About us
Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to creating inclusive spaces for psychedelic education, integration, advocacy, and meaningful community connection.
Through our recurring community programming, special events, and broader engaging ecosystem, we aim to cultivate thoughtfully grounded and accessible opportunities for learning, reflection, relationship-building, and personal growth. We believe community belonging itself is an essential part of healing and cultural transformation.
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Our Recurring Anchor Programs
PPS Community Programs are designed to create a consistent rhythm of community gathering and engagement. They include:
- Education Program
- Community Salon
- Paths to Integration
- Advocacy Forum
We welcome those with no psychedelic experience, those with decades of experience, and everyone in between.
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Important Registration Information
PPS primarily uses Meetup for community visibility, outreach, and event discovery.
Official PPS Community Programs and other PPS-produced events require registration through our Event Platform. RSVP’ing on Meetup alone does not reserve a space for ticketed PPS events.
When applicable, please use the registration link provided within each event description to complete your registration and reserve your spot.
Most PPS events operate on a sliding-scale or donation-based model in an effort to keep programming accessible while sustaining the ongoing work of the organization.
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Affiliate & Community Events
In addition to official PPS programming, this Meetup page may also feature affiliated community events hosted by aligned facilitators, organizers, and partner organizations throughout the region.
These affiliate events are independently organized and operated. Registration processes, pricing, facilitation styles, and event policies may vary by organizer. PPS helps spotlight these offerings as part of a broader ecosystem of psychedelic community care and connection, but PPS is not responsible for the direct oversight, facilitation, or management of affiliate events.
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Community Ethos
We encourage all members and event participants to review our Community Ethos before attending events:
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Community Guidelines
PPS does not allow the solicitation or exchange of illegal substances within this community. Posts violating this policy will be removed and offending members may be banned from the group.
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Learn More
Visit the Portland Psychedelic Society Website for information about memberships, volunteering, upcoming programs, and more.
Upcoming events
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Breath Work Guidance
Hawthorne Movement Center (located behind the Hawthorne Wellness Center), 3942 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR, USJoin PPS for a monthly in-person breath work class.
Breath work is a self led psychedelic experience and powerful modality for healing, a great practice for grounding, and a fun activity to explore. My sessions contain a spectrum of disciplines, including elements of Wim Hof and Circular breathing. In breath work, we have a tool to renew and invigorate energies within ourselves and develop a calm and clear state of mind. Breath work can be used for both ‘in the moment’ activation, as well as an attribute to an ongoing healing process.
About your host -
Geoff Falkenberg is an intuitive breath work practitioner versed in several Eastern and Western breath work modalities. He has been experiencing, studying, and leading breath work as a means of somatic healing for over 5 years.Geoff values sharing the breath work experience and the healing that can be found in the practice. Our bodies have an inherent ability to heal, and through the simple act of structured breathing we can engage with, calm, and ground our nervous system, which can have a cascading effect in leading ourselves through both mental and physical healing.
What to Expect -
- Please do not eat a heavy meal within an hour before the session.
- Easy fitting clothing is best.
- Yoga matts and blankets are available, feel free to bring your own as well
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This event is independently organized and is not hosted, supervised, or facilitated by the Portland Psychedelic Society, a donation-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.To learn more about Portland Psychedelic Society programming, memberships, and more, please visit our website.
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PPS Education Program
Portland State University Business Accelerator, 2130 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97201, USA, Portland, OR, USWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18:
Careers in Psychedelics
Doors 6pm | Program 6:30pm
PSU Propel Center / Business Accelerator
2130 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97201The path to working with psychedelics is new, largely uncharted, and rapidly-evolving. In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from researchers, trainees, facilitators and other professionals, and have a chance to ask about their career paths towards supporting psychedelic care.
Attendees will get to hear from:
Nate Howard, Executive Director and Founding Board Member of Sheri Eckert Foundation: Nate is a systems-change organizer and nonprofit leader who has spent his career turning policy ideas into durable institutions, across voting rights, education, environmental justice, and now psychedelic healthcare. As a senior strategist behind Oregon's Measure 109 and SEF's director, he is a central architect of the world's first legal, government-regulated psilocybin healthcare model, and co-created InnerTrek, the first state-licensed school for psilocybin facilitators.
