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Input Needed on Community Needs

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Portland, Gresham, and Multnomah County invite you to participate in 7 community meetings in October, November, and December 2009.

Your comments will help us set priorities for the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. The Plan will guide how federal resources will be spent locally for the next five years on housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income households, expanding access to economic opportunities, and programs serving the homeless and people with special needs.

Community Meetings
• Impact of the Recession: October 21, 2009, 6-8 pm: Floyd Light Middle School, 10800 S.E Washington St.
• Equitable Access to Services: October 28,2009, 6-8 pm: King Elementary School, 4906 NE 6th Avenue
• Industry Challenges to Developing Rental Housing: November 4, 2009, 3-5 pm: United Way Board Room, 619 SW 11th Avenue
• Affordable Homeownership: November 5, 2009, 6-8 pm: New Columbia Community Center, 4605 N. Trenton
• Impediments to Fair Housing: November 12, 2009, 6-8 pm: East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th Avenue
• Homeless Issues: November 18, 2009, 4-5:30 pm: First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson St.
• Housing Needs of our Aging Population: Dec. 2, 2009, 1-3 pm: Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy.

Four Ways to Comment
1. Write a letter:
Pat Mobley, Housing & Community
Development Commission Chair
421 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, OR 97204
2. Send an e-mail:
bryan.swisshelm@ci.portland.or.us
3. Leave a voicemail:
503-823-2396
503-823-6868 TTY
4. Comment Online:
www.portlandonline.com/phb/conplan

All meetings are accessible to people with mobility impairments.
Refreshments will be provided.
Interpreters and childcare are available upon request. Call 503-823-2396 three business days in advance of the meeting to request these services. For more information, please visit: www.portlandonline.com/phb/conplan.
Refreshments will be provided

Discover Creative Solutions at Welcome the Rain!

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Welcome the RainWelcome the Rain! highlights an array of innovative, eye catching and practical stormwater solutions that will help you address wet weather concerns like leaky basements, wet spots in the yard and urban flooding.

Many workshops are offered throughout the day and cover helpful topics such as rainwater harvesting, how to build an ecoroof, wet weather bicycling tips (followed by a stormwater bicycle tour!), disconnecting your downspouts and more.

Indoor & Outdoor activities promise FUN for all ages!
Daycare provided at no cost to you!
Live Marimba music
Local businesses & community groups offering materials, resources & tips
Storytelling by Will Hornyak
Stormwater Bicycle Tour – bring your helmet!

Next Saturday, September 26th from 10am – 3:30pm

Rigler School
5401 NE Prescott Street
Portland, OR 97218

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Click here to learn more and to view the activity & workshop schedule.
Welcome the Rain is FREE and open to the public. No registration is necessary.
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Check out our fall Landscape Design Workshops!

That’s right, fall workshop season is upon us at last! We have scheduled a plethora of Naturescaping and Rain Garden workshops and registration is now open! Advanced registration is required.

Visit our workshops & events page to learn more and register online.
katie@emswcd.org • East Multnomah SWCD

Liberation-Based Healing Conference

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Lewis and ClarkThe Liberation-Based Healing Conference is coming to the King neighborhood, at Mallory Avenue Community Enrichment Center. Professional therapists, community organizers, educators, faith communities, and activists are invited to learn and develop clinically and theoretically sound interventions and strategies that promote family and community healing. The conference is being held during Domestic Violence Prevention Month, and this topic, along with others, will be discussed. Understanding contemporary socio-political contexts and engaging community partners is emphasized throughout the innovative workshops. Nationally acclaimed presenters partner with community activists to deliver liberation-based strategies and facilitate dialogue to bolster resilience and promote social justice and equity. On the second day of the conference, non-professional community members are invited to join the conversation.

Date: October 16-17, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Mallory Avenue Community Enrichment Center, 126 NE Alberta St., Portland, OR 97211
Website: http://www.lclark.edu/events/info/?id=2138

Day 1—Workshops for professionals
Friday, October 16, 2009

Day 1 offers professionals the opportunity to engage in dialogue facilitated by national leaders in liberation-based healing. In the morning we will focus on current models of liberation-based practice. In the afternoon, participants will discuss strategies for implementing transformation practices in their daily work.

