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December B Learning: Nonprofit Fair!

B Local PDX is having a nonprofit fair! Nonprofits from around Portland will be sharing their work as well as providing more information on how businesses and individuals can support and contribute to nonprofits.

Olivia Bartruff
December 12, 2019 07 December 2019

B Corp 101

Are you an aspiring B Corp? Are you working through the assessment at a prospective or currently-certified B Corp and want to know more about the process, the assessment, and the community? Come check out a B Corp 101!

Olivia Bartruff
December 12, 2019 09 December 2019

Changes in Rules and Regulations: What you need to know about changes to ORS 65

The changes to ORS 65 will go into effect on January 1, 2020. The statutory changes will affect the way all nonprofits in Oregon work and act. Come learn about simplified rules for majority voting, allowances for voting by email, modifications to the conflicts of interest provisions and changes to a number of requirements for membership nonprofits.

Olivia Bartruff
December 11, 2019 07 December 2019

A man and a woman smiling

Fresh connections, new opportunities

More than 100 producers, food businesses, advocates, and buyers came together to discuss diversity and dig into the delicious details at the

Aaron Vargas
December 11, 2019 19 December 2019

A woman wearing a white blouse with floral embroidery holds two plates of tamales, smiling toward the camera

Oregon schools get a taste for local tamales

New connections bring Tortillería y Tienda De León’s legacy of traditional Mexican food to school lunch trays throughout Oregon.

Megan Foucht
October 10, 2019 30 October 2019

A large banner with the words "This is an emergency, climate debate now" is suspended from the seventh floor of a parking structure.

Cutting to the core of the climate crisis

Grant Coordinator Madeleine Corich reflects on how she overcame climate despair, by organizing with the youth-led movement Sunrise.

Madeleine Corich
September 12, 2019 12 September 2019

A man in a plaid shirt plats food from a pan.

Power to the pupusas

Kaitlyn Rich interviews Eli Marroquin, owner of Portland Pupusas y Taquería, and the inaugural Powerhouse participant at the Redd.

Kaitlyn Rich
September 6, 2019 12 September 2019

Om Thrive 2nd Annual Yoga, Views, and Brews

Om Thrive is back again for the 2nd annual Yoga, Views and Brews! Join Om Thrive for rooftop yoga, pizza, and the best Northwest brews! 100% of proceeds go to support Om Thrive's mission to provide healing yoga practice to survivors of domestic violence.

Olivia Bartruff
July 3, 2019 11 June 2019

School children gather at tables in a cafeteria

Umi noodles go to lunch

Lola Milholland of Umi Organics shares the story of how she made her organic yakisoba noodles school lunchroom-ready.

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May 8, 2019 27 June 2019