ENP News

A Pilgrimage South: A Up Close Reckoning with Our Nations History

“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.

Jason Spencer, ENP Board Member, John Perkins, and Grace Berg, ENP Staff
Grace BergA Pilgrimage South: A Up Close Reckoning with Our Nations History
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2022 Annual Report

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.


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Grace Berg2022 Annual Report
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How to Serve Your Community (No Matter Your Life Stage)

Developing a Heart of Service at a Young Age

Mary Avigliano knew when she grew up, she wanted to help others. As a child, Mary developed relationships with volunteers of local urban ministry organizations who left a life-long impact on her and her family.

“If it weren’t for a group of people who were passionate about urban ministry knocking on my family’s door when I was a kid, I wouldn’t be sitting here.”

~Mary Avigliano

In 2008, when Mary was a recent college graduate with a little extra free time, she became one of Every Neighborhood Partnership’s first volunteers.

Ashley GoldsmithHow to Serve Your Community (No Matter Your Life Stage)
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Entering 2023 with Applications from Isaiah 65

One way that Every Neighborhood Partnership lives out our value of being a Jesus-centered organization is by having devotionals during our staff meetings and retreats.  These devotionals include Scripture readings or other types of character or leadership development topics.

Isaiah 65:17-25 is a Bible passage that has long been a driving motivation for ENP’s work.  We commissioned the “In Fresno as it is in Heaven” artwork based in part on this passage (you can read more about it here) and at our Fall 2022 staff retreat, we examined those verses together. 

Gabrielle PicenoEntering 2023 with Applications from Isaiah 65
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Reimagining Community Land Use in Fresno

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

Reimagining Community Planning Academies: A Framework for Transformative Community Land-Use Education By Joe Schilling, Emily Bramhall, and Ananya Hariharan

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!

Grace BergReimagining Community Land Use in Fresno
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Marcel & Anthony’s Story: The Life-Changing Power of Mentorship

Many of us long to make a difference in our communities, but we’re frozen by inaction because we don’t know where to start.

“The most valuable thing you can offer someone is your time,” says Marcel Woodruff.

Over 12 years ago, Marcel felt a call to invest in the young people of West Fresno. He says he “didn’t have much to offer,” but he knew he could volunteer for one hour once a month on a Saturday morning. On one of those Saturday mornings, Marcel met a boy who would impact his life forever.


Ashley GoldsmithMarcel & Anthony’s Story: The Life-Changing Power of Mentorship
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In Fresno As It Is In Heaven

Not everyone ENP partners with comes from a faith background, but we all have a moral vision. We wanted to design something that represents the theological and moral vision of ENP.

The Biblical Story is really a story about two spaces: God’s space and humanity’s space. It is the Biblical Story of God’s mission and vision to reunite all humanity with Himself. In the Garden of Eden, God’s space and humanity’s space were one. But when sin and brokenness entered the world, those spaces separated. Injustice, pain, poverty, and disunity entered the picture.

Jesus is on a mission to bring them together once and for all. As an organization, we long for a city that reflects Jesus’ prayer: “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” 

Revelation 21 tells us that one day God’s space and humanity’s space will completely overlap.

As the Lord prayed, until the final vision becomes a reality, we get to work to see glimpses of heaven here in Fresno.


Thank you to Shelby King for bringing our vision of this design to life!  She can be reached at shelbyking.art@gmail.com

If you would like to purchase a full resolution print of “in Fresno as it is in Heaven,” for pick-up from our office, you can order it below.

andrewfeilIn Fresno As It Is In Heaven
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ENP is Hiring! Recreational Resilience Coordinator

Every Neighborhood Partnership is seeking a part-time or full-time Recreational Resilience Coordinator!

This role will: Manage, oversee, and expand Saturday Sports. Assist with other ENP School Support programming. Explore other recreational programming (such as recess support, sports camps, and play streets) as able.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

  • Coordinate and support the launching of new Saturday Sports Partnerships with church and community partners
  • Provide ongoing training and support to Saturday Sports site leads
  • Onboard new volunteers by facilitating orientations, scheduling, connecting to site leads, and managing processes
  • Monitor systems for program compliance and data collection (i.e. fingerprinting, background checks, volunteer applications, attendance sheets)
  • Manage Saturday Sports snacks/lunches, including overseeing food intern and any necessary paperwork, distribution, outreach, and follow-up
  • Purchase, organize, and distribute supplies for all Saturday Sports sites
  • Explore school site recess support options and train and coach volunteers/interns
  • Work with Extended Learning Coordinator to pursue new recreation curriculum at Saturday Sports and/or Read Fresno Afterschool
  • Ability to work Saturdays
  • Other duties as assigned 

See full Job Description for more info.

To apply, email your resume and cover letter to jenessa@everyneighborhood.org.

Desiree SedanoENP is Hiring! Recreational Resilience Coordinator
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