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Freeland Free Spirits program celebrates female-identifying, transgender, and gender-nonconforming Oregonians who are busting through the glass ceilings and soaring. These are people who think and act in an uninhibited way without worrying about so-called rules or norms. We might call them non-conformists, rule-benders, iconoclasts, mavericks, or bohemians. We might say they march to their own beat, to their own muse. We appreciate them for their abilities to help their community, to create beauty, to be original, to blaze trails, and to celebrate unabashedly.
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Free Spirits
Rebecca Kaihani, HF Garden Project
Rebecca Kaihani founded HF Garden Project in 2019, which is an inspiring 501(c)(3) non-profit that grows and donates...
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Michelle Jones, Wayfinding College
Michelle is doing her life's work right now with Wayfinding College. Her purpose in life is to help others figure ou...
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Stephanie Barr, Lift Urban Portland
Stephanie is the Executive Director of Lift Up, helping to facilitate all the amazing work they do. With deep experi...
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Tracy Palmer, Family Equality
Tracy is the founder of Inclusive Fertility LLC where she seeks to support LGBTQ+ folks on their path to parenthood....
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Caitlin Polis, American Nurse’s Foundation COVID Response Fund
Caitlin has been a nurse here in Portland for almost seven years and as an advocate and historian, she is passionate...
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Kim Stegeman aka Rocket Mean, Rose City Rollers
Kim Stegeman aka Rocket Mean is the founder and Executive Director of the Rose City Rollers, Portland’s roller derby...
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Caroline Fitchett, We Win
Caroline’s work has shaped historic changes on issues ranging from climate change and education to healthcare and ci...
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Chris Otis, Smart Reading
Cheers to our December Free Spirit, Chris Otis! Chris is the Executive Director of SMART, Start Making a Reader Toda...
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Katie Santora, Salud
Katie Santora is the winemaker at Chehalem Wines. Katie has a degree in enology and viticulture from UC Davis and ha...
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Eliza Canty-Jones, Oregon Historical Society
It’s been 100 years since the ratification of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote. To honor this,...
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Alejandra Ferris, Centro Cultural de Washington County
Congratulations to Alejandra Ferris, our first virtual Free Spirit! Alejandra was nominated by someone in the commun...
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Grace Hennessey McMickens, Brown girl rise
Grace Hennessey McMickens is this month’s virtual Free Spirit! Grace is the Program Coordinator for @browngirlrise f...
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