Giving Seniors A Voice
Seniors Voice PDX is a movement of elders, visionaries, and allies empowering seniors to age in place with dignity, purpose, and connection — in Portland, Oregon, and beyond.
We believe in the power of connection, the beauty of shared wisdom, and the strength of every voice. Together, let’s build a community where seniors are valued and celebrated, a future where all generations are uplifted and empowered.
Our Mission
Giving Seniors A Voice
Our Mission Is To Give Seniors A Voice – economically, politically, and socially – by creating a community network that unites generations, fosters public and private partnerships, and bridges service gaps to ensure seniors have access to vital resources, affordable housing, and opportunities for engagement.
We create community, senior-friendly solutions, and events that raise awareness, bring people together to inspire unity, and develop innovative solutions for seniors to age in place with dignity and purpose.
Through cross-cultural and multigenerational collaborations, we are creating a city-wide alliance — an inclusive community network that develops preventive solutions to complex social problems.
Our Vision
We are a movement of elders, visionaries, and allies working to restore dignity, connection, and purpose to Portland’s senior community – and beyond. We envision a city where seniors are honored as teachers, guides, and culture-bearers. Supported in their homes and communities and engaged in shaping solutions that serve all generations.
Let’s unite generations by building bridges between youth and elders, preventing isolation, and creating community.
Let’s provide services that address their needs and ensure that seniors can stay rooted in their homes and community.
Let’s share the wisdom that shines the light for future generations.
“Giving Seniors A Voice Today- Empowers Seniors For Tomorrow”
Seniors Voice PDX Empowers Seniors
Seniors Network
A Multigenerational Movement
Welcome to the heart of Seniors Voice PDX, an intergenerational alliance, where wisdom meets action. Whether you’re a senior with gifts to share, a youth eager to learn, or a community partner looking to collaborate, your voice matters here. Join us to help make a difference. This is more than a website—it’s a movement grounded in wisdom, fueled by compassion, and lifted by purpose.
Inspired by Project G.E.M. – Golden Eagle Messengers
Empowering Seniors Together
Become A Golden Eagle Messenger
Seniors Voice PDX was born in living rooms, libraries, parks, and community circles—spaces where elders, youth, and allies gather to ask: How can we restore their voice and empower our Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, and Friends?
Our Action Plan
Align-Access-Actualize
Seniors Voice PDX is more than a project—it’s a call to honor the wisdom of our elders and to co-create a future where every generation thrives in connection, dignity, and purpose. Born from the vision of seasoned changemakers and community elders, we stand for a simple but powerful truth: every senior has a voice that matters. Our work restores that voice through storytelling, advocacy, community action, intergenerational collaborations, and public and private partnerships. We are working together to manifest something higher NOW!
Golden Eagle Messengers
Empowering Seniors Together
Align-Access-Actualize
- To launch a media campaign that Gives Seniors A Voice to share their stories, raise awareness, and empower them politically, socially, and individually.
- To create an inner-city network to bring seniors, community partners, & service providers together through creative projects and events.
- To unite community leaders, stakeholders, & service providers to establish a trust that empowers seniors to age in place with dignity and purpose.
- “Let’s Turn The Lights Back On Together.” Create a city-wide celebration of Renewal and Unity, uniting Portland’s diverse communities in a shared spirit of creativity, connection, and healing, and guided by the wisdom of our elders.
- To create innovative housing and energy-efficient partnerships through the “Seniors Network Alliance,” The Alliance is building bridges between seniors, service providers, community organizations, and public–private partners to make this vision a reality.
“Giving Seniors A Voice Today – Empowers Seniors For Tomorrow”
Giving Seniors A Voice Today
Empowers Seniors For Tomorrow
Spread Your Wings
“Become A Golden Eagle Messenger”
How Can You Help?
Every Voice can help change a policy, a system, or a life. Every person can help a senior feel like they matter just by understanding. Every person can help them find joy by caring.
Giving Seniors a Voice
Through the launch of our Media Campaign, you can help empower them to share their stories, their wisdom, their triumphs, and their defeats. Together, we can celebrate what empowers them and fix what robs them of their power.
The truth: There is no “them” or “us.” We will one day be them.
Senior-Friendly Services
Many elders struggle to navigate today’s technology. By helping design senior-friendly systems and helping them navigate existing systems, you empower them to live with independence and confidence.
Affordable Housing & Energy Efficiency
Seniors deserve to age in place with dignity and security. We’re bringing people together to create innovative solutions and ensure they have access to energy-efficient services. Aging is a journey of expansion within, not diminishing worth.
Got Heart? Ideas? A Can-Do Attitude? We need YOU!
