OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon

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Our new family of logos. Very 😊

Image description: BRU logo with bus in pollen yellow hexagon, SOL logo with seed in moss green hexagon, YEJA logo with backpack in a lavender hexagon

🖤Black opal. 🐦Starlings' murmurations. 🪑Expanding the table.

These themes have been woven into one. We're proud of our new logo and all that it represents: Unified mass movement & momentum.

We want to share the narrative created by .house who led our process "Inspired by the flecks and facets in black opal gems, this icon is a wide ovular shape containing a tessellating hexagon pattern of prismatic colors moving toward the upper right to represent unified movement among diverse beings.
The custom “OPAL” word mark uses the ovular gem shape as a base for the O and the other letters setting above the qualifier “Environmental Justice Oregon” which is type set in Sofia Pro."

Stay tuned as we prepare to unveil our family of logos to include Seeding Our Liberation (SOL), Youth Environmental Justice Alliance (YEJA), and Bus Riders Unite! (BRU)

Anna Wilk (she/her) is a rising Senior at Scripps College where she has worked in collaboration and solidarity with grassroots organizations addressing environmental, socioeconomic, and health justice issues that affect communities throughout the Inland Empire.

Born and raised in Seattle, she holds a deep love for the PNW as an avid hiker, skier, alpine lake cold plunger, and trail runner. This summer she is creating a policy report comparing case studies of cities throughout the U.S. with fully fareless transit systems to support the campaign to eliminate fares, and the EJ issues that accompany them, in Portland.

Anna is incredibly excited to work with OPAL and have the chance to interview political officials, transportation agencies, and community organizers across the nation in support of transit-dependent community members in the Portland Metro Area with the hope of having a ripple effect on other cities as well. Outside of working hours, you can find Anna at the climbing gym or line dancing with her friends.

Image description: Anna, who is dressed in a black fleece and bright orange windbreaker- almost matching the light orange rocks behind her-, is hiking through beautiful Navajo sandstone canyons in Zion National Park. She is looking up and smiling at the camera from which the photo is being taken with her outstretched hand.