ORGANIZATION: URBAN NATURE PARTNERS PDX
Serve as a mentor to a young person-typically an incoming 10-year old---from a historically marginalized community to participate in outdoor activities in urban greenspaces around Portland! Responbilities include:
-Provide young people with opportunities to build better health and well being
-Teach them about the natural world and potential outdoor career opportunities according to their interests
-Help them become empowered to make their own decisions and succeed in other parts of their lives
-Advocate for inclusiveness among other users and professionals in the outdoors
-Build capacity and skills by actively participating with other mentors, staff, and board in group activities
and events. Group activities can include: hiking, biking, kayaking, and gardening.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
2937 NE GLISAN ST UNIT A, PORTLAND, OR 97232, US
Urban Nature Partners PDX empowers youth from historically marginalized Portland communities through long term one-on-one mentoring relationships and access to meaningful outdoor experiences.
We are committed to inclusivity and building social equity, both among the youth and families we serve, and in the environmental and outdoor communities as a whole.
We promote a holistic system of intertwinedrelationships between family, school, and community as the foundation of supporting each youth.
We take a strength-based approach by encouraging and building on the inherent capabilities in each youth.
We foster curiosity and experiential learning that promotes youth choice over curriculum driven programming.
We model our values in a cooperative organizational structure based on consensus decision making, mutual trust, and shared respect.
Multiple locations Portland, OR 97232
March 16, 2022
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