NEN News

In this podcast, Alejandro Murguia, San Francisco’s new poet laureate, talks about his history as a poet and community activist, and his involvement with the acquisition of the building that is now Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. As the new poet laureate, Alejandro is charged with organizing events with various communities and youth at the San Francisco Public Library. Tune in to hear what else he has in store [...]

The Neighborhood Empowerment Network is a coalition of organizations from all sectors which are committed to supporting communities becoming safer, cleaner and healthier places to live and work. The NEN is honored to have Neighborland join this illustrious group. Born in the communities of New Orleans as they work together to rebuild their great City, Neighborland is now ready to bring its clean and simple platform for local idea generation [...]

The NEN is proud to announce the release of Resilientville, a brand new group exercise that helps communities see the power, and long term benefits, of inclusive decision making at the neighborhood level. Created by working group comprising of the City Administrator’s Office, the Dept. of Emergency Management and San Francisco State’s Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, Resilientville builds on the themes of FEMA’s “Whole Community Approach”, by offering [...]

On June 2, 2011, hundreds of people who are passionate about their communities – from local government to neighborhood activists to nonprofit leaders – will gather for Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp to connect with one another, grow their skills and expand the tools and resources they use to strengthen and enrich their neighborhoods. Boot Camp includes keynote presentations, more than 20 workshops and discussions, and interactive sessions where attendees get to [...]

The NEN and AII Release the First Episodes of NENtv’s KIOSK The Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN) and the Art Institute of California San Francisco have collaborated through the NEN University Academic Alliance to produce the first two NENtv episodes of “Kiosk”. Kiosk is a 30 minute broadcast quality TV show dedicated to elevating and celebrating the community building work that is happening in the neighborhoods every day. Each episode features [...]

As you’ve probably seen, we at the NEN have been more than a little busy recently. With my imminent departure for New Orleans, the recent Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp, NENfm’s big launch, and more, it’s been another action-packed month. Here’s the highlights… Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp 2010 The NEN was proud to be a partner at this year’s Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp, which featured dozens of speakers, workshops, a resource fair, [...]

The Neighborhood Empowerment Network has been invited to back to New Orleans to present its multi-sector collaborative approach to building stronger communities at the Recovery to Resilience Conference on August 26th, the eve of Katrina’s 5th anniversary. It’s fitting that we make our first presentation abroad in the Big Easy since in many respects the NEN would not be the initiative it is if it weren’t for the incredible people [...]

Over the last few years the Craigslist Foundation has produced a series of popular “boot camps” across the country. The focus of these events has been to build capacity within the non-profit community and increase its ability to achieve its missions.  Over time, the Foundation determined that, while of the highest quality, the boot camps were in some respects duplicating the work of a variety of organizations that were equally committed [...]

In our interactions with neighborhood groups across San Francisco, we at the NEN have seen time and time again how significant conversation is in community-building. Whether it’s building new relationships or sharing ideas, dialog is a critical part of making our neighborhoods better places. That’s why we’re excited to finally take the lid off our hitherto top-secret project: NENfm. NENfm will be a regular radio show, streamed via podcast here on [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to sit down and update you about everything that has been happening with the NEN.  Frankly, there’s so much happening it’s difficult to hit pause and scribe it down for your review.  So without further adieu… The NEN’s Website – Empowersf.org The website is without a doubt in its finest condition yet.  Thanks to the deft hands of our media director [...]