Please Join Us! Oregon Thrives General Meeting Please join us on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem Church at 5090 Center Street NE, Salem, OR 97317 from 2 – 4 pm for the Oregon Thrives General Meeting. Oregon Thrives is a coalition of organizations and agencies working together to create […]
Events
Have a Heart Day Brings Over 150 to the State Capitol to Deliver Valentines
On Monday, February 14, one hundred and fifty advocates and partners from all parts of the state gathered in Salem at the State Capitol to celebrate Valentine’s Day and the State’s Birthday. Oregon Thrives and its partners joined together to thank legislators for their service to Oregonians and delivered valentines. We met individually with nearly […]
Please join us in Salem on February 14, 2011
February 14, 2011 is Valentine’s Day and Oregon’s birthday! Demonstrate your love for Oregon by joining the Oregon Housing Alliance and Oregon Thrives for “Have a Heart Day” in Salem. We all have a stake in addressing the problems our communities and neighbors are facing as a result of the recession. Please join us to […]
National Expert on Framing Policy for Racial Equity Addresses Neighborhood Partnerships’ Advocacy College
Neighborhood Partnerships continued the Advocacy College in December with a visit from a nationally renowned expert on messaging and framing. Dr. Frank Gilliam, Dean of UCLA’s School of Public Affairs, came to Portland earlier this month for a whirlwind of speaking engagements about effectively framing and messaging policy advancements for greater racial and cultural equity. […]
Expanding the Pie
Neighborhood Partnerships staff is in Washington DC attending the CFED Assets Learning Conference. We were also fortunate to attend a pre-conference session for State & Local Assets Coalitions. This pre-conference session was attended by 43 state asset coalitions and over 30 local asset coalitions. Both on days one and two, attendees were challenged to help […]
Neighborhood Partnerships Celebrates and Launches Leadership Salons and an Advocacy College
Neighborhood Partnerships celebrated their 20th anniversary and launched the Leadership Salon and Leaders Advocacy and Messaging College in a whirlwind of well attended events in mid-September. [flickr]http://www.flickr.com/photos/neighborhoodpartnerships/5020223847/[/flickr] Special guests Patrick Bresette and Larry Wallack headlined many of the events with key partners from across the state. Bresette and Wallack are experts in framing and messaging. […]
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap through Asset Development
Speaking yesterday at the opening plenary of CFED’s biennial Assets Learning Conference, Thomas Shapiro and Melvin Oliver outlined four strategies for eliminating the United States’ racial wealth gap. Shapiro and Oliver are authors of Black Wealth/White Wealth, a flagship work on wealth and inequality. Speaking to a crowd of over 1,000 advocates and service providers […]
The Assets Movement at Its Moment
Recently released data shows that the total number of people in poverty grew to one in seven Americans in 2009. This heart wrenching economic news tells the story of hardship many of us know well since nearly everyone has watched family members and friends struggle through prolonged periods of unemployment or underemployment since the start […]
Supporting Asset Development in Oregon, and the Assets Learning Conference!
In less than two weeks, staff from Neighborhood Partnerships will travel to Washington, DC for the Assets Learning Conference hosted by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). CFED, one of our partner organizations, is dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for all Americans for over 30 years. The conference, The Assets Movement at its Moment: Creating […]
Neighborhood Partnerships is Celebrating!
Neighborhood Partnerships is celebrating! We hope you’ll join us on Tuesday September 14, 2010 as we recognize our collective hard work and success! In addition to celebrating, we’ll be marking the launch of our new effort to support key partners statewide in addressing the disconnect between what Oregon needs and what we’re doing. We are […]