Travis Kern, Lead Educator at Acadia Professional Learning (APL):
Travis is an educator turned clinician who runs a Chinese medicine clinic in SW Portland. He works with patients every day, continually honing his skills in holding space, diagnosing conditions, and providing compassionate treatment to a diverse array of clients. Travis got into psychedelic work looking for ways to help his patients fundamentally shift their health narratives instead of only resolving their symptoms. In his capacity as lead educator for APL, Travis is in the classroom, working directly with students in all of our programs and bringing his professional clinical experience into the training paradigm.Tamara Greenwell, Master of Social Work student, Research Assistant and Trained Facilitator: Tamara currently supports clinical trials investigating psychedelic-assisted therapies for veterans, as a research assistant at the Social Neuroscience and Psychotherapy (SNaP) Lab and MSW practicum student at the University of Montana. With over 30 years of experience in government, communications, and emergency management, including hands-on response as a spokesperson during large-scale disasters, her background now informs her work supporting veterans navigating complex trauma. A graduate of the InnerTrek Psychedelic Facilitation Training Program, Tamara’s therapeutic approach is shaped by her lived experiences as a cancer survivor, foster parent, and LGBTQ+ ally. She serves in multiple leadership roles dedicated to supporting innovative, community-centered approaches to healing and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Austin Gillespe, Research assistant at SNaP Lab: Austin is a peer support professional and researcher whose path into psychedelic care began with his own substance use and mental health recovery. Adopted from South Africa just after the end of apartheid, he found his way to community outreach and peer work long before he held formal credentials. In school, he fell in love with research as a way to ask the questions he’d been carrying for years. Today he is a research assistant at Legacy Health and the SNaP Lab, supports forensic peer services with the Oregon Health Authority, and serves on the PPS board, with aspirations of pursuing doctoral work in psychology.
Audrey Shoultz, Research Coordinator at SNaP Lab: Audrey began supporting psychiatric clinical trials in 2021, supporting novel psychopharmacological interventions for difficult-to-treat depression, anorexia, generalized anxiety disorder, and PTSD. She is interested in a transdisciplinary approach to psychiatric care, and is passionate about the joint use of pharmacological treatment and psychotherapy. Building upon a research background studying the evolutionary mechanisms of social comparison theory and human attraction, she plans to pursue a clinical PhD to help support and explore treatments for women with PTSD, as a result of domestic violence and cyclical patterns of abuse.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Danny Brown, Research and University of Oregon Neuroscience PhD Candidate: Danny is a neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Oregon, where he studies the brain states recruited by psychedelics, meditation, and vast natural scenes. His work centers on the feeling of awe, the felt sense of “something greater than ourselves” often encountered in nature and during psychedelics. As Director of Education and a board member for PPS, Danny works to spread awareness of the latest research on psychedelics, and encourage informed conversations about their potential.
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Portland Psychedelic Society's Education Program features guest speakers, presentations, panels, screenings, and community learning opportunities exploring psychedelics, consciousness, healing, science, culture, ethics, and related topics. These evenings are designed to make psychedelic education more accessible, thoughtful, and community-centered while welcoming both newcomers and longtime community members alike.
Programming may range from introductory conversations to deeper explorations of emerging research, lived experience, and diverse perspectives from across the psychedelic ecosystem. Each gathering offers an opportunity to learn, reflect, ask questions, and engage in meaningful dialogue within a supportive community environment.
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*Important Registration Information:
Meetup is being used for discovery and event promotion only. RSVPs on Meetup do not reserve a space for this event. To attend, please register through the official event link. Space is limited and advance registration is encouraged.Logistics & Community Guidelines
- Doors open 15 minutes before stated event time unless otherwise noted. Advance registration is encouraged, as capacity is limited.
