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We’re hiring a garden works coordinator! 🪏🪴🫜

Join p:ear and help lead hands-on garden programming, support young people, coordinate volunteers, and keep our growing spaces thriving!

This role is a great fit for someone who brings gardening knowledge, strong organization, and a genuine commitment to creating welcoming, relationship-centered spaces for youth.

Learn more and apply at the link in bio—and please share with someone who may be a great fit!

First Thursday, July 2nd (THIS THURSDAY!) is packed with creativity!

Start at from 4–7 PM, where p:ear Skate Club’s youth artists will be taking over the shop with custom-designed decks! A portion of sales will support the club.

Then make your way to from 5–7 PM for the newest exhibition of work by our youth artists.

Two stops, one night, so much youth-made art to celebrate!

: 210 NW 6th Ave
: 338 NW 6th Ave

Out at the today! Come say HI! 👋

We had a blast learning juggling, acrobatics, and circus skills with the incredible team from Echo Theater! We tried something new, and most importantly, had a whole lot of fun. Thanks for bringing the joy and energy to our space !

Last Saturday, p:ear youth, volunteers, and rolled up our sleeves and gave Q-Side Skatepark a refresh ahead of National Go Skate Day!

From sweeping and scrubbing and laying down fresh paint, our crew spent the day under the sun helping make the park look good, skate better, and feel welcoming for everyone who uses it.

Huge thanks to everyone who grabbed a roller, got sweaty, and helped get the park cleaned up!

p:ear youth have been learning the art of leather working from Thomas, a skilled leatherworker from Tandy Leather who generously shares his knowledge, patience, and passion with our community. Through hands-on projects, participants are introduced to the tools, techniques , and attention to detail that of into creating beautiful, functional leather goods.

We want to give a huge thanks to Thomas and the team at Tandy Leather for investing their time and talents in our young people each week.

Creativity has been taking shape at p:ear with youth learning ceramics techniques with our friend and BIPOC Artist in Residence Dina ( ), a local artist known for creating beautiful functional pottery.

From shaping and sculpting to experimenting with texture and design, youth explored the creative process and expressed their unique ideas. Thanks for being here, Dina!

Help us paint, patch, pick up trash, and get Q-Side Skatepark cleaned up and ready for Go Skate Day celebrations on June 21st!

We’ll have food, drinks, and community — come lend a hand and help us show Q-Side some love.

Clean-Up DayJune 19th | 11 AM–2 PM

Go Skate DayJune 21st | 9 AM–2 PM

At the end of May, we were specials guests at the Portland Indie Game Convention (PIGCON) to showcase Rose City Rising!

Created in collaboration between p:ear youth, volunteers, staff, and community partners, Rose City Rising is more than a game—it’s a creative expression of teamwork and the incredible talent within our community.

We’re grateful to everyone who stopped by to play, ask questions, and support the project. A special thank you to our partners at Panic Inc. and the many volunteers ( )and supporters who helped make this vision a reality.

At p:ear, education is always hands-on. Sometimes knee-deep in marshlands, counting tadpoles, searching for Pacific Tree frogs (and finding American Bullfrogs instead!) and asking questions—all the questions. Check out some of the amazing things we saw at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge with our friends 🐸