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P:ear mentor training!

January 14, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Past outreach volunteers have hugely enjoyed our “Noggin Wednesdays” at the p:ear homeless youth drop in center in downtown Portland, where young people who mostly sleep rough find a safe, warm space with great food, art supplies, and caring staff during the day.  Last year we set up a series of weekly visits to p:ear, and had a terrific time discussing the brain, screen printing t-shirts, messing up taste buds with miracle berries, and attaching electrodes to measure our own cortical activity…
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I’m attaching some links below if you’re curious to learn more about what we did…

We’d like to start up weekly visits to p:ear again in 2017, but in order to participate, volunteers must be at least 26 years old and attend a mandatory mentor training now scheduled for Saturday, January 14th.

*** Please email bgriesar@gmail.com and aspragus@yahoo.com if you’d like to join us! ***

Hope to see you on January 14th  –  thanks for your dedication to arts-integrated neuroscience outreach & cheers!
Bill & Jeff

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  • Date: January 14, 2017
  • Time:
    9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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