Friends & Allies Summit
PROGRAM
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Training for Change: Exploring the intersection of fear, trauma, racism and a path to healing
with Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia
10 AM to 12 PM
Audience: All participants
Many Portlanders cherish and enjoy parks. But others feel unwelcome due to racism, their cultural outlook, or their economic or housing situation. To help all Portlanders enjoy our parks, it is critical to understand the intersection of fear, trauma and racism. During this session, Alisha will address how understanding individual and societal trauma can help deconstruct racism and racist structures and provide a path forward. A native Portlander, Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia is deemed one of the most influential physicians in the country. She is an expert in global health, trauma, addiction, system development and change. Find out more about Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia here.
Welcome
With PP&R Director, Adena Long and PPF Executive Director, Randy Gragg
12:40 PM to 1:40 PM
Audience: All participants
Special performances by the Ed Edmo, Tongan Women’s Assoociation of Oregon and Friends of Noise artist, Mei Anna
Small group breakout sessions
1:45 PM to 3:15 PM
Audience: Self-select your desired breakout session during registration (See below for details)
Next steps
3:15 PM to 3:45 PM
Audience: All participants
Breakout Sessions
Session A: Local funding opportunities
Connect with local funders during a panel presentation on local funding options for parks friends groups and partners. Each panelist has an opportunity to talk about their program and ways in which they engage with community beyond giving dollars. There will be an opportunity for Q&A in the second half of this session.
Session B: Grow your membership through strategic communications
This session is for groups who are interested in learning more about coalition building, growing and diversifying your membership or volunteer base through things like monthly appeals and communication strategies. During a time where it feels like everything is virtual, this is an opportunity to dive into simple, yet effective communication strategies for expanding your local outreach in a virtual world.
Session C: Just getting started
Are you interested in forming a parks friends group or recently formed a group in the last 0-2 years? In this session you will learn how to give a new group momentum with a group of panelists who have been through this before. Discuss strategies for working with PP&R, getting your community involved, learn about the types of activities you can do, and find out how to set up an organization that can ask for money.
Session D: Taking the next step
This session is for individuals with "seasoned" groups to gather to talk about current issues facing their organization. Examples include a desire to form a regional coalition or strengthen an existing one, transition points from one purpose to another in an organization, best ways to support PP&R's goals and capacity. Participants in this session have an immense amount of collective knowledge about overcoming challenges in your own organizations. Portland Parks Director Adena Long and PPF Director Randy Gragg will guide this session as we listen to each other’s issues, share feedback and learn from each other. PPF will survey participants in this session ahead of time to gain a better understanding of the issues participants want to discuss and to guide the conversation. Space is limited for this session, so we ask that only 1-2 members per group or organization sign up for this session.
Session E: Reflection on Dr. AMC’s morning session
Join others from the morning session in a moderated discussion to reflect and share how Dr AMC's approaches might address your organization's efforts to dismantle racist or other exclusionary systems in our parks and city. You can register for this session right now or decide to join after the workshop on the 26th.
The deadline to register is September 23 at midnight. When registering you will self select your afternoon breakout session and choose which location you would like to volunteer at during the optional Day of Service on October 3. To allow for flexibility, you may edit your selection after you register. To change your selection, you must email Jessica Green at jgreen@portlandpf.org no later than September 21.
