Brooke Gray

advocate for children | stumptown foodie | health proponent | joy-filled

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

I’m weeping like a baby. #guiltyverdict

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

I went on a run last night, something that has become one part of my rhythm in an effort to stay healthy during the Covid-19 pandemic. With an audio book in my ear, I ran a regular route in an eerily quiet… https://t.co/4dNdMeHXl3

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

We've just launched a new emergency response system to meet the acute needs of foster families and youth in foster care through @EveryChildOR, in partnership with @OregonDHS. Can you help provide goods and services in this time of crisis? https://t.co/IOlnbcaZuJ

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

When I was in college, I have a very distinct memory of walking on the @uoregon campus one morning with my dearest friend @corina_sf trying to articulate what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted my life to matter.… https://t.co/GhXx7U9Fl0

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

WHAT IS YOUR WHY?

Thousands of Oregonians choose to be involved with the foster system. Why?

For me, it was a realization—then conviction—that in Rwanda where I’d focused 7 years of my career, everyone I knew and… https://t.co/zeoChPPE6m

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

@SuzanneStabile, you talk quite a bit about being unhealthy, healthy, and average within your enneagram number. But, can you talk about what it looks like to be redeemed in your number? #enneagrampdx19

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

@SuzanneStabile, you talk quite a bit about unhealthy, average, and healthy numbers, but can you speak to what it looks like to be redeemed in your number?

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

#enneagrampdx19 How does orientation to time affect and influence relationships? I’m a 3, married to a 1, with a mom and and sister who are 9s. How does my future orientation impact our relationships, and how can I meet them in their orientation to time better?

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

Our @oregongovbrown facilitated a panel tonight to talk about what is needed in Oregon for kids in foster care and foster families. Our answer: we need the community to #showuporegon! We… https://t.co/7ORloORGVx

[Governor Kate Brown @OregonGovBrown]

When Oregonians show up for our kids, it means more caring adults in their lives and a community that makes sure they don’t just survive - they thrive.

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

#showuporegon #doourpart #community #communityrises #children #fostercare #fostercareoregon #letsshowup #volunteer #fosterparenting https://t.co/DTjgrWy4sT

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

Showing up for us looks different in each season.

First, we showed up at a holiday party to volunteer at a craft table where big parents and their kids did an activity together.

Then,… https://t.co/1gIOrx6ohK

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

Finally got a look at the @timbersarmy and @RoseCityRiveter masterpiece at East DHS Office! This is amazing!!! This is what it looks like for community to love on kids and families in crisis. @PortlandTimbers @RoseCityThorns @kpduck @Embrace_Oregon

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

Some days the ride is straight uphill with legs burning; all the grit in the world mustered. Other days it’s an endurance test full of rolling hills over long distances. Still, others are… https://t.co/SKMeQmAtr4

[Deborah Kafoury @dkafoury]

No one should have to deal with addiction, mental illness and PTSD in full view of strangers. But when you’re homeless, privacy is a luxury; the personal becomes public. The answer? Housing, treatment & compassion. This is what drives our work every day.

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

This article created some good dinner time conversation in my home this week: https://t.co/yTzed0Zdh0 We’ve consciously made this choice, and it takes tremendous intentionality.

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

Sitting in a meeting and just learned 104 youth are in need of a foster home in Multnomah County. 104 kids who need a family to say yes. @Embrace_Oregon

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

Proximity breeds empathy. Let’s lean into those who are different than us. Let’s lean into love and grace and compassion. Life is meant to be lived up close to one another.

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Watch. This.

[Brooke Gray @brooklyngray]

Thanks for this inspiration this morning, wmpaulyoung. https://t.co/DPJfvbnbAo