Oregon Unlimited Takes to the Road
Topics: Communications and Learning
Following the launch of Oregon Unlimited in March, our contractor Context Partners hit the road to introduce the free online platform/network to Oregonians across the state and to honor those nominated in the I Am Oregon campaign last fall.
Announcing a New Trustee
Topics: CEO Messages
This week we did something that has only happened five times since the
doors of the Meyer Memorial Trust opened 31 years ago. We selected a new
trustee. We are thrilled to announce that Charles Wilhoite is joining
RIP Igal Koshevoy
Topics: Tech
I just learned that Igal Koshevoy died yesterday, "following a long struggle with depression," the announcement gently stated.
Igal was a huge force for good in Portland... and beyond.
Gerry Pratt's Contribution
Topics: CEO Messages
This week is a momentous time here at the Trust. Gerry Pratt – the last
remaining trustee who was named in Fred G. Meyer's will establishing a
charitable trust from his personal estate – is stepping down from his
role as trustee.
To Wax Nostalgic: Gresham TWST
Topics: Responsive Grants | TWST
Usually TWST meetings happen in rural Oregon towns, but this week there were several in “urban” settings, including Gresham. This area was part of the ancestral homeland, food-gathering village
sites of the Chinookan-speaking peoples of which I am descendent: The
Watlala, and the neighboring Multnomah, Molalla and Clackamas peoples.
TWSTing in Eastside Portland
Topics: Responsive Grants | TWST
The Two-Way Street Tours are a useful way for MMT to share information about our grant programs, while also learning about community needs and priorities. They were designed as a way to connect to communities we are less familiar with. But the two meetings I attended last week were on my own streets—Eastside Portland, where I grew up and still live.
Forecast: An Oregon Without Limits
Topics: CEO Messages
Since the Great Recession began in 2007, we've been hearing that we are in a 'New Normal' or are experiencing a 'Great Reset.'
Indeed, it feels like there is a fundamental shift underway in our culture, even after the economy has shown signs of improvement and recovery. Institutions we have relied on for decades and decades are being disrupted. There is a sense that life will never go back to the way it was and we must blaze trails on a new frontier.
An Agora for Oregon's economy
Topics: Economic Development | CEO Messages
When Meyer Memorial Trust invited Oregonians to give us their advice on how best to spend a million dollars for Oregon, we heard a wide range of ideas that address one big issue: economic development. Given Oregon's higher than average unemployment and food insecurity rates, rising poverty rate and falling median household income, this was not surprising.
TWST meeting coming to Lents
Topics: TWST
Meyer Memorial Trust is happy to announce a community meeting is coming soon to southeast Portland.When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, from 3pm to 5pmWhere: Lents Village, 10325 SE Holgate, Portland
Spam Shall Not Pass
I present two blog entries in one about our newest anti-spam tool, one boring and to the point and the other a homage to The Hobbit.
