Andrew Feil is a dedicated professional with a profound commitment to community transformation. As the Executive Director of Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP), Andrew is at the forefront of activating, equipping, and mobilizing community members, organizations, and institutions to drive positive change in Fresno.
A devoted husband to Denise Feil and a father of four boys, Andrew and his family call the vibrant Tower District of Fresno home. Beyond his leadership role at ENP, Andrew serves as adjunct faculty at Fresno Pacific University in the School of Humanities, Religion, and Social Sciences, bringing his wealth of experience to the academic sphere.
Andrew's educational background includes a Bachelor's degree from Fresno Pacific University and a Master's degree from Bakke Graduate University in Social and Civic Entrepreneurship. His diverse skill set, honed through years of experience, positions him as a dynamic force in community development.
Having transitioned from the role of Associate Director in 2015 to Executive Director in 2020, Andrew provides strategic leadership direction for ENP. He oversees the organization's partnerships, finances, and operations, ensuring its continued success in fostering positive community impact.
Passionate about leveraging existing community assets, Andrew envisions a future where everyone possesses the ability to be decision-makers, contributing to the creation of healthy and thriving neighborhoods. In addition to his professional pursuits, Andrew enjoys staying active, gardening, indulging in literary pursuits, and supporting the Los Angeles Dodgers and Liverpool Reds.
Before heading to various serve locations, students attended a brief rally where they were encouraged by faculty, March 12.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Fresno Christian HS and JH student body engaged in Serve Day, March 12. While JH stayed on campus to complete various work projects, all of HS packed up after first period, attended a quick rally before loading up in buses, and heading out to various different locations across the city to serve. Over 260 campus students participated in this year’s event.
Every Neighborhood Partnership was created 11 years ago to help connect, train, and mobilize our local churches and other community assets to actively serve, on a weekly basis, in our elementary schools and neighborhoods. At this stage of our work, we currently have 51 active partnerships in the 92 elementary school neighborhoods of Fresno.
Weekly you’ll see these volunteers in classrooms helping our kids learn how to read, engaging in recreational activities during recess, assisting in after-school programs, opening gates at schools on Saturday mornings so kids and adults can enjoy some fun, and working with residents as they serve and advocate for their own neighborhoods.
ENP believes that the core of a city’s health is the health of our youth, families, and neighborhoods. When it comes down to it, ENP is simply mobilizing our community so they can serve their very own neighborhoods.
As we’ve witnessed over the last few years, our national and statewide civic engagement and political norms seem to be deteriorating. Some would say it’s gotten out of control with negative messaging. Some say that’s our new normal. It now seems to be the way local politics is headed, less about how someone can be a local leader of positive influence and more about how horrible their opponent is.
andrewfeilArtie’s Thoughts on Measure P and Community Leadership
Every Neighborhood Partnership is partnering with the Luis Palau National group to create a six-month series that describes our work in the city. Below is the fifth post in the series from our Associate Director, Andrew Feil.
Last month, Jenessa Hefler broke down ENP’s Literacy Mentoring program. This month we will look at equipping the church and the diverse ways to empower disciples.
Education.
What mental image comes to mind? For most of us, it is the classroom. But what kind of classroom? Again for most of us, the students are in rows facing a teacher. Can I be so bold as to suggest that this model is a bit broken?
Sure it is what we know and for many of us who love and serve the church it is how we personally like to learn, but my time at Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) and in the city of Fresno has taught me three valuable lessons that I would love to share with you that will dramatically improve your training and equipping events.
Adults learn by interacting with ideas. (Pssst… don’t just lecture)
As we begin thinking about equipping the church and training the body of Christ to carry God’s redemptive message forward into our communities we have to be more thoughtful about the best way to do that. So a simple question. How do adults learn best?
andrewfeilLuis Palau Series 5: Equipping the Church, More Than Just a Bible Study
First off, we want to say thank you for being a part of our 2nd annual Fall in Love with Fresno Banquet. With 300 people in attendance and completely engaged in the evening’s events, it was a great night of sharing our story and hearing all the great things that God has done in our city!
It was a blessing to fellowship with our longtime supporters as well welcome new friends who will hopefully join in ENP’s mission to serve. We are truly honored to announce that through the kind donations of our sponsor’s, we were able to raise a total of $60,194!!! Through your giving, we were able to double the amount that we raised from last year.
We are truly grateful for all the support that we have received we know that great things are in store! To all of our sponsors, we want to say thank you for your kind contributions.
If you feel like you still want to contribute there is still time! Click here to donate and select 2018 Banquet and give.
On behalf of all the staff at ENP, we want to say thank you for all that you do to help fulfill the purpose that is before us.
If you would like to be a part of our next fall banquet, feel free to contact Javier Garza at: javier@everyneighborhood.org.
Play the Game!
Challenge your co-workers or family to a fun game about Fresno and the work that ENP does!
Apparently, Bob Nelson knows something about Fresno! 😉 Congrats on the win and the Fall in Love T-Shirt! You can buy your own here!
We showed this video during the Kahoot game, but we thought you might want to take a second look.
Neighborhood Development creates place-based strategies that lead to self-sustainability, empowerment, and leadership development with residents and strategic partners to positively impact their communities.
Discovering what people care about the most is the key to making our neighborhoods a healthier and better place to live!
Thanks for being a part of this work we can’t do it without your support!
Please join us for an evening celebrating the great work being done in our community. Our ten years of work has allowed us to build trust in the community, our churches, businesses, and other institutions. As we lean into our 11th year, we can reflect back and see that ENP looks different than it did at its inception in 2008. We are proud of that. As life changes, communities change, and therefore we glean a deeper understanding of our city. We hope with each passing year our community is in a better place to thrive, our kids are excelling and our families are healthier in many ways.
Please note that a percentage of this sponsorship will go to Eventbrite as a fee. If you would prefer that your full donation goes directly to ENP, select the payment by check option upon checkout or contact Javier Garza at (559) 908-3538 or email javier@everyneighborhood.org.
The heart and goal of ENP’s 20/Twentys are to give you a clear vision and the tools you need for serving our under-resourced neighborhoods. We design these to be interactive and engaging.
We will focus our large group time together around an exciting new initiative called Vision 22. Pastors Rici and Phil Skei will share about how they are working to connect churches across racial, economic and social lines together for the flourishing of our city.
Based on your feedback we are offering 5 different breakouts during 2 sessions:
Come to learn how to use some of the best tools & maps to discover what is going on in your neighborhood and how to make decisions based on real-world data!
This will be an interactive session so bring your computer or tablet!
Look for the ENP banner when you pull into Parc Grove.
Presenters :
Andrew Feil – Every Neighborhood Partnership, Associate Director
Joe Prado – Fresno County Public Health Division Manager
Germán Quiñonez – Every Neighborhood Partnership, Neighborhood Coordinator
This April ENP helped 18 churches throughout the Valley to participate in 125 different projects for Serve Fresno week. These are some of the highlights of the week! (videos produced by The Well & The Bridge)
One of the biggest challenges for low-income families with regard to literacy is the lack of access to books in the household.
61% of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children. That includes children and adult books! What we know is that the only measure that correlates significantly with reading scores is the number of books in the home. An analysis of a national dataset of nearly 100,000 United States school children found that access to printed materials—not poverty—is the “critical variable affecting reading acquisition.”
