Nia SUN Youth Advocate - Impact NW

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Activities, field trips, or events for both students and families hosted by non-profits or partners.

Activities for youth and families around Portland Metropolitan area (or farther!).

This Month

• Use your voice: Black Portland Community Climate Resilience Survey
  As an incentive for completing the survey, the organization is raffling off $150 gift cards as a symbol of their gratitude. To be entered into the raffle to win a $150 gift card, please remember to include your email at the end of the survey.
• Summer only: High Schoolers 14-19 workout free at Planet Fitness from June 1 - August 31
  For this summer program the Planet Fitness you sign up at is the only one you can go to
• Broadway Books Summer Classes (most are free!) Mushroom foraging, Letter writing, and writing haikus!

Always available - Arts

• Art School
• Sincere Studio - Sewing classes
• Open Signal - Media Arts Center
  Deadline for Youth Media Collective is July 13th. Apply now for the Youth Media Collective and explore journalism, storytelling, media arts, and wellbeing through hands-on media production.

Always available - Outdoors

• Forest Park Conservancy calendar - Yoga, Shinrin Yoku, Painting, Tree Identification and more! (Free)

Career Opportunities - Ongoing

• Portland Youth Builders (PYB) YouthBuild Program (17-24 aged youth) Bridge to Construction Program (18 - 26 aged youth) - Info Session Google Form
• John Willie Godbolt Memorial Award – Scholarship Opportunity - Application Period: July 13th – August 3rd - $1,000
• APICCO 2026 Fall Development Internship Application (18+) - APICCO's Fall Development Internship program features a series of paid virtual workshops in which interns explore the intersections of identity and advocacy to help navigate their own professional and personal development. API students are invited to apply. More info and registration here

This virtual tutoring service is free to use for Franklin High School and Kellogg Middle School students. You only need to sign up to begin using the service.

Students attending Ida B. Wells, Jackson or Robert Gray Middle School will most likely be able to use this service after going through their Eligibility Appeal Form. Work with your SUN Youth Advocate to set up this free tutoring service.

SYA members team up with school staff to better understand how to mentor and build motivation in the youth we work with.

To better understand youth, SYA works with families through home visits, community celebrations, and support with meetings at school.

Youth are offered academic support, summer programs, and life skill development such as conflict management, understanding emotions, classmate issues, or identity struggles.

Youth and families are connected, when needed, to health clinics, career supports, and basic needs services such as utility assistance, food pantries, or other services.

Below is a brief description on what I can support your student and family with. If you have a need that is not listed here, please feel free to still reach out. I may still be able to help!

Student Support

• Tutoring and homework support
• Staying motivated and building skills
• Navigating social, emotional, or academic challenges
• Exploring college and career pathways
• Finding jobs

• Utility assistance & Food Security

• Home visit when helpful

• Support during school meetings

Use the QR Code above to fill out the intake referral form. A teacher, educational staff, parent or student can be referred to the program. Link to the referral form is here

Before I can support your student and family, you will need to read and complete the forms below. You can either verbally, over the phone or in person, decline or accept them or send the attached forms back to me through email.

Ideally I would meet with your student shortly after the forms are filled out to provide services to the youth before other services are provided.

I'm happy to explain the forms if you have any questions about them.

There are three forms:

• County voluntary release of information form (Optional) - the form allows for multiple support networks to share information. It is not required.
• Minor Participant Agreement and Liability Form (Required) - this form requests that students will not participate in a way that is unsafe or mentally/emotionally/physically harmful. Accidents happen however, we are not liable for any that may occur while with the student. Things may come up for the student that may be uncomfortable such as conversations around identity. It is always up to the student to participate.
• Impact NW Release of Information Form (Optional) - this allows for us to share your information with other departments in Impact NW only.

• ¿Qué hago si ICE u otra personatoca a la puerta?
• Visual Communication Board
  More phrases/words will be added to these slides as well as in other languages such as Russian and Chinese. Share any words/phrases that you believe would be helpful
• Friends & Family Guide: How to help someone who might be in an abusive relationship (Spanish)
• What to do when you're pulled over?
• Conflict Navigation with people in positions of power

Are there concerns you're having about an issue, let your SUN team know here

• Learn about three new Oregon laws passed as part of Oregon's 2026 Immigrant Justice Package and what they could mean for immigrant families and communities. In this episode of Ecos del Barrio, we break down these important updates and what they mean for you, your family, and your community. Video here
• Know Your Rights: The Immigrant Justice Package is now law. Find out what the new protections mean for you, your family, and your workplace. Read more here