Upcoming Events
Save the Date: North Star Fall Social
Save the date!
Full registration information will be available soon.
All for One and One for All: Balancing District Representation and Citywide Priorities
Minneapolis City Councilor Jenkins, Dublin City Councillor Gilliland, Belfast Deputy Lord Mayor Groogan
Hindsight is 20/20: What Other City’s First City Administrators Have to Say About System and Culture Change
Chris Shorter, Jenny Haruyama, and Casey Clark with special guest Mike Jordan
Democracy Roundtable Happy Hour – December Meeting
In Person Event
Drinks, tasty snacks and talk about democracy reforms with all your favorite democracy nerds.
Focus: Campaign Finance Reform
Democracy Roundtable Happy Hour – November Meeting
In Person Event
Drinks, tasty snacks and talk about democracy reforms with all your favorite democracy nerds.
Focus: Defending Democracy from Organized Bigotry in the Pacific Northwest, with the Western States Center.
Mt Goats Meeting: Impact of the 2023 legislative session on local governments in Oregon
In Person Event
A Mountain Goats group meeting to learn about and discuss the impact of the 2023 legislative session on local governments in Oregon
Democracy Roundtable Happy Hour – October Meeting
In Person Event
Drinks, tasty snacks and talk about democracy reforms with all your favorite democracy nerds.
Speakers:
Blanca Gaytan Farfan & Jim Labbe, Participatory Budgeting Oregon
Grace Taylor & Linn Davis, Healthy Democracy
Democracy Roundtable Happy Hour – July Meeting
In Person Event
Drinks, tasty snacks and talk about democracy reforms with all your favorite democracy nerds.
Focus: Review 2022 Mid Terms Voter Participation and Planning for 2024
Speakers:
Kelsey Paden, Data Director at Our Oregon
Grace Ramsey, Co-Director of Democracy Rising
Mt Goats Meeting: Climate change and increased local government fiscal stress
In Person Event
A Mountain Goats group meeting to learn about and discuss climate change and increased local government fiscal stress.
Speaker: Dr. Elisabeth Gilmore, of Carleton University.
Democracy Roundtable Happy Hour – June Meeting
In Person Event
Drinks, tasty snacks and talk about democracy reforms with all your favorite democracy nerds.
Focus: 2023 Legislative Session Wrap Up and Happy Hour
Participatory Democracy Movement Building – Happy Hour Conversation hosted by Healthy Democracy
In Person Event
RSVP Required
Gathering of cutting-edge democratic reformers and academic thinkers to help catalyze inclusive and deliberative democracy.
Co-hosted by Healthy Democracy, North Star Civic Foundation, Oregon’s Kitchen Table, Participatory Budgeting Oregon, with special guest John Gastil from Penn State University.
Wednesday 101’s Summer Speaker Series
Join us on Wednesdays this summer for introductory presentations from experts on various topics – from government to public policy to nonprofit work. These discussions are for interns, fellows, or early career staff in the region.
In Person Events
Districting Talk with Common Cause Leaders
Zoom Event
Registration Required
Focus: Districting in Portland – how place and race impact representation and governance
Speakers: Jonathan Mehta Stein and Kathay Feng, California Common Cause
Democracy Roundtable Happy Hour – April Meeting
In Person Event
Registration Required
Drinks, tasty snacks and talk about democracy reforms with all your favorite democracy nerds.
Speaker: Barbara Smith Warner (Executive Director of the National Vote at Home Coalition) and Susan Mottet (Director of Small Donor Elections at City of Portland).
Winning Jobs Narrative Training / NSCF & NWHF
Zoom Event
Registration Required
Learn about how to incorporate the Winning Jobs Narrative in your communications and community engagement.
For years community and elected leaders have struggled to find clear and consistent language to effectively communicate about jobs and the economy. The Winning Jobs Narrative addresses this challenge by creating a narrative architecture for talking about jobs, work, and the economy in ways that strengthen our connections with working people across race, geography, and issues.
This event is co-hosted with Northwest Health Foundation.
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Winning Jobs Narrative Training / NSCF & NWHF
Zoom Event
Registration Required
Learn about how to incorporate the Winning Jobs Narrative in your communications and community engagement.
For years community and elected leaders have struggled to find clear and consistent language to effectively communicate about jobs and the economy. The Winning Jobs Narrative addresses this challenge by creating a narrative architecture for talking about jobs, work, and the economy in ways that strengthen our connections with working people across race, geography, and issues.
This event is co-hosted with Northwest Health Foundation.
Click here to learn more and register.
Property Tax Reform Briefing with Commissioner Jayapal
Zoom Event
Registration Required
Learn about recent public opinion research on property tax reform in Oregon.
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Oregon Donor Alliance: Welcome Reception for Tai Harden-Moore
In Person Event
RSVP Required
Join the Oregon Donor Alliance in welcoming their first ever Executive Director, Tai-Harden Moore!
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Democracy Roundtable – March Meeting
In Person Event
Registration Required
Drinks, tasty snacks and talk about democracy reforms with all your favorite democracy nerds.
Speakers: Sol Mora (Coalition of Communities of Color), Mike Alfoni (Oregon Ranked Choice Voting) and Michael Calcagno (All Oregon Votes).
Spring Equinox Social
In Person Event
RSVP Required
Join us for tacos, margaritas and great company!
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Portland Parks Foundation – Back to Square One: Reimagining O'Bryant Square, Public Forum
In Person
RSVP Encouraged
Join Portland Parks Foundation for a public forum to learn about the best draft ideas for how O’Bryant Square can be a fresh, new active place that serves, cares for, and excites everyone!
Presentations from 10am–12pm, followed by an open house from 12–4pm.
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Portland Parks Foundation – Back to Square One: Reimagining O'Bryant Square, Open House
In Person
RSVP Encouraged
Join Portland Parks Foundation for an open house at O’Bryant Square to learn more about the future of this space and share your ideas!
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Capital Gains Tax – Next Steps Work Session
Zoom Event
Registration Required
Earlier this month North Star hosted a briefing about a policy framework to address volatility in Oregon’s general fund revenue. We appreciated the lively discussion and are hosting a working meeting to dig in on advancing the concept.
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