Newsletter Archive
Take a look at past Newsletters and Announcements in our extensive Wisdom ArchiveHAPPY HOLIDAYS
Dear Wisdom Community, Happy Holidays! As we move into Holiday Season, we continue our Wisdom of the Elders Winter Fundraising Drive. We kicked off last month with #GivingTuesday, and thanks to your generosity we raised a little over $200! We are so grateful for your...
TODAY IS #GIVINGTUESDAY!
Dear Wisdom Community, Join us as we kickoff our Wisdom of the Elders Winter Fundraising Drive with #GivingTuesday! #GivingTuesday is one of the biggest days of the year for non-profit organizations and charities around the country. This is a huge opportunity to give...
Thank You for Celebrating Native American Heritage Month with Wisdom of the Elders!
Dear Wisdom Community, We have had such an abundant month! We are so grateful to you, our community, our friends and our relatives for supporting our community focused events we hosted the past few weeks. Thank you to everyone that came out to our Native Wisdom Film...
November 2017 Event Update
In case you missed our events this month, we will be sure to host more screenings in the new year, so stay tuned. We had a great turnout at our Native Wisdom Film Screening and Community Consultation at OMSI on November 13th! About 150 people came out to watch our...
Wisdom OMSI Film Event
FREE Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Wisdom of the Elders: This month Wisdom continues its statewide film screenings and will be hosting one here in Portland at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry next Monday, November 13th. We hope you, our...
Wisdom Introduces New Executive Director Gerry RainingBird
Wisdom Introduces New Executive Director Gerry RainingBird Wisdom is excited to introduce our new Executive Director, Gerry RainingBird to our community of partners, friends and relatives. Gerry is a member of the Nehiyaw Tribe(Cree), and has lifelong ties with his...
NOVEMBER’S DISCOVERING OUR STORY TV PROGRAM
NOVEMBER'S DISCOVERING OUR STORY TV PROGRAM We’re proud to announce that our guest for November's Discovering Our Story TV program will be Oregon House Representative Tawna Sanchez. Tawna Sanchez was born of Shoshone-Bannock, Ute, and Carrizo descent and raised in...
WISDOM HONORED WITH “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY PARTNER SERVICE AWARD”
Lewis and Clark College has hosted a group of students who have joined us monthly at Wisdom Gardens this past year. Last month, we were honored to receive the Outstanding Community Partner Service Award for "our exemplary dedication to serving the community." Many...
DISCOVERING OUR STORY TELEVISION PROGRAM AIRS THIS SUNDAY AT 1 PM
Dez Ramirez will be Wisdom's special guest on the Discovering Our Story TV program this Sunday, May 7 at 1 pm. The show airs on Comcast Channel 11 and will be rebroadcast twice over the next week. Dez works at Weiden + Kennedy and has been volunteering this past year...
Discovering Yidong Xinag* Peer Mentoring Program
Wisdom of the Elders is inviting Native American older high school plus college-age students in the Portland area to serve as peer mentors for Discovering Yidong Xinag*. This Native American youth leadership initiative is designed to engage Native youth in...