We Belong PDX - Nonprofit, Community, Education

The devastating reality

40% more teens reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness from 2009 to 2019

40% more teens reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness from 2009 to 2019

40% more teens reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness from 2009 to 2019

- The CDC

33% surge in U.S. teens who felt “useless and joyless” in just five years

40% more teens reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness from 2009 to 2019

40% more teens reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness from 2009 to 2019

- Clinical Psychological Science

1. social connection

Peer to peer

mentor to mentee

mentor to mentee

Year round programs where kids engage with the same group twice weekly providing opportunity for meaningful relationships

mentor to mentee

mentor to mentee

mentor to mentee

Members from the community are vetted and trained to engage with youth alongside our staff during program hours

family to family

mentor to mentee

family to family

Staff form relationships with families and organize gatherings that bring families from the neighborhood together