By Jill Winsor and Jenny Lee On November 16 and 17 we had the pleasure of working with Tanya Beer from the Center for Evaluation Innovation. Tanya shared the Center’s Framework for Policy Advocacy and challenged us to remember that when we engage in advocacy, we must do more than simply build awareness around our issue, we must […]
Conference RE:Cap
The 2015 RE:Conference on Oct. 29 and 30 couldn’t have been better. More than 300 people gathered to get to know each other with an “If you really knew me…” exercise. We shared celebrations and strengths. We were challenged to make Oregon and our own organizations more equitable and we learned a whole lot! Whether you could […]
The Only Difference Between Me and My Client is that I’m on This Side of the Table
By Nanci E. Luna Jiménez, CPF. I remember one of the times in my life when things felt very economically insecure. I pulled up to a stop light and made eye contact with a woman holding a sign asking for money. I still remember the thought that crossed through my mind at the moment we looked […]
NP Welcomes Jenna Haley
Jenna Haley will intern with Neighborhood Partnerships and work with the Housing Alliance. She will also share her time interning at Street Roots with plans to bridge the two placements in strengthening outreach efforts for both agencies. We asked her a couple of questions about herself: For starters, tell me a little about yourself – […]
Support Local Businesses Owned by IDA Savers and Get Great Gifts
The RE:Conference won’t just be a fantastic time of learning from industry leaders and networking with other professionals; it will also be a chance to see the Oregon IDA Initiative in action. On the evening of October 29th a handful of small business graduates will showcase their products and services at the IDA Marketplace. Conference […]
Welcoming New NP Team Members
Neighborhood Partnerships has two new team members! Jenna Haley is a graduate student at PSU’s School of Social Work. She will be interning at NP and providing support to the Housing Alliance from late September through June 2016. Neighborhood Partnerships have also hired a new Housing Policy Director, who will be working with all of […]
August 2015 Newsletter
Summer is almost over, schools are filling up, colleagues are headed back from vacation and here at NP we’re looking ahead to an eventful fall. Our Oct 29 and 30 RE:Conference is titled as such because nothing gets us more excited than the chance to reconnect, rethink and re-imagine Oregon. We’re rejuvenated after a busy […]
10 Reasons to Attend Neighborhood Partnerships’ 2015 RE:Conference
The 2015 RE:Conference is part think-tank, part training, part meet-up. You’ll get new ideas, practical tools, and new connections so that you leave energized with a plan for increasing opportunity in Oregon. You’re invited to join us on Oct. 29 and 30 at the Salem Convention Center to re:think, re:energize and re:new. If you’re still […]
Earn Money for Your Great Ideas
Help us build Oregon’s financial future with great ideas, solid research, and collaboration! Do you have an idea for growing financial opportunity in Oregon? We’re looking for great ideas for increasing access to financial tools, for improving programs, and for new ways to interact with program participants and support participants improved financial practices using technology […]
You Won’t Want to Miss the 2015 RE:Conference Agenda
If you sit in the first few rows at the Oct. 29 and 30 RE:Conference you get free candy. At least that was the case at one of the sessions I moderated last year. Cassie Russell from Bradley Angle was trying to prove a key point about being a human being– our environment shapes our […]