Thing Big + Start Local + Be a Village
Have you ever felt simultaneously urgent and helpless about the things you care about?
Have you ever tried to speak out, but felt like your voice was a tiny echo bouncing wildly in the chaos?
You are in good company.
Somewhere along the way, many of us forget that we belong to our community and that our community belongs to us.
Something powerful happens when we remember...
When we walk outside our door. When we SEE our neighbors. When we find our people. When we find our voice.
Have you ever tried to speak out, but felt like your voice was a tiny echo bouncing wildly in the chaos?
You are in good company.
Somewhere along the way, many of us forget that we belong to our community and that our community belongs to us.
Something powerful happens when we remember...
When we walk outside our door. When we SEE our neighbors. When we find our people. When we find our voice.
Storyline Community exists as an organization because we made that discovery. We walked outside our door, and it changed everything. We learned to move closer to the needs of our neighbors through community organizing.
We help empower the voices of our youth, most recently to accompany them in saving the Wichita Center. We advocate for transitional housing & rental assistance at the county level. We creatively move closer to the needs of our neighbors and empower others to be part of something bigger than themselves: a community that all can call home.
If you want to join the pursuit of justice and goodness in your neighborhood, come talk to us. Or, read on below to learn about what we're currently doing and how you can be involved.
We help empower the voices of our youth, most recently to accompany them in saving the Wichita Center. We advocate for transitional housing & rental assistance at the county level. We creatively move closer to the needs of our neighbors and empower others to be part of something bigger than themselves: a community that all can call home.
If you want to join the pursuit of justice and goodness in your neighborhood, come talk to us. Or, read on below to learn about what we're currently doing and how you can be involved.
We are in a housing state of emergency.
Come be a part of the solution.
As community organizers, we listen. We often ask people who are doing good work in this community the question, "If you had the resources to change one thing in our community that would make the biggest impact on the most people, what would it be?" Right now, time and time again, we are hearing the answer "we NEED more housing".
Learn more.
Houselessness doesn't look like it used to or like we sometimes imagine it. Learn more through an engaging image-filled walk-through of our housing story and how it came to be. |
Be a part of the solution.
Storyline community has launched the Clackamas Land and Housing Cohort this fall. Learn about how we are impacting the state of our housing story, and how you can be involved. |
Be trained as a community organizer.
We partner with Leaven Land and Housing and other local organizers to offer training for those who want to learn how to make real change in their community. Community Organizing can look like small simple actions or giant ripple effects. It is a fantastic way to find your voice in your own community.
Partner with youth at the SE PDX Youth Collective
One of the surest ways to strengthen a community and support those on the margins, is to build a safety net of community for our families and kids. We have organizers helping build community with middle and high school students, encouraging them to connect with their neighbors and use their voice for change.