Latest Past Events

Visiting SAGE on Bridging Divides Featuring Van Jones

Sentinel Hotel

With over 600 guests, SAGE featured Van Jones as its 2016 Visiting SAGE speaker. Van Jones is a world-renowned social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and the host of The Van Jones Show on CNN. Jones discussed his new bestseller, Beyond the Messy Truth, a passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide.…

Visiting SAGE on Climate Solutions Featuring Paul Hawken

First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland

SAGE honored best-selling author Paul Hawken as its 2016 Visiting SAGE. Hawken is a world-renown environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author on sustainability. Presenting to over 400 guests, he spotlighted his newest initiative, Project Drawdown, a non-profit that is mapping and modeling 100 existing, substantive solutions to reverse climate change. When implemented globally and at scale over…

Visiting SAGE on Addressing Inequality in America Featuring Robert Putnam

First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland

SAGE honored best-selling author Robert Putnam as its 2015 Visiting SAGE. Presenting to over 400 guests, Putnam discussed his newest best-seller Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, which looks at the growing barriers to upward mobility faced by children and families. Putnam is a highly-acclaimed professor of public policy at Harvard University who served…