Are you a web wizard with an eye for design and a healthy obsession with organization? Submit a proposal to build our new website! We're looking for an individual or team that can design something slick, engaging, organized, and responsive. Respond to our RFP by Aug 10. friends.org/get-involved...

Wildfire policy is economic policy. For Oregon’s economy to flourish, we must address climate change and its impacts—and that includes wildfire. This is posing a threat to the current and future prosperity of Oregon. Read more about how wildfire affects the economy: https://ow.ly/U07x50Zu37H

We're Sightline Institute in Eugene for a Housing Advocacy Activation Happy Hour Aug 9 from 4-6 PM at @crowandcart.bsky.social Free food, good conversation, and a chance to get involved in Eugene's housing future. Come say hi! RSVP at the link in our bio.

💽 Do you have thoughts, concerns, and/or lived experiences about data centers in Oregon? Express them to the Data Center Advisory Committee on June 2 during their final public listening session. This is the last major chance to have your voice heard. Meeting info here: https://ow.ly/OJj150Z5Kal

Testify on Wednesday and advocate for affordable water rates with Together for an Affordable Portland. Portland City Council will be considering authorizing $525 million in bonds to partially fund the Bull Run filtration plant. Ratepayers will shoulder this burden. Learn more: Friends.org/TAP-in

Join us on May 12 as we co-host an accessible housing webinar with Community Vision, AARP Oregon and Sightline Institute We'll unpack accessibility policies, explore common myths, and discuss why current standards are not meeting the needs of Oregon communities. Register: https://ow.ly/aV9050YPtur

Join us alongside Central Oregon LandWatch and Renewable Northwest as we talk land use and data centers at the Governor's Data Center Advisory Committee meeting on Friday, April 24. View the full agenda and get the meeting link: www.oregon.gov/energy/Get-I...

We're teaming up with @sightline.org to help break down the technicalities and complexities of the OHNA process so that every Oregon community has the tools to engage with it. Help us achieve this by filling out a quick survey. Link in bio to fill it out. Please complete the survey by April 27!

HUD’s proposed rule would force mixed-status families to choose between staying housed and staying together, while adding harmful new documentation barriers that could put millions at risk of losing assistance. Submit public comment by April 21 to oppose this rule: housingoregon.org/oppose-huds-...

This Wednesday, Portland City Council will consider a resolution regarding the Inner Eastside for All campaign which would allow for more home types in Portland's inner east side. Join us and @pnwelcome.bsky.social for a rally outside City Hall at 5PM followed by a hearing at 6.

Be our next Gerhardt intern! Work on real issues shaping Oregon's future with our expert staff, gain valuable experience, and create assets to kickstart your career in planning, land use, housing, or a related field (and get paid!). Apply by April 19: friends.org/gerhardt

The Keep Portlanders Housed package would direct $55 million toward eviction prevention, renter stabilization, and affordable housing production. Portland City Council’s Housing and Permitting Committee will consider this on April 7. Submit written testimony by 2 pm tomorrow or show up to testify.

Our LULI crew paid a visit to the Dear Portland exhibit as part of our segment on housing production on Saturday. After an engaging debrief, we continued the conversation with Portland City Councilor Mitch Green and Metro President Duncan Hwang. Thank you for your housing policy expertise!

Elevators are a key ingredient to homebuilding. How can we get more of them? On April 10, we’re hosting a webinar with @welcomingneighbors.us to get into it. Register: www.sightline.org/going-up-or-...

Join us and Fair Housing Council of Oregon on April 6 for an interactive teach-in to kick-off Earth Month & Fair Housing Month. We'll also have the chance to explore the Dear Portland exhibit presented by Humans for Housing. Get your free tickets: https://shorturl.at/tivS6

Another session is in the books! If you want all the details on what went down in Salem concerning land use bills, join our legislative recap webinar on March 31. This is a members only event! Are you a new member or haven't joined yet? Email Sofia@Friends.org

Next week! Our Oregon for Everyone Manager Jacky Lee will be speaking in Corvallis on efforts, progress, and challenges around addressing homelessness in Benton County. Join them and a panel of other experts at the Corvallis-Benton County library on March 18.

We kicked off the 2026 LULI last weekend, welcoming a diverse cohort of participants with extensive backgrounds and deep passions. We can't wait to see what this season holds, and we couldn't do this program without the support of East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District and AARP Oregon

It's Sine Die! In our final episode of Legislative Tea, our Legislative Manager Cassie Wilson runs through the death of SB 1586 (Hillsboro supersiting) and the passage of HB 4153 (farm stores), as well as a host of other bills and budget items we tracked this session: youtu.be/5oTBoXvYRDs

Bills died, bills passed: Oregon's legislative round up

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Thanks to you, legislators did not move forward with SB 1586. THANK YOU for your consistent advocacy on preventing corporate land grabs of some of the best farm land in the world. You packed hearing rooms and submitted nearly 900 pieces of written testimony! You showed up and it mattered.

After the first week of short session, we've seen a slew of bills concerning land use. Here's our overview of bills on housing, working lands, transportation, and wildfire. After this week, if these bills aren't scheduled for a work session, they are dead. See more: friends.org/news/2026/1/...

1000 Friends has launched the Housing Solutions Center, a publicly accessible online hub designed to help advocates, policy makers, developers, and community members support affordable, accessible, and environmentally responsible housing solutions across Oregon. HousingSolutionsOregon.org

3 WAYS TO TAKE ACTION against a blatant corporate land grab. LC 237 aims to bring 1,700 acres of farmland into Hillsboro's UGB and extend tax breaks to billionaire corporations that can easily pay their fare share. Join us in protecting this irreplaceable farmland. Here's how:

Join legislative manager Cassie Wilson, working lands policy director Jim Johnson, and associate director Mary Kyle McCurdy during our annual legislative preview where they'll walk through the most pressing land use bills we'll be watching this short session.

Applications for the 2026 Land Use Leadership Initiative are now open! Apply by January 30 for this four-month leadership cohort that will dive into the most pressing land use issues currently facing Oregon: friends.org/luli

It's time for Transit Talks ... After Dark. Our guest @councilormorillo.bsky.social talks with Cassie Wilson about safety, support for 30% of Oregonians who are non-drivers, and her experiences as a transit-dependent person. Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkj4...

TriMet announced their proposal for service cuts to address their budget shortfall. The proposed cuts could have major impacts on accessing medical facilities, as well as worsening already poor north-south transit options. TriMet is looking for feedback. Head to trimet.org/servicecuts to share.

Two generous donors (our friends at Organically Grown Co., and a board member farming in Washington County) have have stepped up with $4,000 in matching gifts in the final hours of Give!Guide, pushing our 2025 goal to $60,000. Help us get there before midnight tonight! giveguide.org/nonprofits/1...

From Portland to Grants Pass: 1000 Friends defends smart land use across the state. It's Big Culture Day! Donate $10 or more and you’ll be entered to win an incredible Southern Oregon getaway while supporting thriving communities across our state: https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/1000friends

Give $10+ to 1000 Friends of Oregon and you could win an amazing prize bundle from Atlas Tattoo, Midtown Beer Garden, and Music Millenium. Every donation fuels our work to protect Oregon’s working lands, forests, cities and neighbors. Donate now: https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/1000friends