Gather Make Shelter
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Mission Statement
Gather:Make:Shelter creates opportunities for people experiencing houselessness and poverty to engage in collaborative, skill-building projects in creative fields, bringing houseless and housed people together to empower each other.
About This Cause
Gather:Make:Shelter (GMS) is the only multi-disciplinary and multigenerational arts organization that works alongside people experiencing houselessness and poverty in Multnomah County. Art-making fosters the development of inner and outer resources for those with whom we work. Through mentorship programs such as painting public murals, designing gardens and exhibiting art in gallery showings, GMS participants develop self-confidence, artistic talents and employable skills. Our programs empower people to achieve a sense of well-being, form community and discover new creative paths to financial stability and permanent housing. GMS participants are reshaping how the public sees people experiencing houselessness and poverty as contributing members of the community. Most importantly, GMS empowers people to go beyond surviving to thriving.