Today we are launching a campaign to Save 350PDX.
We won’t skirt around how urgent this need is: 350PDX needs to raise $ 150,000 by August 1 or we will be forced to make dramatic decisions, such as leaving our beloved workshop space, laying off staff members, or potentially closing the organization entirely.
Can you help Save 350PDX by making a donation that’s meaningful to you?
Throughout our history, we’ve never been afraid to name names, call out our campaign and corporate enemies, and organize around the root causes of the climate crisis: capitalism, white supremacy, and colonialism. That’s what makes us powerful, but it also makes us vulnerable.
Big wealthy foundations don’t typically support this type of work. And the grants landscape has changed dramatically – several of our most consistent foundational partners have paused their grant-making process or redirected their giving priorities. This reality means we just lost half our annual projected budget. We’ve been doing everything we can to keep overhead costs low, but it hasn’t been enough. Now we find ourselves at a turning point.
The power-shifting, movement-building, and climate justice-organizing we do has never been more important or timely than in this political moment. We can’t scale back now.
This moment will make or break us, but we know we have to do what we do best: lean in together as a community, flourish despite the challenges, and roll up our sleeves to just make it happen.
We believe in all of us. Please help us Save 350PDX today.
With immense determination and gratitude,
350PDX Staff & Board
P.S. If you already gave, thank you so much for your support. If you already gave and are able to give a little more, it means a lot right now. We need our community to come together to Save 350PDX today — can you chip in right now to help us keep our doors open?
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