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GLITTER team Jan 2022. Photo by Taylor Cass Talbott.jpg

CHANGING SOCIETY'S PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT AND WHO IS CONSIDERED VALUABLE

GROUND SCORE ASSOCIATION

Ground Score Association (GSA) is an association of informal recyclers, waste pickers, canners, dumpster divers, and other environmental workers who create and fill low-barrier waste management jobs in Portland, Oregon. Ground Score is collectively-organized and radically inclusive, prioritizing work opportunities for those facing work and housing insecurity. Ground Score seeks to build a more environmentally and socially aware community, while also changing society’s perceptions of what and who is considered valuable.

Ground Score Association's Mission

Ground Score advances easy-entry work for a more inclusive circular economy. 

Ground Score Association's Advocacy

Ground Score is led by workers, for workers. We are democratically run and radically inclusive. Nothing for us without us. 

Donate to Ground Score Association

Your donation to Ground Score pays a living wage to Portlanders providing essential services and advocacy across our community.

Ground Score Association Workers standing in front of a mural in Portland Oregon holding a sign that says "Recycling Without Waste Pickers Is Garbage"
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