Blog
SW POWER’s ‘Walk n’ Roll’ Audits: Seeing the Vision for Southwest Fresno Revitalization
Southwest Fresno POWER (Partnership for Opportunity, Wellness, Equity, and Restoration) is a collaboration among stakeholding organizations and community members that represents a crucial investment in one of Fresno’s critical neighborhoods. Southwest Fresno (SWF) is a part of the city that represents the extremities of Fresno’s systemic historical problems, but also retains a vibrant advocacy landscape that ENP is proud to work within. In 2025, ENP specifically supported SW POWER by helping...
How Residents of the Tower Neighborhood are Shaping its Future
In decades of planning work, one planner said he had never seen so many people show up to a public meeting like this. The workshop was meant to gather public input on an update to the Tower District Specific Plan, a document that guides what can be built, preserved,...
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
Check out the various job openings and resources from ENP partners. First Presbyterian Church: Ministry Assistant for Children and Youth Part time Job Description Application Process: Send Resume/Cover Letter to jobs@fpcfresno.org by May 8 Updated 4/20/26 Trust...
Illuminate – Fall in Love 2026
Event Details: Apr 16, 2026, 06:00 pm PST - Apr 16, 2026, 09:00 pm PST Host: Every Neighborhood Partnership Attire: Evening Cocktail Attire Location: 1401 Fulton St, Fresno, CA 93721, USA, CA
Here’s a Glimpse of ENP’s 2024–2025 School Year Impact Report
At Every Neighborhood Partnership, we believe change begins when people show up consistently, with humility, and ready to walk alongside one another. Our 2024–2025 Impact Report tells the story of what can happen when neighbors come together with purpose....
A Letter From a Kid Learning to Read
This letter is inspired by countless stories we’ve heard from the children our Literacy Mentors work with. The name and details are fabricated below for privacy. Hi, My name is Moses. I’m in 2nd grade. I want to tell you something. At the beginning of the year,...
He grew up here. Now Dakari is shaping what comes next in Southwest Fresno.
Dakari Cleveland is a passionate community organizer in Fresno, with a Business Management degree from Miles College, serving as Membership Organizer at Power California, founding The Alley in the Valley to uplift Black entrepreneurs, and advocating for...
How a Dance Class Changed Her Life: Aleyda’s Story
Aleyda Hernandez was walking through her child’s school one day when she passed the cafeteria and noticed something unexpected, a group of women dancing. Little did she know, that dance class would be the start of a life changing journey. “I remember one day I saw...
Why take the Drive Tour? These two say it changed their perspective on Fresno.
“We are raising our babies, we are doing business here, and it’s important to get a full picture of what’s going on in our city.”Mary Avigliano When Mary Avigliano invited her friend and realtor partner, Wendelen Rodriguez, to take the Every Neighborhood...
Have you heard about SEDA? This development plan could redefine Fresno.
The Southeast Development Area (SEDA) is a proposed plan covering approximately 9,000 acres just outside of Fresno’s current city limits. SEDA outlines the creation of a large new residential and commercial community in the city’s southeastern sphere of influence....
How Giving One Hour at Saturday Sports Changes Lives
In too many neighborhoods, kids face real barriers to joy and safety on the weekends. Parks may be far away or unsafe. Parents may be working. Hunger and isolation become more common when school doors close on Fridays. Saturday mornings, which could be filled with...
We’re really better together. A Story of Partnership with Hector Chavez
In Fresno, transformation doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens when neighbors, churches, nonprofits, and local leaders come together to invest in the places they call home—and one another. This is reflected in the relationship between Every Neighborhood Partnership...
How to Become a Fresno Unified Vendor: A Guide for Community Partners
At Every Neighborhood Partnership, we believe in equipping community-based organizations to deepen their impact. One major opportunity we see is helping grassroots and faith-based groups become approved vendors with Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) — particularly...
Podcast
New Series Intro! The Neighboring Practices with Andrew and Grace
Check out the next episode of What’s Good in the Neighborhood! Grace and Andrew get us ready for our new series, The Neighboring Practice. What does it mean to be a good neighbor, not just a person who does a service project annually? The two discuss the social...
More Than Marketing: Storytelling that Transforms Communities, with Ashley Goldsmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ZXzMzOyy4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feveryneighborhood.org%2F Check out the next episode of What’s Good in the Neighborhood! In this episode, Ashley Goldsmith joins the conversation to explore what it means to...
Working Genius with Jeff Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16dGrz3usUg&list=PLk-cpzaG47hkL9lCuomNG39lSMYAgG-Z8 Check out the next episode of What’s Good in the Neighborhood! Andrew and Grace sit down with Jeff Jones from Fresno Pacific University to explore the Working Genius framework...
Reflections in Leadership with Artie Padilla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj7KEIHJqIs&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feveryneighborhood.org%2F Check out the next episode of What’s Good in the Neighborhood! Artie helped launch and lead Every Neighborhood Partnership over 17 years ago, and today is...
Looking Back and Looking Forward – Mid Year Reflection with Andrew and Grace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIPwn9LFUEY Check out the next episode of What’s Good in the Neighborhood! Andrew and Grace give a little update on the state of Every Neighborhood Partnership, their own personal leadership growth, and goals heading into the new...
Beyond the Bell: Why We Stayed: A Parent’s Perspective on Fresno’s Schools, with Melissa Danisi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chyXI-H9108&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feveryneighborhood.org%2F Check out the next episode of What’s Good in the Neighborhood! Melissa has every opportunity, blessing and resourcing laid out in front of her – she and...
Beyond the Bell: From Schools to Community Hubs: Fresno Unified’s Next Chapter, with Darrin Person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyNr3wKdtTk Check out the next episode of What’s Good in the Neighborhood! What exactly is a community school, and what is the benefit not only to the community but to the individual and family? Grace and Andrew sit down with...
Beyond the Bell: Creating Safe Schools Together with Erin Obwald
https://youtu.be/Aib6uNRxJDY Check out the next episode of What's Good in the Neighborhood! Erin Obwald joins What's Good today to chat through what it looks like to support a school outside the school. Erin runs an organization called Safe 2 School, which prioritizes...
Beyond the Bell: Intro Episode with Andrew and Grace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyitdiOdtDY Check out the next episode of What's Good in the Neighborhood! Our series Beyond the Bell is a deep dive on the dynamics, stories, and systems that shape our schools today. Whether that be test scores, socioeconomic...
SoulCare and Leadership: Staff Roundtable: When is it Selfish and When is it Self Care?
https://youtu.be/LnavtH2Z3dE?si=ZpQ2pFmPeNgavR-9 Check out the next episode of What's Good in the Neighborhood! Soul Care sounds really lovely until its gets real! So we thought we should sit down with some of our staff members about their own personal experience...
SoulCare and Leadership: Being a Leader with True Friends, with Victoria White
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-tYMr-P0_U&list=PLk-cpzaG47hkL9lCuomNG39lSMYAgG-Z8 Check out the next episode of What's Good in the Neighborhood! Can you lead AND have close friends? Victoria is a leader of leaders - she finds herself in spaces guiding and...
SoulCare and Leadership: Coaching from the Inside Out, with Jon Hand & Joyce Harrington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-B2HDDOHfY&list=PLk-cpzaG47hkL9lCuomNG39lSMYAgG-Z8 Check out the next episode of What's Good in the Neighborhood! An investment in your own leadership will not only grow you in your work, but also, more than anything, your personal...