Speaking, Training, Facilitation
PA Speaker 24 speaks from lived experience — including his own experience of trauma — and leaves people with practical tools they can use at work, at home, and in the community. Over nine years of speaking, training, and peer work in Portland and beyond.
01 — Lived experience
PA Speaker 24 talks openly about trauma and lived experience. PA Speaker 24 came through reentry himself — through transitional housing, peer programs, and back to work — and volunteered in the recovery community while working as a union carpenter. He now trains the people and programs walking that same road.
02 — Practical tools
Every session is built around discussion, a feedback form, and a feedback survey — not just a talk. Job-seeking steps, interview skills, and tools for balance and resilience.
03 — Trauma-informed
PA Speaker 24 holds a Trauma-Informed Certificate for Coaches and trains with care for the room: what is shared, what stays private, and how people are treated.
PA Speaker 24 — “There for people in their time of need.”
About PA Speaker 24
Patrick Alexander is a speaker, trainer, and peer worker in Portland, Oregon, serving recovery resources and community engagement audiences — people in recovery, people returning from incarceration, workforce programs, and the staff who support them.
Before speaking, Patrick worked as a union carpenter — volunteering in the recovery community while he did that work — and later as a recruiter and trainer at Central City Concern, where he had once been a client of the Flip the Script reentry program and lived in transitional housing. He knows both sides of the desk — and he speaks to both.
He served more than four years on the Portland Police Bureau’s Training Advisory Council, two of them as chair, and now serves on the boards of WeShine PDX and the Partnership for Safety & Justice. He is also Associate Pastor at Light My Way Church.
Training & Speaking
Each series can run in 60, 75, or 90 minutes — 90 minutes is recommended, so there is time for real discussion. Longer series run over four or eight sessions.
Flagship · 4 weeks / 8 sessions
“Transform Your Future.” A workforce and wellness series for job seekers and the programs that support them.
Culture · Identity · Finances
Do we all speak the same language? This session looks at culture, identity, and finances — and at the cost of assumptions — through honest conversation and shared exercises.
Conversation that de-escalates
How we talk when it matters most. Nonviolent Conversation gives people language for hard moments — at work, at home, and in community — so conflict becomes conversation instead of harm.
A facilitated conversation
Exploring experiences and connections of returning to society — a facilitated conversation around a poem written from the point of view of someone living with a felony, followed by group discussion.
Every session includes three discussion questions asked at set points, a feedback form to take home, and a feedback survey — so organizers hear what landed, and participants keep what they learned.
See formats & ratesFormats & Rates
In-person, virtual, or both. Private or public. Choose a single session, a keynote, or a full series — and see the price change below.
Select a length to see the rate. Keynotes and series are priced separately, at right.
$2,000 · 90 minutes
90 minutes is recommended. Travel, room, and board for engagements outside the Portland area are negotiated into the contract.
| Engagement | Rate |
|---|---|
| Single session — 60 minutes | $1,500 |
| Single session — 75 minutes | $1,800 |
| Single session — 90 minutes | $2,000 |
| Keynote | $2,000 |
| 4-session series | $5,000 |
| 8-session series | $7,000 |
| Ongoing retainer (per month) | $750 |
Rates shown are PA Speaker 24’s standard rates. For a tailored quote — a series, a retainer, or a multi-day engagement — email PA Speaker 24 Admin with your dates and audience.
What Participants Say
From a recent training survey. Real responses, counted — not slogans.
Source: participant survey from a recent PA Speaker 24 training series, 128 responses.
Community
PA Speaker 24 works alongside recovery, reentry, workforce, and faith communities across the Portland area — including:
Patrick has also spoken on the JREP Show on KMUZ Radio and at community events, fundraisers, and provider conferences across Oregon.
Questions
Sessions are offered in person, virtual, or both — private or public. Tell PA Speaker 24 your setting in the booking request and the session will be shaped to fit the room, including the screen.
Sessions run 60, 75, or 90 minutes. Ninety minutes is recommended: it leaves room for the three discussion questions, the feedback form, and the feedback survey without rushing the conversation. Series run four or eight sessions.
For local paid engagements, PA Speaker 24 travels within the region — up to Spokane to the north, Ontario / Pendleton to the east, and Eugene / Corvallis to the south. Travel, room, and board are negotiated into the contract, and are covered when the organizer’s materials say so.
A room and a screen are enough to start. PA Speaker 24 brings the slides, the feedback forms, and the feedback survey. If your venue has specific accessibility or setup needs, mention them in your request.
Book PA Speaker 24
Send a booking request with your date, audience, and what you hope people walk away with. PA Speaker 24 Admin replies from pa.speaker24@gmail.com.