Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program

Se Uplift provided community involvement and capacity-building Program: worked with 20 Neighborhood associations of se portland, multiple community nonprofits, and other groups and individuals to build informed, inclusive, and participatory neighborhoods. Services included coordinating numerous collaborative community events, advocacy efforts, and outreach activities, and connecting people to city bureaus to promote an understanding of land use and transportation issues and other civic matters that impact their lives. We also built the capacity of small groups by providing trainings, tools and technical support to our network of more than 50 local organizations including our fiscally spnsored groups, grantees, other community-based groups, Neighborhood associations, and business district associations. Our fiscal sponsorship services supporter approximately 40 distinct community-based organzations in se portland, and through our community small grants we resourced nearly 20 grassroots organizations for community-building work in neighborhoods throughout Southeast portland.