Community News
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Oregon clinics see rise in long-term birth control demand
By Meira Gebel, Tina Reed Dec 3, 2024 Several Oregon clinics and hospital systems are seeing a flood of patients seeking long-term birth control — such as IUD replacements, backup contraception and abortion pills — before a new Trump administration takes office. Why it matters: Protections for abortion and gender-affirming care are enshrined in Oregon law, but officials warn the state is…

New metric in OR will make social-emotional health care more accessible
Eric Tegethoff Friday, August 23, 2024 Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric. The Oregon Health Authority has adopted the Child-Level Social Emotional Health Metric, which will improve and incentivize care for kids from birth to age 5 who are on the state’s Medicaid program.…
Local Organizations
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The Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
PCHRIP is an organizing committee of immigrant youth, students, professionals, workers and allies working together in solidarity to advance in the national democratic movement in the Philippines, in the United States through education, leadership development and political action.
The Black Parent Initiative (BPI) was established in 2006 to help families in achieving financial, educational and spiritual success.
Brown Hope is a nonprofit and community solution for racial justice. We provide a bold vision of how to create platforms for Black, Brown, and Indigenous people to be seen, to love, and to lead.
Causa works to improve the lives of Latino immigrants and their families in Oregon through advocacy, coalition building, leadership development, and civic engagement. Latino immigrants and their families are the heart of Causa and inspire, implement, and champion our work.
Our organizational work and activism, including direct community education workshops, support the outreach of our continued advocacy as first respondents and has helped community members contribute through direct engagement and legislative value.
The purpose of this group, is to create a space where we all have a common goal, to see a change happen. I’d love to see this group grow into something bigger than us, to be a support system. I want us to push peaceful gatherings, facilitate discussions, and encourage bringing our Facebook interactions, into real life.
The oldest continually operated Civil Rights organization in Oregon, The Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice & Police Reform works to assure oversight to the Portland Police Bureau.
MRG’s mission is to inspire people to work together for justice and mobilize resources for Oregon communities as they build collective power to change the world. And we’ve been at it since 1976.
Led by people of color, immigrants and refugees, rural communities, and people experiencing poverty, we work across Oregon to build a unified intercultural movement for justice.
The Urban League of Portland’s mission is to empower African Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life. Our programs include a distinctive blend of direct services, organizing, outreach, and advocacy.
Upcoming Events

Chevron Houston Marathon – Run for a Reason Program
The Chevron Houston Run for a Reason Program (RFAR) connects the philanthropic community to passionate race participants willing to raise funds and create awareness for meaningful causes. The Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) strives to promote a healthy lifestyle and camaraderie through running. Since its inception in 1995, the RFAR program has raised over $35 million…

How We endUP Convening 2023
The convening is free, whether you join us in person in Houston or online. Intended participants are those committed to improving the safety and well-being of children, youth, and families in their communities and those who recognize the urgency of ending the harms done to Black, Indigenous, and Latine families by the family policing system.

FREE Autism Carnival
SUCCESS ON THE SPECTRUM is the #1 Autism Treatment franchise in the country. We host several sensory-friendly events for the public every year. We never do fundraisers or ask families to pay to attend any of our events. We never do it to make money. We simply do it for the Awesome kids in our…

30th Annual MLK Grande Parade Midtown Houston
The MLK Grande Parade-2024 will be held on January 15, 2024 in Midtown Houston originating on San Jacinto Street & Elgin Street beginning @ 10A (CST). The parade’s theme is ” We Still Believe” featuring more than 100 culturally diverse performance groups from across the nation. To register for the parade or to learn more…

Fatherhood Empowerment Summit – Houston
“You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.” *CRASE course, which stands for Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events have been added to all 19 Mindcare Today Texas healthcare – community events. Free to all…

Mental Health/Codependency Support Group
Back To Eden Fellow Program mental health and codependency support groups open discussions based on a trauma informed approach. Our groups are facilitated by certified workshop facilitators and mental health professionals.

ONLINE: Houston Meditation: Learn, practice, relax and grow!
About this Event You will find experience of this online class very real life like and in fact more attentive and personal. You learn and practice meditation and learn how to to use and apply it to situations in life. The gentle and easy technique shared is known as ‘Sahaja Yoga’ meditation and is practiced…

ONLINE: Houston Meditation: Learn, practice, relax and grow!
About this Event You will find experience of this online class very real life like and in fact more attentive and personal. You learn and practice meditation and learn how to to use and apply it to situations in life. The gentle and easy technique shared is known as ‘Sahaja Yoga’ meditation and is practiced…

ONLINE: Houston Meditation: Learn, practice, relax and grow!
About this Event You will find experience of this online class very real life like and in fact more attentive and personal. You learn and practice meditation and learn how to to use and apply it to situations in life. The gentle and easy technique shared is known as ‘Sahaja Yoga’ meditation and is practiced…

ONLINE: Houston Meditation: Learn, practice, relax and grow!
About this Event You will find experience of this online class very real life like and in fact more attentive and personal. You learn and practice meditation and learn how to to use and apply it to situations in life. The gentle and easy technique shared is known as ‘Sahaja Yoga’ meditation and is practiced…
Local Hero Spotlight
Members can nominate a local hero for recognition on their local LoveJustice.com city page!
Anyone and everyone can make an impact, and at LoveJustice we believe that they deserve to be recognized for their good, necessary work!
