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Office of Community & Civic Life

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The Office of Community & Civic Life (Civic Life) connects Portlanders with city government to build inclusive, safe, and livable communities.

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Mailing address
1120 SW 5th Avenue
Suite 114
Portland, OR 97204
civiclife@portlandoregon.gov
phone number 503-823-4519
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Twitter username
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Instagram username
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About Civic Life

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Welcoming Week

Upcoming Events

Workshop: Follow up to strategies, knowing limits and boundary setting (the material intends to address dynamics experienced when being targeted by racism)

Classes and Activities
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Available Online
This free class offering is part of the Anti-Racist Trauma-Informed Capacity Building Strategies series facilitated by Vo Vo and is sponsored by the Constructing Civic Dialogues program through the Office of Community and Civic Life.

Training and Workshop: Building cultural resilience (the material intends to address dynamics experienced when being targeted by racism)

Classes and Activities
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Available Online
This free class offering is part of the Anti-Racist Trauma-Informed Capacity Building Strategies series facilitated by Vo Vo and is sponsored by the Constructing Civic Dialogues program through the Office of Community and Civic Life.

Training and Workshop: Anti-Racist Facilitation. (group dynamics, how to interrupt derailing, etc)

Classes and Activities
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Available Online
This free class offering is part of the Anti-Racist Trauma-Informed Capacity Building Strategies series facilitated by Vo Vo and is sponsored by the Constructing Civic Dialogues program through the Office of Community and Civic Life.

Training: Developing Inclusive Practices (power dynamics, oppression, de-escalation)

Classes and Activities
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Available Online
This free class offering is part of the Anti-Racist Trauma-Informed Capacity Building Strategies series facilitated by Vo Vo and is sponsored by the Constructing Civic Dialogues program through the Office of Community and Civic Life.

Workshop: Developing Inclusive Practices (power dynamics, oppression, de-escalation)

Classes and Activities
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Available Online
This free class offering is part of the Anti-Racist Trauma-Informed Capacity Building Strategies series facilitated by Vo Vo and is sponsored by the Constructing Civic Dialogues program through the Office of Community and Civic Life.
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