PROGRAM
Saturday, September 26, 2020

Training for Change: Exploring the intersection of fear, trauma, racism and a path to healing
with Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia
10 AM to 12 PM
Audience: All participants

Many Portlanders cherish and enjoy parks. But others feel unwelcome due to racism, their cultural outlook, or their economic or housing situation.  To help all Portlanders enjoy our parks, it is critical to understand the intersection of fear, trauma and racism. During this session, Alisha will address how understanding individual and societal trauma can help deconstruct racism and racist structures and provide a path forward. A native Portlander, Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia is deemed one of the most influential physicians in the country. She is an expert in global health, trauma, addiction, system development and change. Find out more about Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia here.

Welcome
With PP&R Director, Adena Long and PPF Executive Director, Randy Gragg
12:40 PM to 1:40 PM
Audience: All participants
Special performances by the Ed Edmo, Tongan Women’s Assoociation of Oregon and Friends of Noise artist, Mei Anna

Small group breakout sessions
1:45 PM to 3:15 PM
Audience: Self-select your desired breakout session during registration (See below for details)

Next steps
3:15 PM to 3:45 PM
Audience: All participants

Breakout Sessions

Session A: Local funding opportunities
Connect with local funders during a panel presentation on local funding options for parks friends groups and partners. Each panelist has an opportunity to talk about their program and ways in which they engage with community beyond giving dollars. There will be an opportunity for Q&A in the second half of this session. 

Session B: Grow your membership through strategic communications
This session is for groups who are interested in learning more about coalition building, growing and diversifying your membership or volunteer base through things like monthly appeals and communication strategies. During a time where it feels like everything is virtual, this is an opportunity to dive into simple, yet effective communication strategies for expanding your local outreach in a virtual world.

Session C: Just getting started
Are you interested in forming a parks friends group or recently formed a group in the last 0-2 years? In this session you will learn how to give a new group momentum with a group of panelists who have been through this before. Discuss strategies for working with PP&R, getting your community involved, learn about the types of activities you can do, and find out how to set up an organization that can ask for money.

Session D: Taking the next step
This session is for individuals with "seasoned" groups to gather to talk about current issues facing their organization. Examples include a desire to form a regional coalition or strengthen an existing one, transition points from one purpose to another in an organization, best ways to support PP&R's goals and capacity. Participants in this session have an immense amount of collective knowledge about overcoming challenges in your own organizations. Portland Parks Director Adena Long and PPF Director Randy Gragg will guide this session as we listen to each other’s issues, share feedback and learn from each other.  PPF will survey participants in this session ahead of time to gain a better understanding of the issues participants want to discuss and to guide the conversation. Space is limited for this session, so we ask that only 1-2 members per group or organization sign up for this session.

Session E: Reflection on Dr. AMC’s morning session
Join others from the morning session in a moderated discussion to reflect and share how Dr AMC's approaches might address your organization's efforts to dismantle racist or other exclusionary systems in our parks and city. You can register for this session right now or decide to join after the workshop on the 26th.  

DAY OF SERVICE
Saturday, October 3, 2020
9 AM to 11 AM

Join in! On Saturday, October 3, Summit participants can meet in person for socially distanced, small-group volunteer events in parks, community gardens, and natural areas. For this first Summit, we selected locations in East and North Portland to spotlight these unique parks and park programs. It's a great opportunity to get your hands dirty, meet some new people and maybe even experience a new park!

During registration, you can sign up to volunteer at any of the locations listed below. Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, space is limited to 10 people per site and all participants are required to wear masks during this event.  PP&R and PPF will provide masks and sanitized gloves to anyone who does not have their own. 

Prior to October 3, you'll get an email with with all the necessary details including exact meeting location, current safety protocols, name and contact information of the onsite coordinator and the list of the other Friends & Allies you'll get to meet and, with them, improve a park!

Day of Service Volunteer Locations

George Park
N Burr Avenue and Fessenden Street
Activity: Planting and mulch spreading
9 AM to 11 AM

A park doesn’t have to be big to be important to its surrounding neighborhoods. Come out and help spruce up 2-acre George Park in North Portland. Activities will include planting, mulch spreading, smoothing out play chips in the playground, picking up any trash and limbs laying around the park.  If the weather is good, perhaps we can paint the picnic table too!

Lincoln Park
SE 135th Avenue and Mill Street
Activity: Ivy removal
9 AM to 11 AM

Free trees from smothering ivy. Get your hands dirty with ivy removal to make room for future understory plantings that promote bird habitat.

Native Gathering Garden, Cully Park
North of NE 72nd Avenue and Killingsworth Street
Activity: Weeding and native plant education
9 AM to 11 AM
AT CAPACITY - PLEASE JOIN US AT DIFFERENT SITE

Located in PP&R’s second newest park, Cully Park, volunteering in the Native Gathering Garden is an opportunity to do work rooted in respecting and educating through Indigenous cultural values. 

Portland Memory Garden
SE 104th Avenue and Powell Blvd
Activity: Removing weeds, spreading mulch, garden education
9 AM to 12 PM

Parks are for everyone including those with memory loss.  Located in the southeast corner of Ed Benedict Park, this garden is especially designed for people with Alzheimer's disease and other memory problems. Spend a morning helping weed with the Friends of Portland Memory Gardens, the group who oversees all activities in this unique garden. You’ll also have a chance to hear from one of the original designers of the garden about its features and how it supports individuals with memory problems.

Fernhill Park (Friday, October 2)
NE 37th Avenue and Ainsworth Street
Activity: Nature patch planting
9 AM to 11 AM, Friday, October 2

In partnership with the Bureau of Environmental Services, PP&R is bringing a nature patch to Fernhill Park. PP&R is adding nature patches to developed park landscapes to provide natural experiences for people and habitat for wildlife. Nature patches are unique natural garden spaces that support native pollinators and offer fun opportunities for education and exploration. Spend a morning helping plant this new nature patch in time for its November opening. This is an opportunity for individuals who can’t make it on a Saturday morning.

Luuwit View Community Garden, Luuwit View Park
NE Shaver and NE 131St Pl
Activity: Maintenance in the common areas
9 AM to 11 AM

The Community Gardens program has provided gardening opportunities for the physical and social benefit of the people and neighborhoods of Portland since 1975. Although the individual garden plots are well taken care of, the common spaces are often neglected. Help spruce up one of Portland’s community gardens!