Stories of Impact

Powering Potential: Partner Stories
Meet some of the people and organizations that inspire us and learn how their ideas, tenacity and efforts are activating the power of potential.

Shining Light on the Housing Crisis for People Experiencing I/DD
A new study highlights the growing need and ideas for solutions to create more housing options for the I/DD community.
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Supporting Entrepreneurial Research
A $2.5 million grant from the Kuni Foundation fully funded an endowed chair for Prostate Cancer Research at Oregon Health & Science University, enabling the lab to branch out into new directions and study high-risk, new ideas.
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Cohousing Expands Affordable, Inclusive Options for Individuals who Experience I/DD
Two Oregon-based projects, WeBuilt and Our Home – Cathedral Park, demonstrate the value of cohousing.
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  • Finding Creativity and Connection in COVID Times

    By Jenny R. Stadler | |

    Guest post by: Jenny Stadler, Executive Director, PHAME Our world has changed entirely in the months since the pandemic began. And yet here at PHAME Acade…

  • Shining Light on the Housing Crisis for People Experiencing I/DD

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    We believe housing is a basic human right. Stable housing supports and enhances health, well-being and community connectedness. Yet, for thousands of people ex…

  • Portland Art and Learning Studios

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    Art builds bridges, sparks new perspectives and gives people a voice. Portland Art and Learning Studios (PALS), a program of Albertina Kerr, is a progressive a…

  • Improving Bone Marrow Transplant Outcomes for People of Color

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    Bone marrow transplants have provided life-saving cancer treatments for more than 30 years. As researchers strive to increase survival rates and reduce complic…

  • The Tenacious Erin Ryan

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    Our work provides daily opportunities to learn and be inspired. It can also challenge assumptions, and we can all use a dose of that now and then.For me, one o…

  • Endowed Chair Supports Entrepreneurial Research

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    A $2.5 million grant from the Kuni Foundation fully funded an endowed chair for Prostate Cancer Research at Oregon Health & Science University, enabling th…

  • Collaboration Key to Closing Gaps in Children’s Cancer Research

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    Thanks to the power of precision medicine, we’re experiencing a revolution in the treatment of cancer, yet progress for children lags behind. Children are not …

  • Cohousing Expands Affordable, Inclusive Options for Individuals Who Experience I/DD

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    Rooted in a late-1960s Danish movement, cohousing is an intentional community of private homes clustered around shared spaces like a dining area, gardens, walk…

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