WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear!

We did it!

Faces at p:ear!

WHERE: p:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97209

WHEN: Thursday, September 30, 2021, 9:30am – 11:30am

NOTE: All volunteers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 & wear a mask.

Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland nonprofit aimed at building positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm their personal worth and help them create more meaningful and healthier lives.

We are excited to communicate science through the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our talented graduate and undergraduate Noggin participants from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and other collaborators.!

Learning about brains and behavior, and genuine, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including those who are experiencing anxiety, depression, drug use disorders, bias, chronic stress, insomnia  –  as well as poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia and our region’s extreme lack of affordable housing.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear

Come join us!

We’ll have some exciting new human brain specimens to share!

LEARN MORE: Cross-Country Noggins!

We’ll also consider faces, and facial expressions, and how we recognize and respond to each other in art and IRL.

Please RSVP to bgriesar@nwnoggin.org and jleake@nwnoggin.org

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
1. Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
2. Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
3. Quinn Westlynd, PSU
4. Tiara Freeman, PSU
5. Becky Martinez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
6. Krystal Khanh Nguyen, PSU
7. Sara Moreno, PSU
8. James Reynolds, PSU
9. Maria Coyner, PSU

Seeing us all through research & art

“Not only are people on the streets affected, but those of us who sleep in our own beds each night also have our brains impacted by homelessness, perhaps through less activation of cerebral networks required to fully humanize those in our community in need of our acknowledgement and support…”