Brown Hope Celebrates the International Day of Peace

Happy International Day of Peace! This holiday is celebrated September 21 every year as an effort to promote nonviolence, ceasefire, and human rights. The United Nations declared the Theme for 2025’s International Day of Peace is Act Now For a Peaceful World. Brown Hope is taking action on this important day by making our Code of Peace publically available, a document we first created for the We Are The Bridge week of action in memory of George Floyd.

We Are The Bridge: Rise For Racial Justice Coalition Demands Action From Local Leaders

Dozens of local businesses support pilot program during Juneteenth weekend

A local organization is rallying support for their Black Resilience Fund in honor of Juneteenth. Dozens of businesses have committed to supporting a unique pilot program this holiday weekend - to help transform lives right here in the Portland metro area. “Our mission is to inspire racial healing,” Cameron Whitten, Founder and CEO of Brown Hope, said.

Portland Businesses Rally to Support Black Resilience Fund’s 2023 Juneteenth Campaign

The Black Resilience Fund, dedicated to the healing and resilience of Black Portlanders, presents Juneteenth 2023, a campaign supported by Portland’s small business community to raise awareness and funds for BRF’s new income guarantee initiative.

Portland's Black Resilience Fund launches guaranteed-income program for 25 families

Participants gathered together for the first time on Tuesday night at Brown Hope, a local nonprofit in Northeast Portland that runs the program.