After 10 years in the church and parachurch space, Grace is excited to bring her understanding of ministry relations and communication skills to ENP. Grace grew up in Bakersfield, CA and is grateful to settle in and give back to the valley after some time away from it. After attending Cal State Channel Islands, she worked for Hume Lake Christian Camps, where she worked for Hume International, Hume’s ministry to missionary kids living and learning around the globe. Grace and her husband Matt, and their two daughters are loving living here in Fresno and are excited to listen and learn how to serve it. Grace enjoys walking with her family to their neighborhood ice cream shop, traveling, reading, and listening to podcasts.
“Learners Inherit the Earth.”
Center for Community Transformation
Are you working for a non-profit or community organization? Are you a leader in your congregation or ministry? Check out the Learning Leader Cohort, hosted by Fresno faith and community Leaders Dr. Randy White and Dr. H Spees. More information below!
We did a quick check-in with our donors to update them on our annual report, our departments, and where ENP is going from here. Check out the video recording below if you missed it!
Resources mentioned in the Recording:
During the pandemic, ENP Health + Wellness conducted a community needs assessment. We learned that community members had a lot of stress due to the transition of school and doctor’s appointments going virtual.
To help eliminate the stress, in 2020 ENP launched a Digital Literacy for adults in English and Spanish. This class teaches community members basic computer skills such as; Typing, Zoom and Microsoft Team, Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Google Translation, Youtube, email, and etiquette of electronic correspondence and messages.
The outcome of this class has been outstanding! Community members are able to attend zoom meetings/classes and are now able to help their children/grandchildren with their school work. We re-launched this class on March 1st and had 22 Spanish-speaking community members attend. We look forward to seeing these participants take control of their digital footprint and learn more about how they can engage online.
“There is no such thing as a painless repentance. “
Professor Ronald Potter
In February, I took a week long trip down to the South; Jackson, Mississippi specifically, to listen and learn and process with the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation, JVMPF. Today, JVMPF is run and operated by 3 of John Perkins children, who continue to carry the torch for their beloved activist father. If you are not familiar with who John Perkins is, he is long time civil rights activist and theologian, who for years has carried the torch of racial reconciliation and love go hand in hand. As he nears the end of his life at 93, his family runs trips for people like you and me to engage in a part of our nation’s history we would rather soon forget.
We have had an amazing 2022. Enjoy reading through our Annual Report to hear the stories and celebrate the victories as we have grown as an organization, hear from our Executive Director, and celebrate how we have grown our impact all over Fresno.
We have created a page HERE where you can interact with the amazing stories of impact we told over 2022.
If you are moved by what you read and see, please consider partnering with us as we work diligently to bring about a Fresno that serves every neighborhood.
“The gifts and the abilities are already there in the neighborhood. We know the next generation of leaders are there. So we start with blessing and we know that the Spirit moves.” – Andrew Feil
Every Neighborhood Partnership’s Executive Director Andrew Feil and Central Valley Community Foundation’s Director of DRIVE Initiative Artie Padilla shared with City Advance about the progressive and transformational work that ENP does in local schools, civic engagement, and residential neighborhoods with our volunteers and church partners.
Andrew and Artie explained how ENP has positioned itself as unique teachers, as its staff train churches and community partners to expand the vision and knowledge of transforming Fresno one neighborhood at a time. ENP does this in classroom settings, and also creatively through our Drive Tour.
This meeting was LOADED with resources and some incredible ideas for other organizations trying to reach their neighbors. City Advance has broken segments of the video into “chapters” so you can jump into the video at any point.
Want the notes from Andrew and Artie’s presentation? You can grab your own copy of their notes by clicking the button below.
Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) and its local partners are launching a community driven land use educational initiative, Fresno Community Land Use Academy (CLUA). Fresno CLUA aims to expand access and facilitate more inclusive engagement in Fresno’s land use and urban planning processes so that land development decisions benefit all Fresnans, especially those local residents who live in neighborhoods where land use decisions have caused environmental injustices. Housing, health and economic disparities are often based on location, race and income.
The attached article from the Urban Institute lays out the benefits and impacts to implement a Community Land Use Planning Academy, like Fresno CLUA. To learn more about the framework of Community Land Use Academies, read this article
Thanks to a grant from the Kresge Foundation and with technical support from the Urban Institute, ENP will spend the next year launching this new city-wide initiative. We are looking forward to witnessing the ways this will positively impact the environments of so many Fresno residents.
Stay tuned for more updates from Fresno CLUA!
