We are educators, neighbors, artists, and lawyers working to make the lower Willamette River waterfront a safe and healthy place.
What happens in the North Reach of the river impacts the well-being of people who live in N and NW Portland and the entire region from the Willamette Valley to the Columbia River and all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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We mobilize people to participate in Portland’s Comprehensive Plan, North Reach River Plan, CEI Hub policies, and the Economic Opportunities Analysis.
We advocate for equitable laws and policies that prevent harm to one group of people, place, and the environment over another. We actively oppose the concept of sacrificial zoning.
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The Braided River Gallery captures the stories of the people who lived, worked and played along the river. These stories have been buried beneath highways, fossil fuel tanks, and displacement. We share these stories to honor the people who lived and worked on the land and in the river. We share these stories as a first step in healing and creating a new harbor that is equitable, safe and integrated into society.
For time immemorial the lower Willamette was a magnificent system of plants, rivers, streams, lakes and forest; all braided one into another. We recognize the many tribes who lived, traveled, hunted fished and gathered in the river and on the shores.
We recognize that this is the land of the many bands of the Multnomah, Clackamas, Nez Peirce, Yakima. We honor the unique abundance of this river system and the people who sustained it. We acknowledge the harm done to the river system and her people.