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When peers share their stories, something powerful happens. Stigma begins to loosen. Assumptions are challenged. What was once flattened into stereotype becomes real, layered, and human. Storytelling can also support systems into beneficial changes.

Explore our acitivities and outings this month for May at Pier 360.

This shift from rules to values gives our team members opportunities to be who they are.

Celebrate creativity, recovery, and lived experience! Peer Art Gallery (West Center Room C210) Friday, April 17 at 6PM Join us for a gallery walk, artist bios, and a group collaboration project. Open to peers, friends, and community! Submit artwork by April 10th Peers may submit up to 3 pieces of artwork. Pier 360 West Room C210 1601 E. Fourth Plain Blvd. Bldg. 17 Ste. A114 Vancouver, WA 98661 Phone: (360) 397-8050 See the Pier 360 Calendar for more this month!

We’ve been approved to participate in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program! This means that when you enroll in Community Rewards through your Fred Meyer app or on your desktop, Fred Meyer will donate to Pier 360 quarterly—based on your shopping. Simply by collecting points as you normally would, you’re contributing to the work we do. The more people who enroll, the more Fred Meyer contributes.It doesn’t cost you anything, and it offers a passive way to support Pier 360.

As the season begins to shift, we invite you to step into movement, connection, and fresh air with us this April. Whether you’re looking for something active, creative, or simply a chance to be in community, there’s a place for you here.

An early “influencer” for me was Henri Nouwen, a priest who spent the last 10 years of his life at L’Arche Daybreak in Ontario, Canada before dying in 1996. Among his many good deeds, he wrote extensively and authored more than 40 books, I own 18 of them. In one of his books, he writes about hospitality and its purpose. “Hospitality , therefore, means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend […]. Hospitality is not to change p

Pier 360 Executive Director, Brad Berry, was hired 20 years ago today. We take a moment to honor his steady, often unseen service and leadership over the years.

Previously, we talked about playing show-and-tell with Pier 360 Staff, and what resulted was very inspiring. Here we will include Cat's contribution. The photography on this page is hers. She is also a creative writer, and we have featured one of her stories based on her life below. WILDFIRE IMAGINATION by Cat I have loved books as long as I can remember. As a child, my Great Grandmother Dolly would read stories of wonderful adventures to me of every kind, especially the on

As we move toward longer days and early signs of spring, March offers opportunities to connect — through art, outdoor exploration, friendly competition, and shared creative space. Whether you prefer quiet reflection in a museum gallery, movement on a trail, or laughter over a game night, we invite you to join us. As always, participation is free, and all activities are grounded in peer support and community connection. Portland Art Museum Free First Thursday Join us in explor

Twenty years. March 2026 will mark my twentieth year as the Executive Director of Pier 360. It has been a remarkable experience, and it is because of the peers that have worked here and the peers that have actively engaged in their recovery, both past and present. The thing that has stood out for me through the years is just how creative and resourceful our peer community is when it comes to finding a way to get things done. This is why innovation is one of our Core Values .

Courage shows up quietly here through a staff game of Show and Tell. Instructions: Bring something meaningful to share. A creative project. A passion. A practice that grounds you. A small piece of yourself. Share it online. Sometimes courage looks like holding something close to your heart and saying, “This matters to me.” So far, Pier 360 staff members Vincent , Cat , Allison , Jeannette , and Chiara have shared pieces of what sustains them. Allison shared an original song

As part of a long-anticipated investment in our spaces, Pier 360 East Center is temporarily closed while we complete a remodel. We will share updates and announce our reopening once the work is complete in 2026. This remodel is an important step forward for our organization and our community. The updates are designed to better support the people who gather here and the programs we are growing toward. What’s Coming When East Center reopens, the space will include: More parkin

This February, Pier 360’s activities and outings are rooted in Courage, connection, and community — offering creative spaces, outdoor experiences, and opportunities to be seen and supported together.

In this month’s message, Executive Director Brad Berry reflects on courage as a matter of the heart — the quiet determination it takes to face daily challenges. He invites our community to see and honor the courage in one another, reminding us that connection makes resilience stronger.

Dr. King's dream gestures toward bridges—across race, across belief, across circumstance. Toward a world where peace, harmony, and love are not abstract ideals, but practices we return to, again and again, even when it’s difficult.

January at Pier 360 centers on resilience and winter wellness, with community activities, creative connection, and support groups. Read more about this month’s offerings.

Thirty years ago, Consumer Voices Are Born began as a peer-run organization committed to advocacy and support. It was a courageous act by the founding group of peers because the odds were against them, they had few national and no regional peer-run agencies to learn from in 1995, and stigma against people living with mental health challenges was in high gear. They, however, persevered eventually gaining nonprofit corporation status with the federal government in 1997 and se

Images of community, dignity, and support. As the year draws to a close, many of us take time to reflect—on what we’ve endured, what we’ve learned, and what supported us in staying connected through it all. At Pier 360, we know recovery doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens in relationship, in consistency, and in spaces where people are met with dignity and understanding. Pier 360 is a peer-run organization led by people with lived experience in mental health and substance

Images of reflection and stillness this Winter. Scenes outside with snow and ice reflected in a still lake, a stone that says Reflect on it, a person making a heart with their hands over the sunlight, a pier reflected upside down in a glass sphere, and a Winter scene reflected in a side-view car mirror. Winter invites us into a season of contrast—light and shadow, celebration and remembrance, gathering and solitude. As the holidays arrive, many people feel joy. Others feel g