Last week, Stand Together and the Portland Timbers teamed up with the Ross Initiative in Sport for Equality (RISE) for two unique social justice workshops in Hillsboro and Portland. Club community ambassador Jack Jewsbury, and T2 player Josh Phillips, joined middle and high school students from each community, Hillsboro and Portland Police officers as well as representatives from respective local parks and recreation department and school districts to discuss identity, diversity, perceptions of one’s self and others, and building stronger communities.
The two workshops were designed to build leadership skills of perspective taking, as well as provide an opportunity for participants to explore their diverse identities and reflect on what it means to be a leader on a team and within their school and community.