by Wisdom Blogger | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured posts, Newsletter, Rose's Blog
Wisdom was honored by The Intertwine Alliance in October with a Force of Nature Award. We received their Equity and the Environment award on Tuesday, October 18 at a special luncheon at The Oregon Zoo prior to their annual Fall Summit 2016. See:...
by Wisdom Blogger | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured posts, Newsletter, Rose's Blog
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. (Wisdom) and The Northwest Indian Storytellers Association (NISA) warmly invites our friends throughout the Pacific Northwest for an evening of Native American storytelling. A series of events will be held in Portland on Friday, February 17,...
by Wisdom Blogger | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured posts, Newsletter, Rose's Blog
We are excited to report that Tim Keenan Burgess (Paiute, Shoshone) was hired as Wisdom’s’ Multimedia Coordinator in September. Tim received his Associates of Applied Science in Multimedia and a second Associates degree in Video Production from Portland Community...
by Wisdom Blogger | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured posts, Newsletter, Rose's Blog
Wisdom Workforce Development recruited its second cohort of 8 Native American adults in September. The team is learning habitat restoration during morning classroom sessions followed by afternoon service learning in the 50-foot buffer at Zenger Farm, in Johnson Creek...
by Wisdom Blogger | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured posts, Newsletter, Rose's Blog
Special guest for our next Discovering Our Story Television Program is CarlaDean Caldera from the Confederated Tribe of Warm Springs. CarlaDean has worked for the past four years as a volunteer behind the camera in the studios of Portland Community Media TV. She...
by Wisdom Blogger | Aug 7, 2016 | Featured posts, Newsletter, Rose's Blog
Discovering Yidong Xinag Summer STEAM Camp This year, Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. completed our fourth summer of Discovering Yidong Xinag* and our Peer Mentor Program. In partnership with Beaverton School District, our Summer STEAM Camp was held for 25 students from...