“It is a tribute to the wisdom of children, and to the vision of a committee of adults who--in the middle of all the clamoring, competing voices--decided to ask the children to speak for the river. In the end, this is what Honoring Our Rivers is all about--the reminder that we are people of the river.”
~ Kathleen Dean Moore, Educator and Author
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Recent Events
This weekend students have two exciting opportunities to read their poetry and stories: Salem's River to Ridge Environmental Symposium and Lake Oswego's Peregrine Literary Series.
Portland's new, official public beach, Poet's Beach, kicked off yesterday with Mayor Ted Wheeler and others taking a celebratory dip. The beach is named after Honoring Our Rivers student poetry engraved in stones along its path. See pictures and a video from the day.
Families packed Powell's Books on May 21, 2017, for the annual Honoring Our Rivers Student Showcase. See the young published authors and artists for yourselves.
Announcing a NEW submission deadline: Earth Day, April 22, 2018. Here's what you can expect.
This week we're announcing who's made it into the 2017 edition of Honoring Our Rivers.
Honoring Our Rivers is kicking off the New Year by facilitating and presenting at the next Willamette Valley Environmental Education Roundtable in Salem this Thursday, January 5.
We brought teachers at the coast professional development workshops to help them bring more arts into their environmental science lessons at the aquarium's annual Coastal Learning Symposium. Check it out!
Welcome back to school students and educators! Now that you're settling in, we thought we'd let you know that submissions are open for the 2017 Honoring Our Rivers student anthology.
Six talented students from the Portland-metro area impressed folks at the Seaport Celebration with the poems and stories they read in addition to their courageous stage presence.
Join Portland Mayor Wheeler and us for a grand opening splash at Portland's first official public beach, Poet's Beach -- named after the student poetry published in the Honoring Our Rivers anthology!