andrewfeil

I am back. You may not have known, but I took a 9-week sabbatical. Wanted to share publically a couple of reflections, learning lessons, and some takeaways.

General Reflections:

Just want to start off with a big thank you. This sabbatical could only be possible because of the staff, board, and community that supports ENP. This is a new practice for us as an organization and the first time for me. Because of such a professional, knowledgeable, and trustworthy staff, I could leave knowing that things would be handled. Thank you.

The 1 sentence summary is… that I had a lot of fun with my family, deepened the focus on my marriage, learned more about myself, and put into place some spiritual practices that can help anchor me in the next season of work at ENP and life in general.

Join ENP in celebrating Juneteenth with LivingUNDIVIDED! Join us Monday, June 20, 9:00-10:30am.

Juneteenth is a symbolic representation of the change that can be made when we come together. We celebrate and recognize the important place it has in our national history and on our federal calendar because we know God’s heart for Jubilee.

The time for action is now! LivingUNDIVIDED Summer and Fall cohorts aren’t too far off and this is the time for you to be the hero your community needs. Use your influence to rally some people together for the LivingUNDIVIDED or WorkingUNDIVIDED experiences. When you’re interested in talking to someone about hosting a cohort, let us know. My team is at the ready to walk alongside you as you lead others toward racial healing, solidarity and justice.

A Note from the Executive Director

In those brief check-in conversations, I have with people in the hallway, I am often asked, “How is ENP? What have you all been up to?” Honestly, I haven’t gotten better at summarizing our work to a 1 to 2 sentence response. There is so much to say! 

How do you summarize the impact of hundreds of literacy mentors who support kids’ educational and emotional development? How do you summarize residents beginning to know themselves and the power and knowledge they have to change their communities? How do you summarize the numerous church, CBO, and other partners we have worked with around Trauma/Resilience, Digital Equity, Land Use Planning, Church Equipping, and/or Racial Justice? Sometimes all I can say is, “We have an amazing team and great partners and the work is going well.” 

I hope as you scan this report that you get a sense of all that has happened, that you see the work being done and the reason your support and investment in ENP is worth every penny. Thank you for partnering with us to activate our schools and neighborhoods! 

Table of Contents

• Financial Snapshot
• Literacy Mentoring
• Recreational Resilience
• Neighborhood Development
• Neighborhood Health and Wellness
• City-Wide Equipping

A Note from the Executive Director

Every way that I would start this report could sound silly and trite. Let me just say that 2020 was radical. 2020 was a year of transition for ENP.

• Moving from our founder, Artie Padilla to myself.
• This year moved us into new spaces like food distributions and virtual engagement.
• As a staff we have been focused on growing in our understanding of how Trauma affects the families in our neighborhoods AND how we become more resilient to the daily stress of poverty and all of its results.
• This year as a team we had to put into play a lot of those strategies for ourselves and our organization.

I am proud to say that we have come through it. Here is our reflection on 2020. We are grateful for your support and belief in this work.

Hello ENP Friends, 

I know for some COVID has really be a slow season, but for ENP things have ramped up! We have pivoted and have learned new skills and competencies, but all centered our some of our core ways of being.

We connect others.

We support our churches and community to volunteer.

We share information that helps others.

As we wrap up January we wanted to give you an update of some of the events that we are a part of or some resources that have been shared with us.

Thank you so much for your support in this new year. Your support means the world to us! If you want to give financial you can give online today!

If I can help you or connect with you please let me know!

UPCOMING EVENTS

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

FUSD FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS – NOW THRU MAY

ENP is continuing Food Distributions at FUSD school sites in partnership with the Central California Food Bank, Fresno Unified School District, and many churches and community volunteers!

If you would like to volunteer at a food distribution, visit Serve Fresno to sign up.

DIGITAL LITERACY CLASS – FEB 8TH

One of the issues that has become very clear during this COVID pandemic is that not everyone has the say level of Digital Literacy or Education. As we have helped over 100 kids be matched with mentors we have recognized that many of our church and community members would like more training. ENP is hosting a class starting February 8th.

If you would like to sign up please text Digital Literacy or Alfabetización Digital to 559-423-0624.

Ongoing

PROMOTORAS

Three Neighborhood Fitness Instructors are currently being trained to become Promotoras, also known as Community Health Workers. These Community Health Workers will serve as liaisons between health educators, communities, social services, and other healthcare professionals. To put what they are learning in action and support the community, they are kicking off a weekly Women’s Support Group on Fridays. If you or someone you know would like to join email jennifer@everyneighborhood.org.

INFORMATION TO SHARE

Fresno County Food Map

Looking to point people to food distributions around you? Or looking for food yourself? Thanks to Bitwise Inc and Shift3 Technologies and the COVID-19 Fresno County Food Group we built a map that has every food distribution in Fresno County that we know of on it. This is an INCREDIBLE resource. You can also embed it on your org/church website! Visit fresnocountyfood.org

CBO CALL – Bi-Weekly

If you want a bi-weekly dose of COVID-19 Health Updates and to learn about the latest topics that are affecting Fresno County join the Fresno County CBO Call.