The Pangaea Project

The Pangaea Project

"Although The Pangaea Project was officially launched in April of 2003, its origins go back many years. Exposure to many different parts of the world at an early age planted the seed of the idea for Pangaea that would brew in the hearts and minds of each of the founders for years before its inception.

"In September of 2002, Stephanie and Deb met at a Portland-based non-profit that helps resettle refugees and immigrants from around the world. Although they quickly learned of their mutual respect for other cultures and their love of international travel, they wouldn’t know until seven months later that they shared a similar life dream. Until Deb asked Stephanie what she wanted to do upon finishing graduate school, she had never verbalized her dream job: to begin a program giving low-income youth the opportunity to travel to other countries, where they would participate in community service projects and develop leadership skills, which was the very idea that Deb had been developing on her own for many years."


 * "Mission Statement: By engaging teenagers from underserved neighborhoods in local and international service-learning projects, The Pangaea Project promotes the development of leadership skills, increases global awareness, and fosters a commitment to work towards social change, profoundly transforming both the participants and their communities."

Team

 * Deb Delman - Executive Director
 * Stephanie Tolk - Executive Director of Operations
 * Eric Scott - Executive Director of Program Development
 * Laura Jawitz, Administrative Assistant

Directors

 * Autumn Doyle, Pangaea Project Student Alumna, Senior, Franklin High School
 * Summer Boslaugh - Oregon Health and Policy Research, Project Manager
 * Steve Goldstein - Oregon Department of Human Services, Retired Social Worker
 * Ruth Chancellor - Columbia Forest Products, Former Senior Project Leader
 * Jim Laden - AFS Interncultural Programs, Training and Organization Development Specialist
 * Scott Stalcup - Marketing Manager, Hewlett-Packard
 * Kali Thorne - Oregon State Department of Education, Operations and Policy Analyst

Advisory Board

 * Ernest Bloch II - PacifiCorp Foundation, Executive Director Emeritus, Philanthropy Counsel, Executive Director
 * Laura Guimond - Mercy Corps, Director of External Relations
 * Chip Shields - [[State Representative, District 43
 * Karen Belsey - Project Coordinator, Economic Opportunity Initiative, City of Portland-Bureau of Housing & Community Development
 * Carri Munn, Board Development and Strategic Planning, Board Co-Chair, CNRG Portland; Consultant, Decisions Decisions
 * Tim Snider - Attorney, Stoel Rives
 * Juan Carlos Ocana - Office of Mayor Tom Potter, Vision Committee Coordinator
 * Jeri Sundvall - Executive Director, Environmental Justice Action Group
 * Warner Munroe - Trustee, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund

Contact

 * Web: http://thepangaeaproject.org