Newsletter Archive
Take a look at past Newsletters and Announcements in our extensive Wisdom ArchiveTIM KEENAN BURGESS JOINS WISDOM:
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...
WISDOM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE:
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...
DISCOVERING OUR STORY AIRS ON NOVEMBER 6:
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...
Discovering Yidong Xinag Summer STEAM Camp
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...
Wisdom Workforce Development Internship Program
Providing environmental conservation and restoration training and career pathways for Portland’s Native adults Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. is collaborating with several partners to provide environmental conservation training and volunteer opportunities for Portland’s...
Welcome New Staff
WISDOM NEW STAFF Wisdom added four new staff over the summer in response to expanded programming. Adrienne Nichols (Samoan) is our new Discovering Yidong Xinag Coordinator; Tiyana Casey (Warm Springs) is a Discovering Yidong Xinag Educator and Climate Film Academy...
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AMAZON SMILE Did you know that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Wisdom of the Elders? AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Start your shopping at smile.amazon.com, and enter...
Deputy Director Welcoming Celebration
DOROTHY AGUILERA-BLACK BEAR CELEBRATION ATTENDED BY A SMALL CROWD Wisdom introduced deputy director Dorothy Aguilera-Black Bear and her family to the Portland community at a special welcoming celebration on Monday, May 16th at Ecotrust in the Billy Frank, Sr....
Wisdom Workforce at Two Symposiums
WISDOM'S CIARRA GREEN AND ROSE HIGH BEAR PRESENT WISDOM WORKFORCE AT TWO SYMPOSIUMS DURING MAY: Wisdom Workforce Coordinator Ciarra Greene (Nez Perce) and Rose High Bear (Deg Hit'an Dine) traveled to University of Washington in Seattle on May 14 to give a panel...
WISDOM Climate Interns give Final Presentation
WISDOM CLIMATE INTERNS GIVE FINAL PRESENTATION: Wisdom was blessed to have the support of two climate justice interns from PSU this year. Brianna Bragg, a Native American Master of Social Work student, assisted executive producer Rose High Bear with pre-production...