Uniting for Action on the Oregon Economy
 
Uniting for Action on the Oregon Economy is a non-partisan program that brings together Oregonians with wide-ranging views to build effective communication and collaboration skills, and use them to take on key economic challenges facing our state.

​Starting with a kick off-workshop on November 19, 2022 in Portland, participants are practicing skills that help them understand the views of Oregonians different from themselves.  Over these seven months, we are gathering three more times in person (in Tillamook, Beaverton, Corvallis) and several times online to analyze economic challenges and address them by working in county-level teams alongside community partners. 

​By the end of the program (June 2023), we will have collectively addressed some key economic challenges and developed individual skills to work across divides in the future. 

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The Oregon Uniters are on a mission to:
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1. Build relationships across divides
2. Increase understanding of economic challenges in Oregon              
3. Strengthen individual collaboration and communication skills 
4. Tackle economic challenges in Oregon​​

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​Program Overview
​Uniting for Action on the Oregon Economy follows three phases. During each phase, the cohort gathers in person and online for relationship-building, skill-building, dialogue, analysis, and project design.

Projects with Community Partners
Each Oregon Uniter team within the broader cohort partners with an Oregon community organization to design and implement a project that 1) addresses an economic challenge in their area identified by the group and 2) advances an initiative or goal of the organization.   

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​​Families and individuals
experiencing houselessness 

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Financial capacity for
​youth and adults

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​Entrepreneurship development in Washington County

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Our Oregon Team
​Our program is being organized and managed by an Oregon team that lives and works in the communities where we will implement our program.  UR Action was invited by Oregonians who recognize the impact of the serious fissures present in our state, to create a program that addresses those divisions.

• Jenny Seward – Multnomah County
• Michelle Jenck – Tillamook County
• ​Franklin Chen – Washington County
• Ted Volchok - Multnomah/Benton Counties

Interested in Learning More?  
For more information:  Contact Ted Volchok, Oregon Program Director at ted@uraction.org. 

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