Our Values

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 JaJa PDX is a space of creativity, healing and joy for people of all gender identities, ethnicities, religions, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, backgrounds, socioeconomic status. We strive to bring equal access and opportunities for all. 

 The sum is greater than each part. We come with open hearts, big dreams, working hands and minds, joining together to make a collective impact. 

 All community members feel respected and valued, meeting in harmony and mutual respect.
 

 Jaja PDX encourages a culture of safety to connect, emote and be vulnerable through honest and transparent communication, and individual/personal and collective discovery.
 

 JaJa PDX is a place for wandering creatives to land and/or pass through, a space where people can challenge themselves, learn, grow and, in that, be and feel supported.  

 At JaJa PDX we all are teachers, students and peers.
 

 JaJa PDX honors different generations and experience levels, bringing them together to encourage and inspire one another to develop themselves and evolve in the arts.  

 JaJa PDX creates opportunities for artists of all genres and mediums to exhibit their work.
 

 JaJa PDX strives to engage the talents, imaginations and abilities of artists to solve and heal cultural, economic and social challenges in our built and natural environment.
 

 JaJa PDX assists artists to learn and work to sustain themselves through training and employment opportunities.