| SE Update eNews
April 26, 2012
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Greetings!
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On Tuesday, May 1st, SE Uplift will celebrate outstanding coalition volunteers and committees during our 2nd Annual Volunteer Appreciation Bowling Party. SE Uplift staff are fortunate to be able to work along side thousands of amazing community and neighborhood volunteers. We thank every person who dedicates time, energy and inspiration to growing a more vibrant and vital community! SE Uplift invited neighborhood associations to recognize an outstanding leader in their community with our Sprout Award.We will also recognize essential neighborhood volunteers with our Pollinator Awards. Nominations for the different categories were sent to the SE Uplift Award Committee. Congratulations to all our volunteer awardees!
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Neighborhood Events
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Please join us for Creston Schools "With Our Dreams We Touch the Sky Auction". This years auction will be held at Tabor Space 5441 SE Belmont, Portland, OR 97215, THIS SATURDAY April 28th, 2012 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Tickets $10.00 per person. Enjoy a night out listening to live music, sampling specialty desserts and bidding on a lot of great items- all while helping to raise money for the Art and Enrichment Program at Creston School. Enter our raffle while you are at the auction- $5 raffle tickets for a night at Great Wolf Lodge for 4 people, includes water park passes. $10 raffle tickets for a chance to win a 16Gb Apple iPad!
 Neighborhood election season is here! Most neighborhoods in the SE Uplift Coalition area are holding elections in May and they need you! Neighborhood associations are the officially recognized voice of Portland's 95 neighborhoods. Participation is voluntary and open to all residents who live, own property or a business within a neighborhood's boundaries. Neighborhood associations actively work to reflect the issues and needs of its membership. Each association is self-governed by citizen-written bylaws which state the boundaries and criteria for membership and outline processes and procedures for functions such as voting, considering proposals and handling grievances. The City of Portland has developed a minimum set of standards which neighborhood associations must follow in order to be recognized by Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement.
Mt. Tabor Art Walk May 19 - 20, 2012
39 artists in the Mount Tabor neighborhood will welcome the public into their homes and studios for the annual juried Mt. Tabor Art Walk, show and sale. Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm you can view paintings, jewelry, sculpture, pottery, fiber art, and more. The annual event has become a tradition for many Portlanders. Walk to 25 sites and experience the natural beauty of the neighborhood, along with the high quality art produced by local artists. You will be able to meet and chat with artists and purchase art directly from them. There is no admission fee. Maps will be available at each site and can be downloaded from our website,www.mttaborartwalk.com.
 Sunshine School in the South Tabor neighborhood
Annual Plant Sale Fundraiser 2700 SE 67th (Trinity Fellowship Parking Lot) May 5-6th, 9am-4pm
We invite all neighbors to check out our sale and support our school. We have partnered with Tony's Garden Center, here in SE Portland, to provide a variety of annuals, herbs, garden vegetables, hanging baskets, planters and more. Our prices are very competitive with other local retailers. Invite your neighbors, family and friends as well. Looking forward to seeing and meeting more neighbors!
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Community News
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 SE Uplift is delighted and proud to host "We are Portland!"
"We are Portland" is a youth-run mobile portrait studio that builds community through the arts. Our young photographers offer free interactive arts-focused events to their families, friends, and neighbors, and through the stunning portraits they make, My Story youth can focus the lens of public discourse on the communities they call home. All families who participate in "We are Portland" receive free portraits from their sitting.  Our vision for "We are Portland" is for our young photographers to use community portraiture to fully represent the diversity and vibrancy of the city of Portland, and for our students' work to be accessible to all Portlanders.
The project infuses public spaces with interactive arts-based experiences that change the way residents view themselves and the places they inhabit. In the midst of the excitement these events generate, new relationships are formed that cross cultural and generational boundaries. We hope you will stop by the SE Uplift Community Building to view this brilliant work.  Adoption Mosaic is celebrating this year's Mother Day at
Mt. Tabor for the fourth year in a row! This event is to honor Mothers, all types of Mothers (birth mothers, adoptive mothers, people in your life who have been 'like' a mother to you...). Also, don't forget to join the Run Mama Run Facebook page to read updates of the amazing donations we are receiving!  Everyone deserves a safe, decent place to live. It's a belief that our work here at ROSE is based on, and together with many non-profit and government agencies, we are the safety net for thousands of families in the Portland Metro area. We know that housing gives people an opportunity to build better lives. To succeed, you need a place to call home.
City Council will soon be voting on the budget for the next fiscal year, and vital support for housing services is at stake. We need your voice now, while key decisions are being made. 
"SHE INSPIRES 365" PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT PORTRAYING EVERYDAY INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN OPENS MAY 3, 2012 AT P:EAR GALLERY Portland-based photographer and women's arts advocate, Andrea Leoncavallo, completes her 365 day initiative to honor the inspirational and everyday women among us with her first public exhibit at p:ear gallery opening on May's First Thursday, the 3rd at 6pm and a Champagne Celebration on Mother's Day.  Nonprofits [and neighborhoods] don't have to sit on the sidelines during an election year. There are a number of things nonprofits can do to promote democracy as long as they operate in a nonpartisan manner, as required by federal regulations. This means that nonprofits can neither support nor oppose candidates for elected office or a partic ular political party-whether at the federal, state, or local levels. Learn more from NAO.
