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Join U:ACT - Urban Action Team!

Care about the environment? Want to be surrounded by like-minded, active Portlanders? Want to network with a purpose? Enjoy having a beer?
Join U:ACT and meet fellow Portlanders concerned about environmental issues and the impact of urban growth; young people who want a social network that is part of the solution.
Upcoming Events:
We are in the process of deciding our next U:ACT event. Stay tuned!

About U:ACT:
U:ACT (Urban Action Team) is a network of smart, young Portlanders, representing different aspects of urban life, sharing ideas, conversing about hot issues, and forming a call to action for friends and neighbors to be a part of the SOLV Solution in their community.

U:ACT Members remove grafitti along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd during the SOLV IT event

Much like a nucleus or a hub of a wheel, the members will act as one - jointly discussing the issue and finding a solution - and like branches or spokes, connect to many – by being the voice and representative of SOLV, mobilizing individuals, groups, businesses and neighborhoods to join together for community action. Empowering and supporting individuals to give back. This is our Oregon.

FREE MEMBERSHIP to U:ACT includes, being a part of an exciting, social network of young professionals, newcomers and other concerned individuals that work together to engage in environmental solutions that brighten the future of Portland’s urban neighborhoods and preserve this treasure called Oregon.

For more information on U:ACT or about being a member or part of the planning committee, contact:

Amy Bourne,
Committee Chair, U:ACT
amykbourne@yahoo.com, or
Annie Cocchia at SOLV, 503.844.9571


U:ACT at Spiffin' Up Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
U:ACT volunteers covering a brick wall, covered with graffiti and old cover-up paint



On April 28, SOLV's newly formed U:ACT group met to tackle graffiti along Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Starting at one end of the Blvd., volunteers made their way down the road covering walls, fences and buildings with the help and guidance of The Office of Neighborhood Involvement's Graffiti Abatement workers. Working together, volunteers rolled and brushed and had a great time. U:ACT volunteer covering up one of the graffiti tags


Special thanks to Gary Marschke and Katherine Krajnak for helping coordinate this SOLV IT event and to Marcia Dennis, Graffiti Abatement Program Coordinator for identifying sites for U:ACT to focus on. And to the U:ACT members, thanks for helping eradicate vandalism!

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