Great report but highly recommend that it would have been better to share demographic data for greater Portland region (Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill and Clark counties). Broad cross-section of data and we should be encourage regional as well as local look at this.
Additionally, there is a huge need in terms of cross-cultural mentoring by helping key identified emerging leaders to learn how to navigate and weave along cross-cultural lines to build broader community to build deep relationship for a better community that recognizes key values.
Need to better match private higher education and and OUS institutions to deal with these issues and break down silos. Publish data on who is doing what and award and recognize institutions that are doing well and provide leadership and training to those who are not.
Finally, need to get CEO level involvement in regional business community to bring financial and human resources to bear on this issue.
I have long wanted to work in a position such as this. I have been on the receiving end of philanthropy as a former Director for a couple of different nonprofits. Currently, I am the chair for a nonprofit promoting women's role in leadership for peace called Women's Federation for World Peace. We are planning an event in March to bring together women from diverse backgrounds to cross a symbolic bridge of peace and reconciliation. I would love to invite you.
Barb,
Thanks for your great work helping the Non-Profit Association of Oregon get established. I think this was a terrific investment that should pay dividends to a whole host of non-profits for years to come.
The Sitka Center also benefited from the "Our Ocean" work that you did and we hope to see the Marine Reserve/Marine Protected Area program succeed and expand in the future.
That was really awesome info. I tend not to follow our tech history as well as you do so this made for great reading. RIP indeed. It is funny how the unassuming guys are so anonymous and unknown and the in-your-face self-promoters are the ones most people know.
If you are wondering which type of grant your organization might apply for you can also check out our funding finder: http://www.mmt.org/funding-finder
I am a a member of SAMBA, a parent organization that supports the band program at our local high school. This year, the Sunset High School Band was invited to represent Oregon at the All-American Musical Festival in Orlando, Florida. Our total estimated expenditures (competition fees, transportation and shipping costs, hotel, airfare, etc.) total $108,700, of which we have raised nearly half. Students band members will be asked to fund their trip, and as a result, not all members are able to afford this. Here is my question, does the Meyer Foundation support endeavors to help offset costs of extra-curricular activities related to the arts?
Thank you for your time in reviewing this inquiry.
How lovely to find your gracious and kind comments waiting for me upon my return. I really appreciate your warm thoughts! If you are interested, here's a report on how my sabbatical went: http://www.mmt.org/blog/notes-sabbatical
Marie - We all need time to re-connect with our essence - whether creatively, bodily, or to explore new intellectual fields - in an effort to make this journey meaningful. Thanks for the information on visual presentation. Enjoy your time off and your views through the hanging begonias!
Wow! What an inspiring blog! I think it is fantastic for MMT to offer such a wonderful opportunity to the team. I can't wait to hear all about your fitness/health journey. That's something I could certainly use some ideas on. :) I am also excited to hear about your learnings on infographics. I'm going to look into the books you suggested. Enjoy your rejuvenation time and good luck with the quilt show!
I love your articles and in particular, this one! Maybe we are kindred, at least in spirit. Your plan inspires me.... I did something similar a few months ago and it really made me set a new direction for my personal life. I completed the Eugene half marathon and realized that fitness can be fun and exciting... and at the very least personally rewarding... Good luck, enjoy yourself and take time to chop vegetables!
Marie,
Good for you! I just returned from 5 days camping at the coast and in the redwoods. The stars were fabulous. It was refreshing to get away and yet stimulating to return.
Diane Burt
Dear Doug,
Here is one idea: plant x-mas trees in freeway right of ways and convert a corresponding amount of the existing x-mas tree farms into sustainable forests or crop farms. There are many advantages to this.
I am sitting on my front stoop and up and down the block I can see homes among the 700 neighbors who have joined the Neighbors Forum that I run: http://e-democracy.org/se
Part e-mail list and part web space with Twitter and Facebook options, alll the things you seek have happened at one point on this many of our other forums. However, if we didn't embrace community life exchange on one side and have alternative spaces for more political exchange, I am not sure we'd attract the 15% of households in my area that we do.
Also, technology should only be a small part of your budget - inclusive often one at time outreach is needed: http://e-democracy.org/inclusion (low income, immigrant work)
Our community has some extremely talented thinkers when it comes to online and offline communities of practice and how to ensure that the participation is meaningful and the content well organized.
Also, consider how the Oregon Benchmarks can be integrated into this project as a framework for organizing solutions related to actual data that is being tracked: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB/obm.shtml
It is a great project and I look forward to seeing it come to fruition.