Day 2—Community participation
Saturday, October 17, 2009

On Day 2, local community members and leaders will join conversations that engage all of us in applying liberation-based healing practices to local grass roots community change. Non-clinical community members and organizers are invited to attend day two of the conference (Saturday, October 17) for no charge. You will join conversations that engage all of us in applying liberation-based healing practices to local, grass roots community change. If you are a non-clinical community member or organizer register here.

Conference Presenters
Alliance of Racial & Social Justice, Pastor Frederick Woods, Rhea Almeida, PhD, LCSW, Andraé L. Brown, Ph.D., Gene Combs, M.D., Lisa Dressner, LCSW, Jill Freedman, MSW, Dr. Sally St George, Ph.D., Caroline Hann, LCSW, Carmen Knudson_Martin, Ph.D., Teresa McDowel, Ed.D., Keva M. Miller, Ph.D., LCSW, Nocona Pewewardy, PhD, Cornel Pewewardy, D.Ed., Carolyn Tubbs, Ph.D., and Dr. Dan Wulff, Ph.D.

Conference sponsors
* Affinity Counseling Group
* Institute for Familty Services
* Johns Hopkins University
* Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
* Portland State University School of Social Welfare

2010 Neighborhood Small Grants Program, Applications due Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

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Office of Neighborhood InvolvementThe City of Portland, Office of Neighborhood Involvement and seven neighborhood District Coalitions announce the 4th year of the Neighborhood Small Grants Program with $178,830 available to neighborhood and community-based organizations. The grants program’s goal is to provide neighborhood and community-based organizations an opportunity to build community, attract new and diverse membership, and sustain those already involved. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis. Proposals are due no later than 2:00 PM, Monday, November 2, 2009. More information can be found at www.portlandonline.com/oni.

In the first three years of the grant program $553,847 was awarded to 271 neighborhood and community organization projects. The average grant award was $1.972; 127 neighborhood projects were funded along with 102 projects (38%) initiated by underrepresented organizations working with people of color, immigrants and refugees, lowincome families, youth and people with disabilities. The remaining organizations represented environmental, crime prevention, business, arts and culture organizations and associations.

NE Portland swap shop and play space

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This news from Maggie Bermingham regarding the planned NE swap and play:

Some of you may know that the Activistas of UrbanMamas.com are holding a fundraising garage sale on 8/22 for a wonderful new nonprofit, Family Forward Oregon. (http://www.urbanmamas.com/urbanmamas/2009/07/save-the-date-urbanmamas-is-havin-a-garage-sale.html) They are willing to donate any leftovers that we may want in order to set up our space. I’m still working out the details but I plan to volunteer to support the event and express appreciation for the donation. If anyone else is interested, please let me know.

Secondly, the Victory Outreach Church, currently at 30th and Alberta, is going to be moving and will be leasing their building which was an old theatre. They have a nice street level “cafe” space with lots of windows facing 30th that they are willing to lease to us VERY inexpensively compared to other properties in the area. It is too small for an indoor play park but would be a very nice place to gather while we grow and continue to look for a large indoor play park type space. We could set it up to be family friendly and could start the swap piece of the co-op. Eventually, it would be a good space to bring in entertainers. Anyway, I have to give an answer soon so I’m wondering how many of you would be interested in officially joining the co-op and becoming founding members. Like the other two co-ops, there will be a $25 joining fee and then $20/mo. Also like the other co-ops, I would like to collect 3 months at a time at the beginning of each quarter but can make exceptions in cases of hardship. I would need a minimum of 10 to pull this off right now. You can email me directly (maggiebermingham@gmail.com) rather than post to the board. If, there are not enough interested folks, I will pass on this and keep looking. We don’t have any other options available at this time. I also welcome comments and feedback.

To learn more about the swap and play or get involved, join the yahoo group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NE_Ptld_family_swap_shop/