ABOUT
OUR MISSION
Understand the impact that land use planning policies have on our communities while working towards full inclusion of those most impacted by these policies.
To educate, learn from and work with community members impacted by industrial displacement and ongoing pollution.
Co-create a model for a green working waterfront with active participation from community in land use planning process.
OUR PURPOSE
VALUES THAT DRIVE OUR WORK
We must acknowledge and repair historical harm to successfully move forward.
Natural resource conservation is essential to healthy communities.
All people have the right to a safe and healthy environment. No one community is sacrificed for the benefit of another.
A thriving economy is best built within the context of a healthy environment.
The interconnectedness of regional ecological and economic systems allows us to understand that the roots of our collective good, or harm, reach wide. Decisions made in the Portland Harbor extend regionally and globally.
Responding to centuries of industrial degradation and displacement in the Portland Harbor, the Braided River Campaign seeks to realize a sustainable, diverse, safe green working waterfront on the lower Willamette that acknowledges the climate crisis, systemic racism and the health impacts of sacrificial zoning in the Portland Harbor through community-driven land use processes.