Medford Oregon has a Saint Vincent de Paul dining hall at 2424 North Pacific Highway. It is reportedly open to everyone and opens around 10:30 am and closes at 2 pm. Handicap parking is limited, folks that don't drive must walk great distances to get to services offered as it is off the bus line several blocks. Parking is congested with dining attendee's compete for parking with customers shopping at Saint Vincent de Paul's store. The parking lot is shared and the situation is often unsafe (photo's available).
I would like to create a dining hall closer to mass transit with parking for those wanting a hot meal. While teaching servers health department food service science in a partnership with the State health department. During hours when main meals are not being served Education students from SOU could help homeless kids with homework. And teach pc skills in a computer science resource center. Medical students attending OHSU could provide medical services to anyone needing first aid or medical attention. Kids of all ages could socialize in the safety of others visiting such a center. One location for such a center in Medford might be the old Circuit City building.
I am clueless as to how to launch such a project or where to go from here. I do know with fuel costs soaring a dining hall closer to all it serves would serve the Medford community very well. And remove the need for a 3 block walk from Table rock road to eat for those that find the walk difficult. The location I suggested is closer to Providence Hospital, Police and Fire Department. Most important it is closer to the people it would serve and the mass transit they would use to reach it.
Great report but highly recommend that it would have been better to share demographic data for greater Portland region (Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill and Clark counties). Broad cross-section of data and we should be encourage regional as well as local look at this.
Additionally, there is a huge need in terms of cross-cultural mentoring by helping key identified emerging leaders to learn how to navigate and weave along cross-cultural lines to build broader community to build deep relationship for a better community that recognizes key values.
Need to better match private higher education and and OUS institutions to deal with these issues and break down silos. Publish data on who is doing what and award and recognize institutions that are doing well and provide leadership and training to those who are not.
Finally, need to get CEO level involvement in regional business community to bring financial and human resources to bear on this issue.
The lack of education and entrepreneurship, in the communities of color
is at a all time low.
Why!
1. Most people of color fail to get the right education
2. They dropout of school before graduating
The reason:
1. Low income, to no income
2. Children lack of eating breakfast before goin to school
3. Parents on drugs
4. Bad Game activeties
5. They are foster kids
6. Lack the ability to read and write
Hard to believe it's been a year already Jill! Glad you're enjoying it.
I have long wanted to work in a position such as this. I have been on the receiving end of philanthropy as a former Director for a couple of different nonprofits. Currently, I am the chair for a nonprofit promoting women's role in leadership for peace called Women's Federation for World Peace. We are planning an event in March to bring together women from diverse backgrounds to cross a symbolic bridge of peace and reconciliation. I would love to invite you.
Please contact me at my email site.
Nadya Hinson
Thanks for the insight, Jill. The learning you're doing in your work sounds like fun.
Barb,
Thanks for your great work helping the Non-Profit Association of Oregon get established. I think this was a terrific investment that should pay dividends to a whole host of non-profits for years to come.
The Sitka Center also benefited from the "Our Ocean" work that you did and we hope to see the Marine Reserve/Marine Protected Area program succeed and expand in the future.
Best wishes in your new endeavors!
-Eric Vines
That was really awesome info. I tend not to follow our tech history as well as you do so this made for great reading. RIP indeed. It is funny how the unassuming guys are so anonymous and unknown and the in-your-face self-promoters are the ones most people know.
Natalie,
Thank you for your comment. Please use this form to contact one of our program officers about your inquiry: http://www.mmt.org/proposal-idea-feedback.
If you are wondering which type of grant your organization might apply for you can also check out our funding finder: http://www.mmt.org/funding-finder
I am a a member of SAMBA, a parent organization that supports the band program at our local high school. This year, the Sunset High School Band was invited to represent Oregon at the All-American Musical Festival in Orlando, Florida. Our total estimated expenditures (competition fees, transportation and shipping costs, hotel, airfare, etc.) total $108,700, of which we have raised nearly half. Students band members will be asked to fund their trip, and as a result, not all members are able to afford this. Here is my question, does the Meyer Foundation support endeavors to help offset costs of extra-curricular activities related to the arts?
Thank you for your time in reviewing this inquiry.
Natalie Mew
SAMBA member and volunteer
How lovely to find your gracious and kind comments waiting for me upon my return. I really appreciate your warm thoughts! If you are interested, here's a report on how my sabbatical went: http://www.mmt.org/blog/notes-sabbatical
Thanks again!
