Community Engagment and

Low-Barrier Job Opportunities 

Another important part of our Sustainability Education Program is to provide access to civic engagement and job development opportunities. 

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Recently, we helped facilitate a Community Based Master Recycler program (in partnership with City of Gresham, City of Portland, and Metro). Read more about it here! 

Karen and Alina

These incredible sisters are teaming up to be the dynamic duo of Environmental Promoters! Their family has been recycling their whole lives and they also reuse containers to store rice, beans, and more! Karen loves to play the guitar and is graduating this spring from PCC with an associates in science and starting PSU in the fall. Alina is in high school and loves to draw and watercolor. We are so honored to have them on our team! 

Liz

Liz “believes residents deserve to be educated and have a voice in how sustainable their community is.” She is also is a crochet expert and loves psychological thrillers, and her fur babies (two cats and one dog)! We are so thrilled to work with Liz! 

Tory

One of our Environmental Promoters AND Community Based Master Recycler graduates, Tory is a reuse expert! She creates endless art out of reclaimed materials and also helps run the Urban Gleaners Program in her community! Thank you, Tory, for all that you do for your community and the environment!

Josefina

Josefina is passionate about taking care of the environment and loves spending time with her family! We are so grateful and excited to have her on our team!

Eilene

Eilene loves to play the violin, play soccer, go to church, and hang out with her friends and family. Recycling and waste prevention also runs in her family, as her mom was one of the first residents to participate in our Community Based Master Recycler class! We are so grateful to have Eilene as one of our Environmental Promoters!!

Isaiah

Isaiah has been working with Trash for Peace and helping out with our programming almost since we started! Now, as an Environmental Promoter, he has already identified many ways to improve recycling where he lives! He also loves to hike and go on adventures, and we cannot wait to see all the cool things he will accomplish next!

Zerét

Zerét has been a master multitasker, not only rocking being a high school student, but also helping out with our youth groups almost every week, and handing out recycling and green cleaning information around the city! 

Toney

Toney not only helps lead Urban Gleaners programs every week, but is a tireless advocate for her community’s needs. She also is an artist, especially with pen and ink! We are so lucky to work with her!

Katheryn

Katheryn thinks being able to “reuse and repurpose things to help clean up our environment for future generations” is important. She regularly has kiddos that live in her same apartment complex come craft with her out of reclaimed materials, in addition to helping out with our weekly activities! Thank you for being such an eco-rockstar, Katheryn!

Luis

Luis loves to play soccer and draw, and is passionate about recycling and reuse. This also runs in his family, as his mom, Cristina, recently participated in our community based Master Recycler class! We are thrilled to welcome Luis as one of our Environmental Promoters!