Featured Writer Amoya Ray Mankertz
Amoya Ray Mankertz participated in our workshop at Home Forward, Humboldt Gardens for adults living in affordable housing.
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Featured Writer Shari Staten
Shari Staten participated in our workshop at Innovative Housing, Kinnaman Townhomes in Aloha for residents and members of the broader community.
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Featured Writer Norma Kilgore
Norma Kilgore participated in our workshops at Oregon Burn Center at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center for burn, wound and trauma survivors and their families.
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Featured Writer Judith Essien
This past fall, Judith Essien participated in our workshop at Multnomah County HIV Health Services Center for people living with HIV.
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A More Humane and Just World, Black Lives Matter
Our hearts are heavy with sadness, grief and anger about the recent racist acts and senseless killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Manuel Ellis and countless others.
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Featured Writer Selena René
This past fall, Selena René participated in our workshop at OHSU Richmond Clinic.
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20th Anniversary Donor Feature with Anne Scott
On October 8, 2019 we interviewed Anne Scott. Anne participated in her first workshop with Write Around Portland in Fall 2007 at the Legacy Emanuel Oregon Burn Center and has logged 325 hours as a volunteer and workshop facilitator.
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20th Anniversary Volunteer Feature with Kellie Ernst
At Write Around Portland, our volunteer program embodies one of our deepest held values of community. Since our founding, volunteers have provided invaluable support to help us change lives through the power of writing—it takes a community to build community
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Traveling Walls: From our 20th Anniversary Anthology Retrospective
This spring, we have had the joy of revisiting writing published over our 20 years and reconnecting with past writers.
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Write Around Portland and the Hope Partnership at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility
On March 14, 2019 we interviewed Kathleen Fullerton, Project Coordinator for Janus Youth Program’s Hope Partnership at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility.
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