Marie - We all need time to re-connect with our essence - whether creatively, bodily, or to explore new intellectual fields - in an effort to make this journey meaningful. Thanks for the information on visual presentation. Enjoy your time off and your views through the hanging begonias!
Maureen Utz
Wow! What an inspiring blog! I think it is fantastic for MMT to offer such a wonderful opportunity to the team. I can't wait to hear all about your fitness/health journey. That's something I could certainly use some ideas on. :) I am also excited to hear about your learnings on infographics. I'm going to look into the books you suggested. Enjoy your rejuvenation time and good luck with the quilt show!
I love your articles and in particular, this one! Maybe we are kindred, at least in spirit. Your plan inspires me.... I did something similar a few months ago and it really made me set a new direction for my personal life. I completed the Eugene half marathon and realized that fitness can be fun and exciting... and at the very least personally rewarding... Good luck, enjoy yourself and take time to chop vegetables!
Go Marie go! Sounds like great plans. I hope the time is fabulous for you.
Enjoy it.
It's time you enjoy life after 15 years: Congratulation!
Marie,
Good for you! I just returned from 5 days camping at the coast and in the redwoods. The stars were fabulous. It was refreshing to get away and yet stimulating to return.
Diane Burt
Dear Doug,
Here is one idea: plant x-mas trees in freeway right of ways and convert a corresponding amount of the existing x-mas tree farms into sustainable forests or crop farms. There are many advantages to this.
I love this idea! Check out EngageOmaha.com for an example of another site that could spark ideas for yours.
I am sitting on my front stoop and up and down the block I can see homes among the 700 neighbors who have joined the Neighbors Forum that I run: http://e-democracy.org/se
Part e-mail list and part web space with Twitter and Facebook options, alll the things you seek have happened at one point on this many of our other forums. However, if we didn't embrace community life exchange on one side and have alternative spaces for more political exchange, I am not sure we'd attract the 15% of households in my area that we do.
Also, technology should only be a small part of your budget - inclusive often one at time outreach is needed: http://e-democracy.org/inclusion (low income, immigrant work)
Our community has some extremely talented thinkers when it comes to online and offline communities of practice and how to ensure that the participation is meaningful and the content well organized.
For example: John Smith: http://learningalliances.net/background/, Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz http://nexus.johnson-lenz.com:8080/jl/We3.nsf/Agents/Initialize?Open,
Justin Yuen http://www.linkedin.com/in/justinyuen, Anne Murray Allen http://linkd.in/kxno4W, Darcy Winslow:http://dswcollective.com/citizens/
Also, consider how the Oregon Benchmarks can be integrated into this project as a framework for organizing solutions related to actual data that is being tracked: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB/obm.shtml
It is a great project and I look forward to seeing it come to fruition.
Best regards,
Martin
We are here for your success!
Medford Oregon has a Saint Vincent de Paul dining hall at 2424 North Pacific Highway. It is reportedly open to everyone and opens around 10:30 am and closes at 2 pm. Handicap parking is limited, folks that don't drive must walk great distances to get to services offered as it is off the bus line several blocks. Parking is congested with dining attendee's compete for parking with customers shopping at Saint Vincent de Paul's store. The parking lot is shared and the situation is often unsafe (photo's available).
I would like to create a dining hall closer to mass transit with parking for those wanting a hot meal. While teaching servers health department food service science in a partnership with the State health department. During hours when main meals are not being served Education students from SOU could help homeless kids with homework. And teach pc skills in a computer science resource center. Medical students attending OHSU could provide medical services to anyone needing first aid or medical attention. Kids of all ages could socialize in the safety of others visiting such a center. One location for such a center in Medford might be the old Circuit City building.
I am clueless as to how to launch such a project or where to go from here. I do know with fuel costs soaring a dining hall closer to all it serves would serve the Medford community very well. And remove the need for a 3 block walk from Table rock road to eat for those that find the walk difficult. The location I suggested is closer to Providence Hospital, Police and Fire Department. Most important it is closer to the people it would serve and the mass transit they would use to reach it.
Thanks so much. This is exactly the sort of thing we like to share. Plus, I hope more folks start attending the awesome Tech For Good meetups.
Hi Jenifer, this is the best idea I have seen on this site- could you please send me the paper you describe? Thanks, Jay
Awesome post, Grant. Thank you for all the extra information; this is quite the ocean of resources. Hope to see you at the next meetup!