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Have we lost the way of hope? When I say “we”, I mean we “modern, affluent, developed, able, self-actualized” folk. When I say “way”, I mean a real, rooted, dirt under the fingernails, not merely ethereal or the sort of stuff simply for a Sunday-School discussion.

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Truth be told (and this is embarrassing), I am much better at talking about “neighborhood” then I am at simply being a neighbor. I have a hard time getting to know the middle-aged single recluse next door. I have to ask Aimee to remind me the name of Donna’s husband across the street. I struggle to make it to more than an occasional neighborhood-association meeting. My hypocrisy is so insipid that, reading the Overlook Neighborhood monthly newsletter is the pinnacle of my dedication. Shameful.

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Our communities are not resilient. Americans are mad at big banks. There is a relation and something we can do about it…

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So you decided to make the switch and start banking according to your values but procrastination has set in. If you are like many of our clients, you have probably stalled out with one of the following questions or “costs” of switching:

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What Do You Think?
Is Portland the 4th best housing market?
Each person to respond will be entered to win a Passport Unlimited Dining Card
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Over the next few weeks we will be exploring banking. In particular, we are asking the question: “how does where we bank affect our community?”

We invite you to join the discussion

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Out of our book study last month we started a resource list, framing educational materials and action groups along the agenda items that Korten proposes. Check out this resource list, find a way to get involved where you passions align, and let us know how we can continue to improve this resource!

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Hope in the midst of large and overwhelming global issues. That is my conclusion as I learn of so many individuals and groups choosing to take action based on the unrest see or they themselves feel.

First it was Paul Hawken’s description of “the largest movement in the world.” …

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The other night I attended the Restorative Listening Project’s event around the film “Northeast Passage”. The event was hosted by John Canda, among others, and gave the diverse audience of inner Northeast Portland residents a chance to explore and dialogue about gentrification.

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Something magical and other worldly happened yesterday. If you didn’t know the
context you would think that I was living in a Disney movie or some psychedelic documentary on the seventies.

My family spent much of the day on our front porch, in our front yard or peering out our front picture window. What did we […]

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July 4-July 11 is Eat Local Week

How would our lives and community be different if we shifted our purchases to local businesses? Does that locally produced organic hopworks beer taste better?  How about buying from local growers through People’s Food Coop? Does it taste better? Does it cost less? How does shopping local build our […]

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