Community Engagement
Isolation is the #1 challenge seniors face. But the smallest acts—walking with them, helping with groceries, fixing a meal, or simply listening—can make a life-changing difference.
The Community for Positive Aging
Communityfpa is an Oasis of Love, Laughter, Creativity, Activity, Wisdom, Knowledge,
and Support. Healing happens in community, not isolation.
Whether you help your senior neighbor with groceries, walk their dog, or take them to a Community Center, it means the world to them.
They and We Need You!
Project ˝G.E.M. – Golden Eagle Messengers
Creating Solutions Where Every Generation Thrives
Join us in shaping the future by bridging generations, building partnerships, and co-creating heart-based community solutions where every generation thrives. Your Voice Matters. Your Actions Count.
What We Stand For Is Multi-Generational Unity
We bridge generations through creative collaborations and create events that inform, empower, and heal. Intergenerational collaboration is essential to building an inclusive and just future for all generations. Together, we celebrate Life in every season.
It’s fun, transformative, and deeply needed.
Join the Movement
Seniors Voice PDX is a call to action—to honor our elders, amplify their voices, and share yours, to build a world where every generation thrives. We are making bold moves.
Check out our GEM projects below.
Seniors Voice PDX – Partnerships & Special Events
Be a part of upcoming events and activities designed to inspire, connect, and foster community engagement for all generations. We are a movement of neighbors, advocates, and visionaries building a future where every senior is seen, heard, and supported. Through cross-generational partnerships and bold collaboration, we’re creating spaces where seniors can thrive and age with dignity.
Senior’s Voice PDX – Mission Possible
“Let’s Turn the Lights Back On Together”
A Citywide Celebration of Unity, Respect, and Healing
Join us in creating a citywide celebration that unites Portland’s diverse communities through music, art, storytelling, and collective healing. Guided by the wisdom and blessings of Portland’s elders from all cultures, this Ceremony of Unity will honor our diversity, uplift our shared humanity, and shine a light on what is possible when we truly come together.
This gathering is inspired by a collective vision of renewal—a partnership between community, city, and private leaders that opens pathways for healing, harmony, and new beginnings. It is a celebration of resilience and hope, a living model of what it means to create a city that works for everyone. Together, we embody the spirit: “We Are All in This Together.”
Create a Public & Private Trust – Mission Possible
We are establishing a public–private partnership to create a dedicated Senior Trust that empowers seniors to age in place with dignity and security. This trust will be guided by a steering committee of public and private partners, united in the mission to protect and uplift our elders.
Too often, seniors facing temporary financial hardship—such as a lapse in income that threatens their ability to pay a mortgage—fall through the cracks. Existing programs often prioritize low-income households and the homeless, leaving seniors without timely support. The Senior Trust fills this critical gap by providing financial assistance to help seniors remain in their homes.
In addition to direct financial support, the trust will fund energy-efficiency improvements, housing repairs, and essential updates that make homes safer, healthier, and more sustainable. This initiative ensures that seniors not only keep their homes, but also thrive in them.
Seniors Voice – Media Campaign – Mission Possible
The Golden Eagle Messengers are launching a media campaign to raise awareness about the challenges seniors face as they navigate a rapidly changing world. At the heart of this effort is our commitment to “Give Seniors A Voice”—to ensure their stories, wisdom, and vulnerabilities are seen, heard, and honored.
Our video team is interviewing seniors who are willing to share their experiences—stories of resilience, insight, and the realities of aging that too often go unheard. These stories are powerful reminders of both the challenges and the extraordinary gifts seniors bring to our communities.
We invite you to join us. If you or someone you know would like to share a story, or if you feel called to help—whether by interviewing seniors, spreading awareness, or volunteering your time—you can become part of a movement that uplifts and empowers our elders.
Together, we will share these stories with the media and the world—to educate, inspire, and spark collective action toward a community that truly honors its seniors.
Senior Partnerships – Community for Positive Aging
Emergency Preparedness is about more than safety—it’s about building community, sharing knowledge, and protecting what we love. By coming together, we can ensure that seniors, their families, and even their animal companions are ready for life’s unpredictable events.
We are honored to partner with Community for Positive Aging, a model senior center that hosts monthly Senior Emergency Preparedness workshops. These gatherings offer practical guidance, resources, and connection in a supportive environment.
📅 When: 1st Friday of every month, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
📍 Where: Community for Positive Aging, 1820 NE 40th Ave, Portland, OR 97212
🌐 communityfpa.org
📞 Contact: 503-288-8303
Together, we can prepare, protect, and thrive.
