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Wisdom Workforce Development interns are continuing to plant Native species in the buffer below Zenger Farm, the organic farm and Urban Grange on SE Foster Road. The environmental assessments and the plant design were developed this past year by Wisdom’s cohort of...
WISDOM TO RECEIVE FORCE OF NATURE AWARD
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:...
NORTHWEST INDIAN STORYTELLING FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR FEBUARY IN 2017
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,...
TIM 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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