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SAGE Awards Recipient

October 21, 2024

Congratulations to Ward Greene! Ward, SAGE’s founder, served as our President for 12 years, co-creating and hosting numerous programs and events, while baking his grandmother’s famous chocolate cakes for SAGE’s first events. He has volunteered over 7,500 hours and led SAGE with all his heart, enabling us to engage over…

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Interview with SAGE Founder Ward Greene

September 16, 2024

SAGE’s Founder, Ward Greene, shared an interview about the work of SAGE. You can listen to this great interview below.  This is an interview between Eric Alan and Ward Greene regarding Greene’s efforts to give forward through SAGE. Eric Alan conducted the interview. He is an author, photographer, lyricist, and…

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Give Forward Story – Dr. S. Renee Mitchell

September 10, 2024

She’s giving forward by creating programming for Black youth that empowers, engages, and promotes healing from trauma. Her doctoral research documents that Black teenagers are the most prodigiously traumatized adolescent group because of the persistent racism they experience in schools and in society.  As a SAGE Legacy Fellow, Dr. S.…

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The Way Forward about SAGE and Regenerative Conversations

September 6, 2024

Our Executive Director, Steve Higgs, was interviewed for the podcast The Way Forward about SAGE and Regenerative Conversations. Special thanks to the team at The Way Forward for hosting us for this meaningful conversation! You can check out the interview here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/39-generational-equity-sparking-change-across-generations/id1651941803?i=1000666645601

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Give Forward Story – Alanya Abou-Elmajd

August 23, 2024

She’s giving forward by spotlighting the climate impacts of fast fashion and offering solutions.  Alanya Abou-Elmajd (she/her) is a recent graduate of Beaverton’s Westview High School. Her passion for climate activism came from seeing the Climate Clock in New York in 2020. After reading more about it, she realized the…

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Give Forward Story – Captain Peter Wilcox

August 16, 2024

He’s giving forward by taking on the marine climate crisis, one ecosystem at a time. When Captain Peter Wilcox was a freshman in college, he selected an ecology course as his only elective. This new look at science — one that focused on whole systems and respecting all the Earth’s…

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"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

- Frederick Douglass