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 [...]

Join Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell, the pick for this year’s One City One Book by the San Francisco Public Library as she describes her work and how it relates to disaster recovery efforts across the globe.

Lower Polk Neighbors, in collaboration with MOEWD, focus on establishing a positive street identity, supporting the arts and the artistic revitalization of the the area between Bush and Geary off Polk Street. Join the NEN for a visual tour of the first quarterly art walk and be sure to catch the upcoming walk on October 20th, 2011 from 6-10pm.

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 [...]

LaToya Cantrell, President of the Broadmoor Improvement Association, on the anniversary of the levees flooding New Orleans in 2005, shares with NENtv an update on the process of restoring her community and the Andrew H. Wilson School. Specifically she thanks the City and County of San Francisco for all of its support in helping secure funds and resources for her neighborhood. See more images from the NEN’s trip(s) to New [...]

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 [...]

Join NERT Program Coordinator Lt. Erica Arteseros and Advisory Board Member Lynn Jacklevich as they guide us through the 2012 City Wide Nert Activation Drill held at Everett Middle School in San Francisco. Everett Middle School – San Francisco, CA View Larger Map

The reasons an individual might take a permaculture course varies widely, but one thing most people have in common when coming into this realm is the desire to help in some way. It may be that they want to help with environmental issues or that they want to help build a stronger and more resilient community, or it might be they want to help their immediate family meet their needs [...]

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 for over 300 residents all over the city for the last 5 years and continues to offer training around town [...]

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 attending the conference, I will also be visiting cities with communities that are either recovering from a large earthquake or [...]