Our TURN
turning toward.
moving forward.
Experiential and culturally responsive learning for youth and adults; designed to move us forward, together.
Our Mission
Through coaching and facilitation, Our Turn seeks to ensure that marginalized young people and adults thrive in school, have access to the arts and nature, and gain opportunities for leadership in our community. Our Turn builds skills within organizations to confront systemic barriers, develop new practices, and center equity and justice.
Now booking 2025-26
Know Thyself: A writing workshop
Mandela Masanii (AnyXMeans) and Aviva McClure (Our Turn) team up to offer a unique virtual writer’s workshop for High School and College students that has the power to unite and inspire. In this session, Mandela will lead you through activities to create safe space to express personal experiences, trauma, adversity, as well as dreams and aspirations. This workshop is available for both youth and adult leaders as showing vulnerability is not a weakness, but actually models how adversity can be a source of of strength.
* By appointment
Our Programs
Our Turn provides a variety of experiential learning activities to meet the needs of your organization. We also offer free consultation to determine which development opportunity would work best for your community’s needs.
Experiential Learning
Incorporate the arts, wilderness, learning abroad, and visits to community partners! Contact us for collaboration in designing your experiential learning program for staff or students.
WORKSHOPS
Our Turn offers group facilitation, in partnership with community based artists, to create space for dynamic youth and adult experiences. Previous topics have included: Bringing Clay into Professional Practice, Plant Energetics, Social Painting, Youth Speak Outs, and Power Up at Portland Art Museum. Check out our workshop tab for current offerings.
Consulting
Our Turn is here to assist your organization through consulting and design of a scope and sequence that meets your organization where you are and helps to usher you to where you’d like to be.
The following are examples of our areas of work:
Arts and Literature Circles
Parent and Family Engagement
Arts Integration and Curriculum Planning
Get Involved
Please check out the ways that you can be involved in this unique learning community.
Sign Up For a Program
Interested in one of our programs? Sign up here and we will follow up with you to offer free consultation or answer any questions you may have.
Volunteer opportunities
Our Turn is interested in creating a volunteer pool of parents, family members, community advocates, students and artists.
Make a Donation
Our Turn can grow with your support. Please consider making a donation that will go directly to youth scholarships for classes and wilderness trips. Thank You!