WHAT: Noggin @ p:ear (last Tuesday in fall)

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

WHEN: Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 9:30am – 11:30am

“Every brain is civilized,
Every nerve is analyzed,
Everything is criticized when you are in need.”
–Bob Dylan

Noggin is returning to P:ear, a remarkable Portland organization 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 the brain, and behavior, and genuine, evidence-based structural and functional aspects of who we are is powerful and actionable information for everyone, including young people who experience anxiety, depression, drug addiction, bias, chronic stress  –  and for many the poverty, isolation, racism, homophobia, and lack of affordable housing that can impact the development of us all.

LEARN MORE: Noggin @ p:ear

See what we’ve done this month already with p:ear…

Popping off (& pot) @ p:ear

Nicotine is a gateway drug

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…”

COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin, PSU, OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin, PSU
Aaron Eisen, NW Noggin, National University of Natural Medicine
Jana Sillay, PSU/OHSU
Johanna Hostick, OHSU
Drew Sinclair, PSU
Jessica Squires, PSU
Isidro Chan, PSU
Nuno Busch, PSU
Cameran Nicholas, PSU
Kyle Stinson, PSU
Jason Blume, PSU
Natalie DeWitt, PSU
Patricia Fraker, PSU
Sara Moreno. PSU