Activate Portland

Activate Portland Community Summit

Join us for a day of connection with each other and over 20 organizations committed to creating a more beautiful and connected Portland! This exciting day at Tabor Space is filled with opportunities to network, attend workshops, and engage in meaningful discussions that empower our community to take action with a focus on regenerative agriculture, placemaking, social justice, mutual aid, community building, climate resilience, and land tending.

Event Highlights

• Connect with like-minded individuals and organizations committed to making Portland an amazing place.
  

• Share ideas and collaborate on impactful projects.
  

• Learn from seasoned activists, community members, and organizations making a difference.
  

• Talks by community leaders featuring Essence Satterfield of Feed'em Freedom Foundation, Mark Lakeman of City Repair, and cameron whitten of Brown Hope.
  

• Perfect for everyone—whether you're experienced or just getting involved, have lived here for decades or just moved to town!

Participating Organizations Include:

• Alberta Coop Grocery

• Bark

• Brown Hope

• City Repair

• Depave

• East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District

• Equitable Giving Circle

• Oregon Farm Corps

• Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust

• PDX Permaculture Institute

• PDX Housing Solidarity

• Portland Food Forest Initiative

• Portland Mutual Aid

• Portland Placemaking Coalition

• Repair PDX

• Resilient Seed Healing Farm

• Rockwood Common, Tool Library network

• Sherett Food Forest

• West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District

• Extinction Rebellion PDX

• and more!

more info on participating orgs: http://bit.ly/4p1xX22

Event Schedule

9:45am - 10:20

• Doors open

10:20 am - 11:30 am

• Opening with talks by community leaders

11:30 - 11:45

• Community announcements

11:45 am - 1:15 pm

• Meet with organizations, explore volunteer opportunities, get inspired, and discover ways to get involved.

1 pm - 1:45 pm

• Lunch (provided) and networking.

1:45 pm - 3:45 pm

• Open Space workshops, discussion and skill share. Learn, explore new ideas, find collaborative partnerships, try new things.

3:45 pm - 4 pm

• Closing circle.

Join Us!

Whether you're ready to volunteer, collaborate, or simply learn, this summit is your opportunity to help make Portland a better place and build your community.

If you’re unable to afford a ticket or commit to a work-trade but still want to participate, please email PortlandPlacemaking@gmail.com.

Don’t miss out on this incredible community building event!