Our Priorities
Outdoor covered kitchen space at Agape Village where community members can prep and cook meals. Photo credit: Sean Green
Advocacy Priorities:
Multnomah County Local Implementation Plan & Projects (Metro Supportive Housing Services Bond)
Streets to Stability, Portland City sponsored Safe Rest Villages
Advocacy to build neighborhood participation
Increasing buy-in for implementation of Built for Zero practices
Building local expertise and leadership for implementation of Built for Zero
Shelter Now Op-Ed (10/12/21) : We Can End Unsheltered Homelessness in Portland
Community Engagement Priorities:
Neighborhood Engagement
building community through dialog between housed and unhoused neighbors
presenting success stories to engage neighborhoods as allies
Knowledge Sharing
News and mailings
North Portland Doers Forum
Capacity Building Priorities:
Fund development
Internal operations
support for local projects
Core Team development
membership, operating guidelines, decision-making
Network development
partner engagement and connections
Action Teams
Barbie Weber, talks about the community library, which is stocked by Street Books, at Hazelnut Grove Village. Barbie is also Cofounder and Coordinator of Ground Score, a peer-led association that creates fair-wage work opportunities for unhoused or housing insecure community members to collect and sort recyclables and trash. Photo credit: Sean Green