It was an honor to join the Native American Youth and Family Center last weekend for the unveiling of Terresa White’s Mamook Tokatee Raven Sculpture in the Cully neighborhood.

This morning City Council presented the 2024 Steve Lowenstein Trust Award to Dana Lynn Louis, who founded Gather:Make:Shelter in 2017 to empower people experiencing houselessness and poverty through creative opportunities including pottery painting, drawing, and printmaking.

Congratulations to Literary Arts on today’s opening of the largest literary center on the West Coast! The center is named for Susan Hammer, a powerful advocate for arts and culture in Portland.

Portland’s holiday season is here! Thank you to everyone who attended and performed at Pioneer Courthouse Square’s 40th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony last night.

Pioneer Courthouse Square invites you to come together at 5:30pm Friday for the 40th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony featuring Santa Claus, hot cocoa, and a joyful holiday sing-along!

Today and tomorrow at Oregon Convention Center, My People’s Market invites you to bring the whole family to celebrate the change of season and be enveloped in gifts, music, food, and fun! More than 160 small businesses and dining options are showcasing the very best of Portland.

While supplies last, please stop by the information booth for 2-for-1 tickets to the Portland Winter Ice Rink. These tickets will go fast, so be sure to arrive early!

This weekend at the Oregon Convention Center, Prosper Portland’s Events and Film Office presents the 15th My People’s Market! More than 150 vendors will be selling everything from home goods and clothing to packaged goods, art, plants, and more.  🎨 Siguele Cabron

Everyone deserves to live a life free from violence. This Transgender Day of Remembrance, let’s all recommit ourselves to creating welcoming, loving communities, where everyone can thrive.

Yesterday I participated in a panel discussion about “Big Ideas to Streamline Permitting” at the 2024 Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference.