Community

The new Black Possibilities app is creating a “digital safe space for Black Oregonians to connect, organize, heal and advocate together,” according to Imagine Black, the organization which created the app.

An idea sparked by Warm Springs teens culminated this spring in a new skate park enjoyed by community members of all ages.

The pandemic led Oregon Rural Action to coordinate Latino-focused vaccination drives, but their ambitions go further.

With “In My Shoes,” Black youth are sharing their voices, dreams, and experiences — along with sharp insights about their communities.

Friends of Trees has spread from a neighborhood cooperative to a regional tree-planting powerhouse.

We talk to Eddie De La Cruz from Hermiston’s Hispanic Advisory Committee. We'll hear about law enforcement efforts to monitor the effects of marijuana on Oregon drivers. Finally, Olympic track star Alexi Pappas stops by.

Meet the calendar girls-slash-outdoors women of Halfway!

A coalition of neighbors and community groups recently purchased the former Sugar Shack strip club as part of an effort to revitalize Portland's Cully neighborhood. 

Rural Organizing Project founder Marcy Westerling died June 10, 2015 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.