Seniors Network Alliance – Innovative Housing & Energy Efficient Partnerships – Mission Possible
Our vision is to create a future where every senior can age in place with dignity, security, and comfort. The Seniors Network Alliance is building bridges between seniors, service providers, community organizations, and public–private partners to make this vision a reality. No senior should be forced from their home due to financial strain, outdated housing, or lack of support. No one should ever have to go it alone. We believe affordable housing is more than just shelter—it is the foundation for health, stability, and connection. Through innovative partnerships, we aim to:
- Expand affordable housing options designed with seniors in mind.
- Provide financial support and resources that help seniors remain in their homes when faced with hardship.
- Incorporate energy-efficient solutions that lower costs, increase comfort, and create more sustainable communities.
- Offer repair and maintenance support so homes remain safe, accessible, and welcoming.
Seniors Voice PDX – Meet Our Founders
Anna’s journey is rooted in the Human Potential Movement, the Spirit of Love, and “Can Do” Empowerment. She is a visionary leader, master healer, and spiritual guide. At 81, whether supporting personal transformation or driving social change, she is blessed with boundless energy, laced with humor and driven by the timeless principles of unity, respect, and compassion.
Anna is devoted to helping Seniors age with respect and dignity. Her work bridges divides, uplifts communities, and brings generations together to address complex social challenges with preventative win-win solutions for citizens and public, and private stakeholders.
Her decades of service have touched hearts, transformed the lives of all generations, and earned her multiple honors, including the prestigious Mayor’s Spirit of Portland Award.
Anna’s favorite quote, “Search A Little Deeper & Reach For Something Higher.”
Anna Abraham
Public-Private Partnerships Specialist
Nancy Chapin, owner and operator of TSG Services (aka The Support Group) has assisted dozens of organizations and hundreds of individuals in managing their community events and boards of directors.
Since 1986, TSG staff have provided technical assistance services for associations that are emerging, struggling, or that need specialized assistance with annual planning, facilitation, and project/event coordination. Since 1991, TSG staff have been coordinating street events, including recruiting and managing vendors. Nancy completed 34 years of staffing at Hawthorne BBA and is available for consulting and effective speaking workshops. She is also creating whimsical vignettes with the 300 + squirrels – from brass to glass – friends. Family and the universe have blessed her with.
Previously, Nancy taught High School English, Literature, Mass Media, Drama, and Speech prior to earning her Master’s in Public Administration from Portland State University. She has been a Head Start Program Executive Director in Washington County, Oregon.
Nancy Chapin
Community Engagement Specialist
Seniors Network Alliance – In Gratitude
Our Care Team
Jen Maffei – Real Estate Agent, Advisor
Rev. Drew Hogan, Pastor, Tabor Heights Methodist Church.
Tony Smith, Community Liaison
Katelin Walker, Financial Consultant
Julie Garland, Videographer
Ellery Nelson, Videographer
Andre Morphis – Energy Efficiency & Housing Consultant
SUPPORT THE VISION:
Become a Partner, A Friend, A Voice of Hope
We partner with nonprofits, businesses, schools, healers, and community leaders. Your donation—of time, skills, resources, or funds—helps bring healing programs, affordable housing advocacy, and citywide events to life.
As an intergenerational, volunteer-driven, community-rooted alliance, we are committed to building a network that shares information and honors both the visible and unseen individuals who make Portland a place that works for all. Seniors Voice PDX is a movement fueled by hands, hearts, and hopes united in purpose. Your unique presence, skills, or story can truly make an impact
Our Partners & Advisors
Rev. Drew Hogan – Pastor,
Tabor Heights Methodist Church, Partner & Advisor
82 Roses Community Enrichment Coalition – Fiscal Sponsor
Tabor Heights United Methodist Church – Sponsor
Portland General Electric – Rachel DeRosia, Community Affairs, Partner
Northwest Natural Gas – Mary Moerlins, Director of Environment Affairs & Corporate Responsibility, Partner
Multnomah County Aging Services Advisory Council – John Henry Crippen, Program Supervisor & Advisor
Clackamas County Community Action, John Parker, Program Supervisor, Advisor
Portland Water Bureau – Kenny Scott o-o Financial Assistance Program Manager, Partner
The Community for Positive Aging, Rylie Thayer, Community Health Navigator, & Libby Landauer, Senior Center Program Manager
Seniors Voice Network Alliance
Current Needs:
- Elder Story Mentors: Empower and help seniors to share their stories.
- Event Hosts & Greeters: Be a welcoming face at circles and celebrations
- Social Media Creators: Share the mission to a wider audience
- Community Connectors: Share your ideas and your network – help us grow.
Seniors Voice PDX
Welcome – Whether you’re a seasoned activist, a passionate newcomer, a young visionary or a wise elder – there is a place for you here.
