Past Events
2024
Friends & Allies Spring Summit
May 16, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm at The Laurelhurst Club
2023
Friends & Allies Fall Summit
October 12, 2023, 10:30 am - 6:30 pm at McMennamins Kennedy School.
In a Landscape Benefit Concerts for Portland Parks Foundation
July 8 & 9, 2023, 6:00 - 7:30 pm at Washington Park
Rose City Park Playground Play Day & Opening Celebration
June 17, 2023, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm at Rose City Park
Friends & Allies Spring Summit
May 18, 2023, 5:00 - 7:30pm at the Laurelhurst Club
Just Space: Beyond Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Design
March 1, 2023 at 5:30pm
Urbanism in Motion: Mobile Architecture, Street Plazas, and the Green Loop
February 27, 2023 at 5:30pm
Urban Futures: Work, Retail, and Living in Post-Pandemic Downtown
February 22, 2023 at 5:30pm
Making Space for Everyone: Trauma-Informed Design and Programming
February 13, 2023 at 5:30pm
Grassroots Urbanism: Growing Public Space from the Youth Up
February 8, 2023 at 5:30pm
Back to Square 1: An Introduction to O’Bryant Square’s Past and Future
February 6, 2023 at 5:30pm
2022
Fall 2022 Friends and Allies Summit
McMenamins Kennedy School, October 20, 2022 at 12pm
Paseo
South Park Blocks, July 15-17
Spring 2022 Friends and Allies Summit
Laurelhurst Club, May 12, 2022 at 5pm
Beyond Recreation: Climate, Social Justice, and the Urban Landscape Ahead
March 28, 2022 at 6pm
Parks and Consequences—Hidden Histories of Olmsted Parks Tradition, from New York to Portland
March 14, 2022 at 6 pm
Greening Democracy: Frederick Law Olmsted, Slavery, & American Park Design
March 7, 2022 at 6 pm
Looking Inward First: How to Make Your Organization More Equitable
March 3, 2022 at 5 pm
2021
Fall 2021 Friends and Allies Summit
October 23 - October 26 & November 18
Paseo
August 28 - October 1
Spring 2021 Friends & Allies Summit
Thursday, May 27 at 5:30 pm
Re-imagining Portland — Cleanse: A Dialogue on Art and Public Space with Paul Farber and Michelle Angela Ortiz
Wednesday, March 17 at 5 pm
Re-imagining Portland: Parks, Public Space, Memory, Creativity, and Spatial Justice with Liz Ogbu
Wednesday, March 17 at 5 pm
2020
Green Dreams: Radical Love: How nature can shape a more equitable city
Monday, December 7 at 5:30 pm
Parks Levy House Party with Commissioner-Elect Carmen Rubio and former Parks Director Zari Santner
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 5 pm
Green Dreams: A virtual happy hour with City Council Candidates Chloe Eudaly and Mingus Mapps
Monday, September 28, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Portland’s Parks Friends & Allies Summit
Saturday, September 28, 2020, 10 am to 3 pm
Pints4Parks: Parks, Protests and Soccer
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 5 pm
Green Dreams: A Portland City Council Candidates Position 2 Candidates Forum on Parks
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Green Dreams: A Portland City Council Candidates E-forum on Parks
Monday, April 20, 2020 at 5 pm
Portland’s Parks Friends & Allies Summit-Postponed
Holocene
Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 3 pm
2019
PPF’s Pints4Parks
The Widmer Brothers Brewery
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Oasis of Hope? America’s Public Gardens Navigate a Radical Era of Change
The Armory, 128 N.W. 11th Avenue, Portland
Monday, November 4 at 6:30 pm
Barbara Walker Crossing Grand Opening
Barbara Walker Crossing - Pedestrian bridge over W Burnside
Sunday, October 27th, 2020 at 8 am
Green Dreams - City of Gardens: What is the Portland We Want to Grow?
Portland Center Stage at the Armory
Monday, March 25, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Green Dreams - Albina Vision + I-5/Rose Quarter: A Match?
Portland Center Stage at the Armory
Monday, March 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Green Dreams: State of the Union
Portland Center Stage at the Armory
Monday, March 11, 2019 at 6:30 pm