Join the Portland NE Neighborhood Violence Prevention Committee to learn about current trends in violence affecting youth, crime prevention tips, and information. Help determine next steps for keeping communities safe. Come to the first meeting, and be part of the solution!

Tuesday May 15, 2012 from 6:00-8:00pm at Jefferson High School, 5210 N Kerby, Hospitality Blazer Room. For more information, contact Antoinette Edwards .

In recent months, a team of urban planning students at PSU has been working with the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods to develop a Community Disaster Preparedness Plan. One action we have identified is locating community information hubs in each neighborhood. If traditional communication methods were to fail after a disaster these hubs will help facilitate the flow of information between neighborhoods and ultimately from the neighborhood and coalition to the city and beyond.  We have developed criteria for siting these hubs, but it relies on local knowledge only those familiar with the neighborhood can provide.

Please come join us at the May 16th Woodlawn Neighborhood Association meeting at Woodlawn Methodist Church where we will begin identifying possible hub locations. Your input is needed!

Would you like to get involved and benefit your neighborhood? Woodlawn Neighborhood Association needs more board members! You would attend two meetings per month (one general and one board) and serve on one or more committees (Sunday Parkways or other events and issues) . We also need a board secretary, who takes accurate notes of the meetings. Please help!

Come to a meeting or send an email to board@gowoodlawn.com. Thanks!

The City of Portland Graffiti Abatement Program will sponsor a Saturday morning graffiti cleanup in Woodlawn on Saturday, August 25th.  They need your help! This will be a combined effort by City-contracted graffiti removal crews, and a minimum of 10 volunteers from the community.

Prior to the cleanup date, residents/businesses will be asked to survey their area and compile a list of sites that have been vandalized by graffiti and then to submit the list to Graffiti Abatement Volunteer Coordinator at least a week ahead of the event.

To volunteer, you must sign up here. For more information, contact Dennis LoGiudice , or check out the Facebook page.

The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods and Concordia University are co-hosting a mayoral and city council candidates’ forum focused on education on Thursday, March 22nd, at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Mayoral Candidates: Eileen Brady, Jefferson Smith, and Charlie Hales
Council Candidates: Amanda Fritz, Mary Nolan, Steve Novick, Teressa Raiford, Mark White, Jeri Williams
Moderator: Keith Thomajan
Where: Lobby of the George R. White Library & Learning Center, Concordia University 2811 NE Holman, Portland, OR
For additional info, please visit www.necoalition.org or call 503-823-4575.

Minutes of the General and Board Meetings are public, and are now available through our Google Docs page. You can access them here.

We need your help! Just like when Portlanders first started recycling, it takes time to create and establish new routines for households. Portlanders are doing a great job adapting to the new Curbside Collection Service with food scrap composting, the change to weekly pick up of the green compost cart, and every-other-week garbage collection. The City wants to help Portlanders adapt and to answer questions about the changes.

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association has stepped up to help  mobilize volunteers to go door-to-door to answer questions about changes to the curbside collection system, to promote composting, and to earn money for Woodlawn. Days and times for canvassing will be picked by the group. Training, safety vests, maps, walking lists, and literature are provided. Anyone 18 years or older can volunteer.

The program runs through March 13th through May 19th in Woodlawn. For more details, check out their poster. Please contact Anjala, the Woodlawn organizer, to sign up!

The Woodlawn Neighborhood Association board of directors meets the first Wednesday of every month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. The agenda for these meetings typically focuses on planning, budgeting, and community projects.  They are open to all neighborhood residents and people who work or own businesses in Woodlawn. Click here for the meeting location.

Community Outreach of Our United Villages invites you to participate in this free community conversation on Wednesday, March 28th, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th Avenue, Portland. Connect with people from a variety of backgrounds, discover what we have in common and share ideas for cultivating an equitable community. A light meal will be provided. Please RSVP by March 22nd by email, or by calling 503-546-7499. Go to their web site for more information.

Learn about seismic activity in our region, implications for older buildings, seismic work accomplished with the PPS 1995 bond measure and additional work that needs to be done.
7 p.m. at Blanchard Education Service Center, Portland Public Schools Administrative offices, 501 N. Dixon, Portland, Oregon. For more information check the PPS website or call 503-916-2000, ext. 74212.