Bringing In The New Year With You, Our Neighbors!
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Happy New Year!
In 2020, we can expect to see a lot of updates, changes, improvements and successes. SE Uplift Neighborhood Coalition has been working on a few projects that we are excited to share with you. Along with some of our larger successes of 2019 which you will see in our annual report, we are also celebrating a brand new website and welcoming a new Executive Director in the very near future!
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Our new website is up and active! While we are still working with the web company to sort out the small snags,
we appreciate your patience.
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The search is complete!
SE Uplift is in the final stages of on-boarding a new Executive Director! We will be sending out the news with an introduction very soon.
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Final Grant Writing Workshop for 2020 Small Grants
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Get Support Applying For Funds!
This is the second workshop hosted by SE Uplift to support YOU in applying for Community & Civic Engagement Small Grants for 2020.
Although Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 is the final Small Grants Workshop of the year, you can still request one-on-one support and accommodations.
On Wednesday, Jan 15th from 5:30-8:30 pm there will be open office hours at SE Uplift (3534 SE Main St., 97214) for community members interested in the Small Grants Program. This will be a time when you can stop by without scheduling an appointment to meet with staff one-on-one, access a quiet space to work on your application, have proposals looked over. Refreshments, laptops, and wifi will be available on-site.
Contact SE Uplift’s Community Resources Manager at
muz@seuplift.org
to discuss your proposal, schedule a meeting, or submit a draft application for review.
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Sma
ll Grant Writing Workshop
January 7th, 2020
6-8 PM
Woodstock Library Community Room
6008 SE 49th Ave.
97206
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Miguel Rodriguez; SE Uplift Board Member, Rapper, Cultural Worker & Possible Super Hero
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Miguel Rodriguez is currently serving as an At-Large Board Member on the SE Uplift board. Miguel's service began in 2018 and inspires and fires him up to support
the SE Uplift board, programs, and staff creatively. He first became interested in SE Uplift after serving on the board of Edúcate Ya
when they received their first small community grant from SEUL and then went on to receive funding for his own community project with
Portland Through A Latinx Lens.
Miguel is also a member of SE Uplift's DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility) Work Group. He is committed to supporting SE Uplift in developing a DEIA plan, dismantling institutional racism, and creating equity in the communities in which we work, live and play.
Miguel is a mathematician who has built community through tutoring and facilitating workshops Madison High School, Reed College, College Possible and is currently the Talent Development and Inclusion Strategist for OMSI.
He is passionate about writing, poetry and being a Hip Hop MC (emcee/rapper). On January 10th-11th, Miguel will be speaking on a panel and leading a workshop at the Winter Poetry Festival at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). The workshop he is presenting is around using hip hop as a way to process through writing.
Find out more about workshops, panels, vendors and performances at the
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Free to the public*
January 11-12, 2020
12-8 pm
Pacific Northwest College of Art
511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209
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Community Collection Event Info Session
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The Fall CCE totals for neighborhood cleanup events in Eastmoreland, Creston-Kenilworth, and Montavilla are impressive!
These 3 neighborhoods engaged 40 volunteers, served 268 households, built 8 community partnerships, and collected 48,240 pounds of bulky waste. In addition to those amazing totals, 25 cubic yards of styrofoam was picked up, 16 ties collected and 160 items were kept out of landfills by going to new homes for reuse!
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Community Collection Event Info Session
for SE Uplift Coalition area events
January 23rd, 2020
6pm-8pm
SE Uplift
3534 SE Main St.
97214
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For up to date information or accommodations, please contact Mireaya@seuplift.org or 503-232-0010
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MLK Day of Service: Remembering Our Place At The Table
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Join the Black Sovereignty Food Council in Kicking Off 2020 with community, education and healing.
MLK Day of Service: Remembering Our Place At The Table is an opportunity for community to talk about food justice, sowing, planting, harvesting, and reaping.
January 20th, 2020
6745 SE 60th, 97206
10 am - 1 pm
For more information or to
RSVP, contact laquidalandford@gmail.com
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Communications Grant 2019-2020 Information Session
SE Uplift is hosting an information session regarding our new communications grant on January 30
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from 7-8pm!
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This information session will inform you about the history of the program, the new goals of the program, how to find and fill out the application, the criteria for which projects will get funded, and will be an opportunity to have questions answered.
Please contact
Make sure to attend as this will be the only information session before the application due date of February 28
th!
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Community Conversations on Homelessness with Mayor Wheeler
Saturday, February 1, 2020
9:00 – 12:00 pm
PCC Southeast Community Hall
2305 SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97216
Mayor Ted Wheeler is convening a series of meetings across the City of Portland for community members to learn about and engage with future policy related homelessness and livability.
Join Southeast and East Portland neighbors and local businesses on Saturday, February 1 for a conversation about what we can do to help solve the homelessness crisis.
You can RSVP for the event (optional) and share the issues you want to discuss at: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/wheeler/80228
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Hootsuite
, a social media platform management tool wrote a fun article about how to get the best user experience from the
Nextdoor app
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Nextdoor's mission is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.
From the Nextdoor website; "Our mission is to be the neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services. We want all neighbors to feel welcome, safe, and respected when using Nextdoor."
Nextdoor is an easy social networking site for neighbors to connect.
Hootsuite's article gives tips and how to's on creating posts, comments, events, groups, and more!
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Join the Oregon chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Oregon) at our inaugural banquet featuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
January 24th, 2020
Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center
375 NE Holladay St, Portland, OR 97232
Check-in opens at 5:30pm.
Program begins at 7pm.
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A HOUSING STORY: Art Exhibit and Community Sharing
Opening Reception Saturday
February 8th, 2020
11 am – 4 pm At Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts
2601 SE 160th Division
RSVP 503-774-2180 Or email: ameerasaahir47@gmail.com
Community Engagement Featuring Story Sharing and light refreshments
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Native Plant Sale
This years plant sale will open at 6:00 AM on Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Mayoral Candidate Forum
Sunday, January 19, 2020 at
PM – 3 PM
805 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97233
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Join Don't Shoot Portland for the final installment of their residency at the Portland Art Museum. The January programming is in partnership with OHSU’s NW Noggin (Neuroscience Outreach Group Growing In Networks): Police Violence, White Supremacy and How it Affects Your Brain.
January 11, 2020
Saturday at 11 AM
1219 SW Park Ave, 97205
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PUAH Quarterly Gathering
Friday, January 31st, 2020
9:30am-12:00pm
Hosted at the Eliot Center of First Unitarian Portland
1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97205
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