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Show your Support for SF: Volunteer for Public Works Week!

Join Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Supervisor Eric Mar and Community Clean Team as we clean and green San Francisco in District 1! Volunteers will work on tree care, landscaping and gardening projects, remove weeds and overgrown vegetation, paint over graffiti, and help clean up litter around the neighborhood. Lunch will…

NEN Member UPISF working to increase resiliency in SF

Introducing the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco; Bringing design skills for resilient, healthy life in the city. The NEN is excited to announce a new partnership with the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco who has provided training in resiliency design and specific techniques and strategies for sustainable living…

First Stop – Wellington – the “San Francisco” of the South Pacific

By: Daniel Homsey, NEN Director 6 months ago I had the pleasure of attending a meeting with Dan Neely, Senior Advisor of Wellington’s Office of Emergency Management. Dan was presenting his work at the Dept of Emergency Management in SF and I was eager to learn more about the work…

Free Public Screening of Trouble the Water

Fee: Free Public Screening Place: Park Branch Library, 1849 Page Street Date: May 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. – Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Join us for a community viewing of this astonishingly powerful documentary that takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on the screen. Incorporating remarkable home footage shot by…

Introducing Citidex: Putting the Neighborhoods at Your Finger Tips

The NEN, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, the City Administrator and the Dept of Technology are proud to launch Citidex - the City’s online rolodex for neighborhood groups. What is Citidex? Citidex is on an online database that inventories neighborhood & merchant associations from all over San Francisco…

Empowering Communities to be Safe Enough to Stay

Join NEN Director Daniel Homsey and Laurence Kornfield on a visual tour of the Safe Enough to Stay Exhibit at San Francisco planning and Urban Research Association. Under the leadership of Laurence Kornfield, Program Manager for the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety and the San Francisco Planning + Urban…

The NEN enters into a Strategic Partnership with the Bay Area Red Cross.

The Neighborhood Empowerment Network enters into a Strategic Partnership with the Bay Area Red Cross. At the core of the Neighborhood Empowerment Network’s values is the belief that neighborhoods which are well organized and rich with the capacity to steward themselves are optimally positioned to both respond and recover from…

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2March 23, 2012
Empowering Communities to be Safe Enough to Stay

Join NEN Director Daniel Homsey and Laurence Kornfield on a visual tour of the Safe Enough to Stay Exhibit at San Francisco planning and Urban Research Association. Under the leadership of Laurence Kornfield, Program Manager for the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety and the San Francisco Planning + Urban…
0February 21, 2012
FEMA Dep. Administrator Rich Serino on resilience in San Francisco

FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino discusses resilience in San Francisco and the cities growing role in disaster mitigation throughout the United States.
2January 4, 2012
A Visual Tour of the Ortega Branch Library

Join District 4 Supervisor Carmen Chu for a visual tour of the newly renovated Ortega Branch Library located in the heart of the Sunset District. After four years of planning, the newly finished library boasts LEED certification as well as a newly refurbished playground. Also featuring Michelle Jeffers, the San Francisco Public Library Public…

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0May 14, 2012
Show your Support for SF: Volunteer for Public Works Week!

Join Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Supervisor Eric Mar and Community Clean Team as we clean and green San Francisco in District 1! Volunteers will work on tree care, landscaping and gardening projects, remove weeds and overgrown vegetation, paint over graffiti, and help clean up litter around the neighborhood. Lunch will…
0May 10, 2012
NEN Member UPISF working to increase resiliency in SF

Introducing the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco; Bringing design skills for resilient, healthy life in the city. The NEN is excited to announce a new partnership with the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco who has provided training in resiliency design and specific techniques and strategies for sustainable living…
0May 1, 2012
The NEN Takes Its Message Abroad – New Zealand

Update: For more information on the NEN’s visit to Christchurch please visit this features homepage – Christchurch 2012 Message from the director: On Friday, April 27th, I left for a trip to New Zealand after being invited to present at the New Zealand Planning Institute’s National Conference. In addition to…
0May 1, 2012
First Stop – Wellington – the “San Francisco” of the South Pacific

By: Daniel Homsey, NEN Director 6 months ago I had the pleasure of attending a meeting with Dan Neely, Senior Advisor of Wellington’s Office of Emergency Management. Dan was presenting his work at the Dept of Emergency Management in SF and I was eager to learn more about the work…
0April 9, 2012
Free Public Screening of Trouble the Water

Fee: Free Public Screening Place: Park Branch Library, 1849 Page Street Date: May 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. – Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Join us for a community viewing of this astonishingly powerful documentary that takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on the screen. Incorporating remarkable home footage shot by…
0April 4, 2012
Introducing Citidex: Putting the Neighborhoods at Your Finger Tips

The NEN, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, the City Administrator and the Dept of Technology are proud to launch Citidex - the City’s online rolodex for neighborhood groups. What is Citidex? Citidex is on an online database that inventories neighborhood & merchant associations from all over San Francisco…