
AIGA Portland strives for the betterment of our community, and offers resources for students, professionals, and partners of our industry. Resources are available to AIGA members and non-members alike.
Students
*Coming soon!* Resources for starting and accelerating your career, developing your skills, and deepening your appreciation of design.
Professionals
*Coming soon!* Job postings, professional organizations, and leadership opportunities for design vets ready for their next challenge…or ready to give back.
AIGA Tools
*Coming soon!* Documents, contracts, and guidelines compiled by AIGA national. For students and professionals.
The resources below represent an ongoing project by AIGA Portland to offer links to services that reflect our local community needs.
These resources are being provided as a convenience and are for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by AIGA Portland of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. AIGA Portland bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.
Anti-Racist Resources
Anti-racism Resources – A resource for white people and parents to deepen anti-racism work
Native Land Map – Strives to map Indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see the history of their countries and peoples.
Save the Tears – White woman’s guide
White Guyde – White guyde to the galaxy
WhatCanI.org – What white Portland can do for racial justice
Self-Defined – A community-created dictionary that seeks to provide more inclusive, holistic, and fluid definitions to reflect the diverse perspectives of the modern world.
Don’t Call The Police – Police alternative resources
Stop Asian Hate – AAPI Resources
Social Justice Groups
Don’t Shoot Portland – A social justice nonprofit that promotes art, education & civic participation to create social change
PDX BLM Events – Portland Black Lives Matter events
Critical Resistance PDX – Portland chapter of Critical Resistance, a national grassroots organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex
Care Not Cops PDX – Grassroots campaign in Portland to abolish policing and shift reliance and resources to self-determined community care
Oregon Justice Resource Center – A holistic approach to criminal justice reform
Community Groups
APANO – Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon
NAYA – Native American Youth & Family Center
Latino Network – An organization that encompasses transformational programs aimed at educating and empowering Multnomah County Latinos
Voz Portland – Worker-led organization that empowers diverse day laborers and immigrants to improve their working conditions and protect civil rights through leadership development, organizing, education and economic opportunity
HAKI Portland – Community organization for East African immigrants
National Domestic Workers Alliance – The nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States
Mental Health & Therapist Directories
Open Path Collective – Affordable, in-office and online psychotherapy sessions
Talkspace – Online text and video chat therapy platform that offers access to therapists who cover a broad range of mental health services
Pride Counseling – Professional online counseling for the LGBTQ community
Trans LifeLine Peer Support Hotline – Trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive
oSTEM – List of phone, online, and texting resources for LGBTQ people
Asian Mental Health Collective – Resources and therapist directory for Asian community
Therapy for Black Girls – Online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.
Melanin & Mental Health – Connect Black/Latinx folx to Black/Latinx therapists
Latinx Therapy – Find therapists, life coaches, emergency mental health centers, and free/low costs community clinics
The Boris L Henson Foundation – Mental health resources for African-American community
Just Davia – Creates therapeutic programming for burnt out professionals and wellness-minded companies
Resources for Immediate Help
Multnomah County Crisis Line – 503.988.4888 OR 1.800.716.9769
Free, 24/7 mental health support
Translation services for non-English speakers
Referral to low-cost or sliding-scale agencies
Help finding mental health providers
Information about non-crisis community resources available on the website.
Cascadia Crisis-Intervention – 4212 SE Division St. 503 963.2575
Hours: Mon – Sat: 7 am-10:30 pm, Sunday 9 am-9 pm
The clinic can help anyone experiencing a mental health crisis at no cost.
Receive immediate care during a mental health crisis
Speak to a psychiatrist or a mental health nurse practitioner
Get help with medication and treatment
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1.800.273.8255
Help in Spanish 1.888.628.9454
LGBTQ Specific Suicide Hotline: 866.488.7386
Our trained counselors are here to support you 24/7 if you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk
You can also access TrevorChat – a free, confidential and secure instant messaging service that provides live help to LGBTQ youth or TrevorText – a confidential and secure resource that provides live help for LGBTQ youth with a trained specialist, over text messages.
Call to Safety Crisis – 503.235.5333
Portland women’s crisis line, free and confidential
* More resources coming soon! *