The Northwest Justice Forum is an annual gathering of individuals committed to, and experienced in, the application of Restorative Justice in the juvenile justice system and related community agencies and programs. The purpose of the Forum is to explore and develop strategies, initiatives and best practices that sustain and advance the work of Restorative Justice in Oregon and Washington. The Forum also welcomes individuals and organizations that seek to increase their understanding of the principals and values of Restorative Justice and to learn more about current practices in the Northwest.
Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum (HACCM): "HELLAS, Footprints in Time" is an ongoing exhibit featuring the special collection of one woman. The exhibit includes a pottery collection, paintings from contemporary Greek Artists, sculpture, ancient relics, jewelry, and linens representing Greek life from antiquity to present day. Free admission. Hours are: Tuesday, 11 am - 3 pm., Saturday, 2-5 pm., and Sunday, noon to 1 pm. (except for April 15).
 Community Builders Converge on Portland, OR: Conference to highlight community-built projects in Portland and around the world. The Community Built Association (CBA) is coming to Portland for its 21st Conference: Community Building in the Urban Village, May 30-June 2. Please visit our website to register, www.communitybuilt.org, or contact Melanie at CBAinPDX@gmail.com if you have questions.
 The Bureau of Environmental Services is partnering with the Confluence Environmental Center to hire a part-time AmeriCorps member to assist as a Green Street Stewardship Coordinator. This AmeriCorps position will concentrate efforts in outer SE as well as N/NE neighborhoods. BES wants to be certain potential applicants from these areas are aware of the position and would appreciate having this position advertised through your web page, and other appropriate channels. There is a quick turn around, with an application deadline of April 26th and a position start date of May 9, 2012 through October 23, 2012. Anyone can apply to be an AmeriCorps member and in turn apply for the coordinator position. There is a stipend of $6500 gross for 900 hrs of project work.  |
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Land Use & Sustainability
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 New Charity Farmers Market Fund Will Nurture Fresh Exchange
Portland Farmers Market announced the formation of a new companion nonprofit, Farmers Market Fund, a charitable organization dedicated to providing low-income, elderly and under-served populations in the region increased access to healthy, locally grown food. Farmers Market Fund will administer Fresh Exchange, the market's token matching program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.
Portland City Council unanimously adopts the Portland Plan Commissioners celebrate the city's roadmap for the next 25 years 
The Portland Plan presents a roadmap to help our city thrive into the future. The result of more than two years of research, dozens of workshops and fairs, hundreds of meetings with community groups, and 20,000 comments from residents, businesses and nonprofits, the plan's three integrated strategies and framework for advancing equity were designed to help achieve the plan's goals.
 April 2012 Mt. Tabor Revegetation Project Update
Project Partners: City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, Parks and Recreation, Water Bureau, East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of Mt. Tabor Park, Audubon Society of Portland The Mt. Tabor Revegetation project began in fall 2010. To date, invasive plants have been controlled on close to 56 acres of natural area by Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) Watershed Revegetation Program staff and volunteers. Close to 7,000 native forbs, shrubs, and trees have been planted on 12 acres. Native herbaceous and grass seed has been applied on 10 acres throughout the park. Detailed information about the project can be found at www.portlandonline.com/bes/mttabor.
 GROWING GARDENS was founded on a simple but revolutionary idea: the seeds of a healthier world are planted in our own backyards. So it's only natural that our signature event should take place in ten of them this summer. Ten chefs, ten back yards, ten delicious dinners prepared with sustainably-sourced ingredients. In our backyards, magical things happen.
Rain gardens allow rain to soak back into the ground naturally rather than running off directly into local streams and rivers. This workshop is FREE! Register online.
Sunday, 5/20 from 1-5pm at Mt. Scott Community Center - 5530 SE 72nd Ave Multnomah Weed Watchers Training
This 2 hour training is for anyone interested in protecting Oregon's landscape from the spread of invasive weeds. You will learn to identify, look for and report new invaders before they become a nuisance. View live and preserved specimens; learn how these invaders spread, and about the complications they bring to the new areas they dominate. You can help prevent that next nasty weed from getting established!
WHAT: Multnomah Weed Watchers Training
WHERE: East Multnomah SWCD Office, 5211 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97217
HOW: This training will be offered twice. Choose which day you wish to attend and click the corresponding link below to register.
WOODSTOCK FARMERS MARKET ANNOUNCES 2012 SEASON
Opening Day, Sunday, June 3
The popular Woodstock Farmers Market will begin its 2012 season on Sunday, June 3,  offering shoppers even more organic food choices, more produce vendors, hot prepared food, a longer market season, and other features. In just its second year, the Woodstock Farmers Market in the KeyBank parking lot, 4600 SE Woodstock Blvd, has fast become a neighborhood institution and a weekend tradition for community members. |
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