- PPS Community Programs are intended to cultivate respectful, inclusive, and grounded spaces. Please help us co-create a welcoming environment by engaging with care, consent, curiosity, and mutual respect. You can review our Community Ethos to learn more.
Community-Supported Pricing
PPS uses a simple community-supported pricing model designed to balance accessibility with long-term sustainability. Please choose the rate that best reflects your current capacity and level of support.Psychedelics for All: We're committed to accessibility. If cost is a barrier, click here to request an additional 50% discount on admission.
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Westside Awakenings
West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Rd, Portland, OR, US**For those who have attended before, note the day change as of Sept, 2026 and change to cost structure noted below.**
Westside Awakenings is an in-person opportunity to discuss all aspects of psychedelic experiences and substances. This event is an affiliate event of Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS), however not sponsored by or directly offered by, PPS.
This is an introductory, informational, discussion-oriented gathering. Some meetings will have speakers or focused topics (see individual event details). If no topic/speaker listed, meetings will involve topics suggested by attendees. Any discussion of personal experiences is voluntary.
About your host:
Brad Huit is a healthcare professional and certified health coach, who supports intentional and therapeutic use of psychedelic substances as a part of a larger healing process, incorporating integrated holistic practices.Join us every third Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm, at West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
A sliding scale donation of $3-10 is asked to attend this event. Cash, Zelle, PayPal and Venmo are accepted.
Finding Us: Follow the main walkway toward the building entrance and then turn left down the flight of stairs or take the paved vehicle path down to the outside lower-level. Look for the lights on in the room near the palm trees.
Soliciting, offering or consuming any illegal substances during the gathering is prohibited.
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This event is independently organized and is not hosted, supervised, or facilitated by the Portland Psychedelic Society, a donation-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.To learn more about Portland Psychedelic Society programming, memberships, and more, please visit our website.
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Psychedelic Integration for People in Recovery
EMAIL FOR LOCATION ADDRESS (SEE EVENT DESCRIPTION), RSVP FOR ADDRESS, Portland, OR, USEvery Third Friday of the month at 5:15 pm
**NEW LOCATION & INSTRUCTIONS**
PLEASE RSVP TO RECIEVE ADDRESS LOCATION
EMAIL: ELIZABETH@LIBERATIONINSTITUTE.ORGThis community gathering invites people in recovery who are interested in, or currently integrating psychedelics into their healing practice.
We will discuss how psychedelics impact addictive behaviors and risks of relapse. We will explore relationships with altered states of consciousness, sobriety vs moderation, various recovery models, and systemic pressures leading to overconsumption and addictive tendencies. The purpose of the gathering is to be in dialogue about these topics and how they impact our relationship to self, others, substances and altered states.
While we’re not requiring everyone be sober or abstinent from all substances, we do ask that everyone attending the meeting not be engaging with whatever substance that triggers the addictive behavior. Our intention for this monthly gathering is for everyone to have a confidential and safe space where people are able to self manage and discuss openly. This group offers support for people who already have an active healing process around their addiction and are looking for a community to share it with and get support from.
About the Moderators:
Julio Iñiguez is a person in long term recovery from addiction. He works as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice supporting individuals and people in relationships as they navigate life beyond addiction. He practices ketamine assisted psychotherapy at Sequoia Center in Portland where he focuses on sitting with folks in addiction recovery as they embark on the process of psychedelic assisted therapy.
Elizabeth Hoke is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Oregon who has over a decade of personal and professional experience with addiction recovery. She is dedicated to helping people in need receive mental health services through Liberation Institute where therapy is provided for all on a sliding scale. Elizabeth also works with Dr. Rosonke at Rainfall Medicine, sitting with patients as they explore their relationship with addiction through the use of ketamine and psychotherapy.
https://www.liberationinstitute.org/our-clinic/team/
This event is offered by donation; no one turned away for lack of funds.
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This event is independently organized and is not hosted, supervised, or facilitated by the Portland Psychedelic Society, a donation-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.To learn more about Portland Psychedelic Society programming, memberships, and more, please visit our website.
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