Elevate Oregon builds relationships with urban youth to promote education, self reliance and leadership.
Through long-term, relational support we empower young people to become leaders and productive citizens. Mentoring relationships are at the heart of our school based efforts to build character qualities and life skills.
We build relationships. We change lives.
Elevate freshman George Obeketang grew up in Palau. He moved to Portland in 8th grade and began attending Parkrose Middle School, but it was not an easy transition. George struggled in school and found speaking in class difficult. “I felt self-conscious about my accent, and I was afraid I wasn’t making sense.” According to George, Elevate helped him find his voice. Read more
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