The Pathfinder Network

Seeing our community come together to celebrate the release of A Secret Chord was a powerful reminder of what happens when we lift up youth voices. 🌟

We are deeply grateful to the brilliant young authors and artists from The PATHfinder Club at Parkrose High School who shared their truths with us. Your dedication and creativity are the heart of this work!

And thank you to our supporters, partners, staff, families, and community members who showed up, bought books, and celebrated these amazing youth voices.

If you weren't able to join us for the release, you can still support these incredible young creators. Purchase your copy of the anthology today to experience their impactful stories and artwork firsthand: www.outofthewoodspress.com/buy

Summer is on the way—and we're planning to make it unforgettable for systems-impacted youth at our Center for Family Success in Portland!

☀️ Four-Day Summer Camp
🏀 Fun Fridays
⛱️ Field Trips to Oaks Park and Blue Lake
✍️ Summer PATHfinder Club Sessions
🎨 Youth-Led Street Mural Project

We're raising $15K to FUEL THE FUN for youth to experience joy, creativity, belonging, and increased resilience in our summer programs.

Your $25, $50, or $100+ gift makes it happen. (Plus, stickers and anthologies for donors!)

➡️ Fuel the Fun: www.thepathfindernetwork.org/donate

Join us this week in Salem and Portland for our annual June Jamboree community peer support events!

💚 MARION COUNTY: June 3rd, 11 AM - 2 PM, Riverfront Park in Salem (200 Water St NE)
💙 MULTNOMAH COUNTY: June 4th, 1 PM - 4 PM, The Pathfinder Network’s Center for Family Success in Portland (7305 NE Glisan St)

Peers, partners, and participants of the Resilience & Recovery Project are warmly invited to join us to build community, access resources, and help raise awareness about addiction recovery and resilience.

These events are free and open to the community. We can’t wait to see you there!

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE for our Jackson County June Jamboree on June 17th, 11 AM - 3 PM, at Hawthorne Park by the splash pad in Medford!

“The Lullaby Project pairs parents who are incarcerated or homeless with professional singer-songwriters to write lullabies for their children. The Oregon Symphony then arranges, performs and records them.”

Read more about this amazing project in a recent article by OPB:

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/05/think-out-loud-lullaby-project-portland/

Lullaby Project provides parents who are incarcerated or unhoused a chance to write songs for their children We talk with Jessica Katz, the director of The Family Preservation Project, as well as one of the first women to participate in the program and the artist paired with her.

TODAY IS THE DAY! 📚✨ Witness the powerful voices and artwork in “A Secret Chord: Poetry, Stories & Art” in person at our Book Release & Showcase event! This is our 11th anthology from The PATHfinder Club and POPS the Club, transforming hurt and harm into hope and healing for teens impacted by the justice system.

🎉 Thursday, May 28th, 5:00-6:30 PM in the Parkrose High School Library (12003 NE Shaver St, Portland, OR 97220)

🎨 We will have books, stickers, and art prints for sale; all proceeds support youth in our arts-based support club programs!

📱 Can’t make it in person? Visit our page from 5-6:30pm for a livestream of the event.

We can't wait to see you there!

🎬 Watch us LIVE tomorrow morning on KOIN AM Extra at 7:00 AM! We are so excited to be invited to share about the work we do to support systems-impacted youth through The PATHfinder Club, our publishing program, and our impact.

Please save the date for our annual June Jamboree community peer support events! ☀️

Peers, partners, and participants of the Resilience & Recovery Project are warmly invited to join us to build community, access resources, and help raise awareness about addiction recovery and resilience.

📍 Marion County: June 3rd, 11 AM - 2 PM @ Riverfront Park, Salem
📍 Multnomah County: June 4th, 1 PM - 4 PM @ Center for Family Success, Portland
📍 Jackson County: June 17th, 11 AM - 3 PM @ Hawthorne Park by the splash pad, Medford

These events are free and open to the community. We can’t wait to see you there!

Get a sneak peek at these amazing stickers and art prints designed by PATHfinder Club members! 😍 They will be available for purchase in person TOMORROW, May 28th, at our Book Release & Showcase for A Secret Chord. Join us from 5:00–6:30 PM in the Parkrose High School Library to grab yours and support these talented young artists! 🎨✨

💰 All proceeds support The PATHfinder Club and our anthology publishing program. To purchase stickers or prints to be mailed to you, email us at [email protected].

📚 Buy the anthology: www.outofthewoodspress.com/buy

🔗 Learn more: www.thepathfinderclub.org/publishing

Our Executive Director Leticia and PATHfinder Club Program Manager Vic visited six of our PATHfinder Clubs in Los Angeles last week to celebrate the launch of our 11th Anthology, A Secret Chord: Poetry, Stories, & Art!

We brought together club sponsors, volunteers, Board Members, friends, and supporters of the PATHfinder Club for a special dinner at Guelaguetza, who has donated food to one of our Los Angeles-based clubs for many years.

We were so happy to be in community with our PATHfinder Club team in California. 💞