OREGON WALKS

Oregon Walks is dedicated to promoting walking and making the conditions for walking safe, convenient and attractive throughout Oregon.

Walkstars Is Here!

Each year, members and supporters of Oregon Walks gather to break bread, celebrate, honor, and raise funds for the organization. This is the Walkstars.

This year we are gathering on Saturday, September 30th at Zenger Farms from 5-7:30pm.

We are incredibly excited to come together, in person, for the first time in years and we hope you will join us! If you want to support Oregon Walks, enjoy the company of other safe streets advocates, or just have a good time, click here, to buy tickets.

This event is made possible by the generous support of sponsors. Thank you to:

Platinum Sponsors: Multnomah County Health Department and REACH Program

Gold Sponsors: Thomas, Coon, Newton, & Frost and Forum Law Group

Bronze Sponsors: NW Natural, Beneficial State Bank, and AARP of Oregon

 
Portland Public Schools Safe Routes to School walk at Scott Elementary

How Do We Make Our Streets Safer?

We partner with community-based groups and organizations to listen and learn what walking issues are important to them.

 

We advocate with our partners for better laws, more sidewalks and signed crosswalks, education programs, community improvements designed for pedestrians, and increased funding to support these activities.

Looking for a Walk?

Look no further! Explore our calendar of events that includes not only walks but other walking-related events happening in the Portland area. 

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2023 Walkstars: Get your tickets today!

By Izzy | September 7, 2023

Each year, members and supporters of Oregon Walks gather to break bread, celebrate, honor, and raise funds for the organization. We call this event–this party!–Walkstars. This year we are gathering on Saturday, September 30th at Zenger Farms from 5-7:30pm. We are incredibly excited to come together, in person, for the first time in years. We …

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Honoring Portland’s Beloved Jeanie Diaz

By Danielle Maillard | July 20, 2023

Over the years, Oregon Walks programming has been made possible by incredible partners who put their time, energy, and passion for community into everything they do. When we reached out to the Multnomah County Library on Belmont last year as our Black to Nature Walking Series launched, Jeanie Diaz responded with excitement to engage. As …

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PCC GIS Students Map ODOT Sidewalk Closures

By Izzy | June 29, 2023

Over the course of a few months, Portland Community College students Robbie Ippolito and Donovan Murphy partnered with Oregon Walks to address the 181 recent sidewalk closures that ODOT announced in February of this year. In one of their spring Geographic Information Systems (GIS) courses, these two students created a phenomenal database that lets users …

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