30 august 2010
If you’re near a radio at 6:30 tonight, tune in to KBOO (90.7 FM) to hear our own Anne O’Malley discuss re-entry issues. If you can’t listen live, check the "Prison Pipeline" show page for a link to listen online.
29 august 2010
Join us September 6 for the Hands Across the Bridge annual National Recovery Month event, where Anne O'Malley will be one of a group of speakers.
5 august 2010
Did you catch the quick mention in the Portland Business Journal about the Connecting Communities Coalition for the support they’ve received from The Standard?
24 may 2010
Anne is currently working on draft legislation with the Governor's Re-entry Council that would increase support for our fellows coming out of institutions back into the community.
21 may 2010
Anne will be taking on the role of Chair for the Public Policy Committee for the Connecting Communities Coalition. (Be sure to check out the Coalition's new Website at www.thecccoalition.org.)
13 may 2010
Mercy Corps Northwest is hiring a full-time Administrative Assistant for the Re-entry Transition Center. Click here to read the full description or to apply. Good luck!
29 april 2010
Libbi recently became Chair of the Marketing Resource Team for SVP Portland and is working on projects with Listen to Kids and Portland Reading Foundation.
23 april 2010
A little ink for our client PHC and Connecting Communities - the CC 2009 Event and Coalition were featured in the April edition of NISH Workplace. Click here to read the article. We look forward to bringing the same success to CC 2010!
19 november 2009
A product of CC09, the Connection Communities Coalition Coalition held its first meeting tonight. Learn how you can become part of the Coalition or follow its activities on the CC Coalition blog.
9 november 2009
Did you miss the inaugural Connecting Communities event? Check out photos and video of the event. You can also connect with CC on Facebook.
3 november 2009
ROAR Partner Harry Olsen of PHOENIX Rising Transitions got some ink recently - check out the article here. We love working with those who do good work.
1 november 2009
A big THANKS to Myhre Group Architects for donating seven PCs and nine monitors to the ROAR Transition Center. Myhre Group's generosity is making it possible for the RTC navigators to be even more effective in their work.
13 october 2009
Only two more days until Connecting Communities 2009! Read the article at OregonLive.com to learn how this event is helping to bring disability groups together.
5 october 2009
The ROAR Transition Center (a re-entry program) was featured in The Oregonian today. Read the article here.
30 september 2009
The new Portland Commission on Disability has been unveiled; both Anne and Joe VanderVeer were appointed as Commissioners. Learn more about the commission at the City of Portland Web site.
8 august 2009
Anne had the great pleasure of serving as a semi-finalist judge at The Bite's Iron Chef Oregon competition. She ate, drank and judged right next to Chef John and his lovely wife Sandy who run the exquisite French Italian restaurant, Newmans at 988, in Cannon Beach.
22 july 2009
Anne recently had the pleasure of moderating a legislative panel for the Columbia Corridor Association and, with any luck, befriended Senators Monroe and Anderson.
21 july 2009
Joe VanderVeer has recently joined us. We’re looking forward to putting his computer, design and writing skills to good use.
15 june 2009
More re-entry work news: in June, our own Anne O’Malley and Doug Cooper of Mercy Corps Northwest gave the keynote speech at Irvington Covenant CDC's annual dinner. Anne spoke about second chances, the state of our corrections system and a better way to work with those trying to re-gain entrance into our communities. Doug introduced the ROAR Alliance (Re-entry Organizations and Resources), a collaboration of 45 agencies, companies, and community organizations working on the re-entry continuum. The ROAR Alliance, chaired by Doug and Anne, has been meeting now for more than two years.
2 june 2009
Libbi Loseke Winter is an active member of Social Venture Partners Portland and recently finished creating a marketing plan for SVPP Investee, the Child Care Improvement Project with a team of SVPP Partners.
15 may 2009
The ROAR Transition Center (RTC), created by the ROAR Alliance, has been awarded a coveted United Way Community Investment grant and will open on August 17. The RTC will use national evidence based practices to run a re-entry transition center for our folks who are coming out of institutions wanting to start a new life in our community.
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