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Beyond Toxics
In Eugene, the nonprofit Beyond Toxics is fueling a grassroots movement for a safe, healthy, toxic-free Oregon for all. Because communities of color experience more pollution and have less of a seat at the table, Beyond Toxics focuses on empowering the communities most impacted, beginning with the youth. A unique ten-week paid internship program trains students on how public policy happens so they can become the leaders of our future.
Funding Area:
Youth Leadership
Location:
Lane County
Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center
On the edge of Newport near the Pacific Ocean sits the Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center, an experimental forest where high school students sample a variety of natural resource careers and become land stewards. Learn more about Yakona’s dynamic work to transform this forest into a living laboratory where students are scientists and the long-term health of the land guides their inquiries.
Funding Area:
Youth Leadership
Location:
Lincoln county
Center for Geography Education
A Nexus for Geography Education Helps Oregon Teachers—and Their Students—See the World Picture this: 20 fifth graders are running in the school gym, but instead of sneakered feet on glossy maple wood, they’re in bare and socked feet running on top of an enormous 14- by 21-foot durable fabric map.
Funding Area:
Geography Education
Location:
Multnomah County
Tappin Roots
A Seminal Internship Program Values Black and Brown High Schoolers and Empowers the Environmental and Community Leaders of the Future
Funding Area:
Youth Leadership
Location:
Multnomah County
Columbia Slough Watershed Council
In Oregon’s most urbanized, diverse area, the watershed has become a classroom
Funding Area:
Environmental Education
Location:
Multnomah County
Rural Organizing Project
Bridging Divides: How the Rural Organizing Project Empowers Oregon’s Communities For groups in Oregon that are working to effectively organize for issues facing rural communities, such as migrant justice, worker’s rights, or keeping rural post office locations open.
Funding Area:
Youth Leadership
Location:
Lane County
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