Let’s build a food forest

at Hughes Community Church! 

May 9, 2025 — Historically, Northeast Portland is known as once being the heart of the city’s Black community, but today those families have been forcefully displaced through redlining, with many far removed from where they once called home. Don’t Shoot Portland seeks to uplift and sustain Hughes Community Church, its congregation and the surrounding neighborhood through implementing this Food Forest as a symbol of common unity!

We hope to engage people of all backgrounds and ages through empowerment, skill sharing and supporting access to fresh, healthy produce for an elderly congregation that has been part of North East Portlands’ history for generations.

This Saturday May 10th we’re hosting our first community outreach event to connect with neighbors and share information about our overall vision for Hughes food forest and liberating access to food in our community! Join us as we center community recipes, heritage and culture from 11am to 1pm at Hughes Community Church (111 NE Failing At Portland, OR 97212).

This community program is hosted in partnership by Don't Shoot Portland, PDX Food Forest and other coalition partners. Contact us to get involved by emailing hughesfoodforest@dontshootpdx.org!