Happy spring! In this month's newsletter we will share some Grant program news, we celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage month and we share resources on how to get involved in your community. |
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You're Invited! Come Celebrate Our 2022 Grantees |
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Join the SE Uplift staff, board, grantees, and community members in celebrating the amazing projects made possible through the SE Uplift Grants Program on Thursday, June 2 from 6-8pm at SE Uplift headquarters (3534 SE Main). Click here to RSVP!
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Hey, Neighbor! We need your help making sure our Grantee Mixer runs smoothly on June 2nd, 2022.
The event is from 6:00PM - 8:00PM. We will need help setting up / taking down or throughout the event.
Or Visit: https://forms.office.com/r/dAHQjRCtqK
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Night Out For Safety & Liberation
2021 Community Small Grants Recipient
From BBBC:
“Night Out for Safety and Liberation (NOSL) is an annual event that typically takes place on the first Tuesday of August where we redefine and re-imagine what public safety means for our communities. This event was started by the Ella Baker Center in Oakland, CA as a liberation-focused event to address issues of harm, conflict, and state violence with community-based solutions #We Keep Us Safe
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These funds [Community Small Grants] helped us bring together Portlanders at Tabor Commons to reimagine community safety together. We partnered with local organizations, neighbors, and the Umoja Youth to host over 100 individuals to enjoy food, live youth performances, connect with different organizations and local vendors. During NOSL this project provided vaccines, food boxes, STI testing, and collected data on the impacts of propaganda and surveillance in our neighborhoods” |
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On applying for grants, BBBC advices, “I would suggest applicant groups examine who is not at the table planning with you. Ask yourself “what is a project that creates the most goodness, dignity, and safety in neighborhood”? I would encourage groups to leverage sponsorships and grassroots fundraising to source their projects. Additionally, I would say take lots of pictures!”
Thank you to the Office of Community and Civic Life for funding the Small Grants Program and helping the growth of SE Portland.
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The Umoja Kijana Shujaa Youth Leadership Development Program of Black and Beyond the Binary Collective (BBBC) is open! Apply by May 31st
Umoja Kijana Shujaa is a paid 8-week summer leadership development program that aims to mobilize Black Trans, Queer, Nonbinary, and Intersex+ (TQNI+) youth, aged 14-24 to combat white supremacy, criminalization, anti-black racism, and advance Black liberation. Applicants must be between 14-24, identify as Black and TQNI+, be able to commit to 8 in-person meetings, and have an interest in social justice organizing through a Black, Queer, feminist lens
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To learn more visit https://www.blackbeyondthebinarycollective.org/
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May is Asian Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month |
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May is Asian Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month. It is important to uplift API voices, heritage, culture and community. This year especially, it is important to celebrate Asian joy and successes while acknowledging that these communities are still facing hatred & violence on a daily basis.
Check out the following organizations for support API communities throughout Portland:
APANO
Click here to visit their website.
Asian Health & Service Center
Click here to visit their website.
The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)
Click here to visit their website.
The Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and SW Washington (APACC)
Click here to visit their website.
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Testify At The Portland Charter Commission
Public Hearings!
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We have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to create a more representative democracy and responsive government this November! Now is the time to get involved— give testimony at one of the upcoming Charter Commission hearings!
On March 31, 2022, the Charter Commission preliminarily agreed on a package of reforms to advance to voters. All 20 Charter Commission members supported the package, which would recommend three major changes:
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Allowing voters to rank candidates in order of their preference, using ranked choice voting
Four new geographic districts of equal size, with three members elected to represent each district, expanding the city council to a total of 12 members
A city council that focuses on setting policy and a mayor elected citywide to run the city’s day-to-day operations, with the help of a professional city administrator
The Charter Commission wants to hear from you and has scheduled four public hearings in May (online in & in-person) for community members to share their thoughts! Learn more about the Commission’s work, hearing information, and other ways to comment here: bit.ly/Charter-Hearings
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Build Your City, Vote in the Primary Elections! |
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Oregon's Primary Elections is on May 17th, 2022 visit your local Ballot Drop Off Location by 8:00 PM
From Multnomah County: Ballots can be delivered to any Oregon Official Ballot Drop Site until 8:00 PM on Election Day. Voters who are in line at 8:00 PM may drop off their ballot.
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Participate In Your Neighborhood
Association Elections!
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No matter where you live in Portland, there’s a Neighborhood Association ready to welcome your ideas for shaping the livability of your community. This is grassroots democratic participation at its most local level. Help make your neighborhood a better place to live, work and play. Show up. Get involved. Be the change! |
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May 17th, 2022 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
May 18th, 2022 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
May 18th, 2022 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
May 19th, 2022 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
May 23rd, 2022 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM
May 23rd, 2022 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM
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From Civic Life:
PCEF is a city grant program that invests in carbon reduction projects advancing racial and social justice. Nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for community-initiated projects related to clean energy, regenerative agriculture, green infrastructure, and workforce development. PCEF prioritizes these benefits to communities on the frontlines of climate change, including low-income people and people of color.
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SE Uplift wants to promote and uplift upcoming spring events in our May - July newsletters and social media accounts. All events must be open to the public! Click the button below to submit upcoming event in SE Portland for us to publish in our newsletters and socials. |
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Don't Miss Out!
Events, Community News, Resources and More!
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The Brooklyn Bloom Club is a Queer + BIPOC led mutual aid gardening project.
From Brooklyn Bloom Club:
Join the Brooklyn Bloom Club - your neighborhood queer and BIPOC led mutual aid gardening project - for a gorgeous spring day of plants and community.
Support and participate our effort to increasing access to gardening and food justice. We’re working to build a free, ADA accessible, learning gardening on undeveloped ODOT land and offer cool, educational opportunities to learn more about plants, produce, flowers, and nature through field trips, book clubs, and more!
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Neighborhood Climate Action event: |
Join Neighborhood Climate Action and help the beginning efforts to launch multiple neighborhood climate action groups throughout Portland - with Brooklyn neighborhood as a pilot.
When: Tuesday, May 31st from 7:00-8:30PM at the Aladdin Theater.
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(503) 232-0010 | info@seuplift.org | seuplift.org
E-news has been funded through a grant from the Office of Community and Civic Life
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