During this giving season, we were honored to collaborate with a local change maker and creative. In mid-November, former Portland Creative Laureate, Julie Keefe visited us to highlight our staff. Julie, known for her Hello Neighbor Series, joined us to … [Read more...]
Our Not-So-Secret Assets: Crisis Line Volunteers
“It sounds daunting but it's not,” says Lines for Life volunteer Scott Shoen as he reflects on what it’s like to answer crisis calls. “Every tool you need to do this job, they give you in training.” And Scott should know—he’s been volunteering for five … [Read more...]
Angels, their sons and daughters
Angela Jiminez’s aunt Priscilla killed herself when she was 24. She’d gotten pregnant in her junior of high school, and her family sent her to a convent, essentially to seclude her, hide her. They gave her child up for adoption. No one explained this in … [Read more...]
Accepting the new normal
I was asked to write something, the more personal the better, about what I believe to be helpful in talking with or working with veterans. To be honest, I don’t have a clue. I speak regularly in the Portland Public School system about my military service … [Read more...]