City Repair has over 20 years of experience with grassroots, community-initiated placemaking in Portland, Oregon. Our model for building place-based empowerment is inspiring communities across the nation and even globally from countries like Canada, the UK and even Australia. Here in Oregon, however, our biggest learning edge is integrating a social justice lens to ensure that the people and the places that we are working with provide benefit to some of the most vulnerable groups in our community. For us it has meant working with People of Color in one of the most ethnically Caucasian cities and also with folks experiencing houselessness. We will share stories of placemaking with these communities and how they contribute to what we are calling Place Justice.

Presented By: Ridhi DCruz

EcoKosm: practical tools and technologies for personal and community practice towards a world of belonging. This workshop is for people committed to tending the soul of community, the ethics of organizations, and the vibrant interconnectivity of all of life. Let’s look at the world through life’s eyes and explore how we can align our consciousness, our practice and our understanding of what’s valuable with a viable evolutionary pathway through the anthropocene. Expect a playful, experiential blend of mind mapping, embodied practice and truth telling.

Presented By: Samantha Sweetwater