Join the EmpowHer Winter 2021 youth cohort as they share their designs for an outdoor garden and healing space at the Alberta Abbey, a historically black church in the Alberta Neighborhood. This project brings BIPoC Women/Femme/Trans/NB Identifying Youth together to create and embody a living garden affinity space for BIPOC women/femme/trans/nb people to engage and HEAL through storytelling, culture, and creative forms. During this event, students will share their projects and lead a panel discussion with professionals in the built environment.
A Seat At the Table Student Focus | Event
Portland networking group Diversity in Design, will host a virtual casual conversation as a kick-off and preview to our upcoming Spring event focused on empowering and supporting BIPOC students and emerging professionals.
Hear from our event collaborators COMMA, We Are Here, and Your Street Your Voice/Camp ELSO as we discuss the meaningful impact of having a creative Career Collaborator in your corner and how we can support BIPOC students and emerging professionals.
Vital Voices in the Built Environment: Multiple Pathways to Graduation with ALLIANCE MEEK and Bassetti
Join the Your Street Your Voice Winter 2021 MPG youth cohort from Alliance MEEK as they share designs of the PPS Multiple Pathways to Graduation Project. Students will share their projects and lead a panel discussion with professionals in the built environment.
Vital Voices in the Built Environment: Your Street Your Voice Lever Studio at Dekum Court
Join the Your Street Your Voice Winter 2021 LEVER studio cohort as they share designs as part of the Dekum Court housing project. Students will share their projects and lead a panel discussion with professionals in the built environment.
Comma + YSYV Collab
Want to collab with college students and learn about graphic design?!
The Portland State University Graphic Design program's (PSUGD) COMMA class will partner with YSYV
Friday, Feb 19, 26th and March 5th from 10-11:45am
In three sessions you’ll explore place, the design process, making and mentoring alongside a small cohort of junior and senior level college students.
EmpowHER Alberta Abbey Healing Garden Winter 2021
The vision of the Alberta Abbey Healing Garden project is to Create and Embody a living garden outdoor space for Black and Brown women to engage and HEAL through storytelling, culture and creative forms. Alberta Abbey is a historically black church in the Alberta Neighborhood, and we want to capture the histories of community members & descendants of the church. Upon completion of the cohort, participants will receive a $320 stipend
This cohort will focus on 4 project paths that participants get to choose:
Digital Storytelling of Abbey, Past, Present & Future
Mental Health Event Planning
Design & Build of Outdoor Garden Healing Space- includes art interventions
Gardening & Healing
YSYV LEVER Studio Winter 2021 Cohort- Dekum Court
This session's project will be an exploration of the Dekum neighborhood in North Portland. Dekum Court is an existing apartment complex that will soon be redeveloped to increase the number of units from 40 to 185 in order to address the housing crisis in Portland. The first portion of the class will cover the site's history and current conditions (geography and surroundings) and will ask students to use this context to develop a program they are interested in for the site. The program should serve a perceived need or desire in the community--weather that be residential, institutional, or recreational. Possibilities might include housing, a community recreation center, a school, a library or a museum.
YSYV Vital Voices Fall 2020 Panel
Join the Fall YSYV Cohort moderate a panel of BIPoC Leaders in the Built Environment
EmpowHER Vital Voices Fall 2020 Panel
Join the Fall EmpowHER Cohort moderate a panel of BIPoC women/femme/nb Leaders in our Community
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