Last month, over 300 people convened to hear Dr. Darrick Hamilton share key ideas about Economic Justice, in an event Neighborhood Partnerships was honored to support with Meyer Memorial Trust. If you were not able to join us, you can watch the recording here. Dr. Hamilton articulated important points about the ways our economy has been designed to concentrate wealth and resources, leveraging race and social identity as arbiters of worth, and raising core truths that demand we move boldly to advance an inclusive economic bill of rights.
Director’s Desk: November 2021
November marks a quiet ramp-up of work in Salem as Legislators start finalizing what bills they will be introducing in the 2022 short session before the bill filing deadline later this month. For advocates and organizers, it means “on your marks” and “get set,” before we “go” in February. As Neighborhood Partnerships is undertaking the exciting journey of hiring an […]
Director’s Desk: October 2021
As we’re settling into the fall season, I’m relieved to see that in many parts of the state, Oregonians are enjoying an uptick in rainfall, which signals the end of our now seasonal wildfire season, and hopefully gives us some peace of mind. On one of these particularly rainy days late last month, the Neighborhood […]
Director’s Desk: September 2021
One year ago, on September 8, 2020, I had the privilege and honor of transitioning into my new role as the Executive Director at Neighborhood Partnerships. This transition has been both one of the most challenging and rewarding endeavors I’ve had the opportunity to undertake. It has been a significant change in my life, both in the level […]
We’re hiring!
We are hiring an IDA Program & Training Specialist! Neighborhood Partnerships (NP) manages the Oregon Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative. We raise funds, collect data, and coordinate the IDA-related work of ten non-profit direct service and network partners statewide. With an IDA, Oregonians with low incomes have their savings for an education, home, small business […]
Neighborhood Partnerships has gone (temporarily) remote!
As of August 1, 2021, the Neighborhood Partnerships team will be working remotely as we reimagine our office space, ensuring that our physical space reflects our equity goals. We anticipate a return to a physical office in late spring of 2022. NP prioritizes equity in all our work, and one of our core equity agreements […]
Director’s Desk: August 2021
As I left the NP offices for the last time before the lockdown back in March of 2020, some of my last goodbyes were to the two indoor weeping figs trees we had in our office. After experiencing working amongst trees, I thought to myself how I would miss their calming and refreshing energy with me while at work but figured like many that we would be back to working from our office […]
What Makes a “Good” Emergency? Narrative and Policy in IDAs
“. . . I can advocate for all of the policies in the world—I continue to advocate for those policies . . .—but it really really occurred to me that there is a generation that is being formed right now that’s deciding what they will allow to be possible, what they will be capable of […]
How we Arrive at Goals
Neighborhood Partnerships is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment doesn’t start or end with an equity statement on our website. We recognized some time ago that if we are to live the words that we write and the ideals that we espouse, then we need to rethink existing policies and develop measurable goals […]
Neighborhood Partnerships Stands with our AAPI Neighbors
Neighborhood Partnerships stands with our AAPI neighbors against the white supremacist hate crimes you have experienced in the last week, during the past year, and throughout generations of this nation’s history. We recognize these attacks as symptomatic of systemic issues. We stand with you against bigotry and xenophobia, histories of legal discrimination, and individual acts […]