Portland Area Civic Education and Training Resources



	There are many nonprofit, volunteer, public and educational organizations that provide training and education for citizens.  The following list was compiled through the online survey conducted during June and July, 2007.  It should not be viewed as a comprehensive directory.  It was clear through the survey and interviews that certain organizations come up repeatedly, including TACS, Western States Center, Office of Neighborhood Involvement, and Southeast Uplift.    However, the survey was not a scientific sample, so only represents the most known organizations to the activists and practitioners that were surveyed.  
	Several of the organizations, such as TACS and Western States Center, are training institutions.  Others, such as the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI), provide training, but is not their primary mission.  It was also clear from the survey that there are membership organizations and coalitions that provide training and technical assistance to their members, but not necessarily to the general public.  The Community Development Network, the Coalition for Livable future, and Business for Culture and Arts fall in this category.  Also, some organizations provide civic education in a variety of forms, such as City Club?s Friday forums and book discussion groups.
	

American Leadership Forum			http://www.alfo.org/


Audubon Society of Portland			http://www.audubonportland.org/	
			
Basic Rights Oregon				http://www.basicrights.org/ 

Bicycle Transportation Alliance			http://www.bta4bikes.org/ 

Business for Culture and Arts			http://www.nwbca.org/

City Club of Portland				http://www.pdxcityclub.org/ 

Citizen Involvement Committee
Multnomah  County				www.co.multnomah.or.us/orgs/cic/ 
					
Citizens for Oregon's Future

City Repair					http://www.cityrepair.org/wiki.php 

Citizen Academies, Police
Portland			www.portlandonline.com/police/index.cfm?c=32121 
FBI				http://portland.fbi.gov/outreach.htm

Classroom Law Project				http://www.classroomlaw.org/ 

Coalition for a Livable Future			http://www.clfuture.org/ 

Community Development Network 
						http://www.cdnportland.org/cdc_guide.html 


Diversity Leadership Institute
				http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=45147& 

Ford Leadership Institute (Roseburg)
						http://www.tfff.org/ 

Hands on Portland				http://www.handsonportland.org/ 

Institute for Nonprofit Management			http://www.inpm.pdx.edu/ 

League of Women Voters				http://www.lwvpdx.org/ 

Multnomah County Library			http://www.multcolib.org/ 

Marylhurst College				http://www.marylhurst.edu/ 
		
Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good		http://www.macg.org/ 

National Charrette Institute (in Portland)		http://www.charretteinstitute.org/

Neighborhood Emergency Response Training	www.pdxprepared.net/forum

Northwest Earth Institute			http://www.nwei.org/NWEI/Home.html 

Office of Neighborhood Involvement		http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/

Office of Sustainable Development		http://www.portlandonline.com/osd/ 

Oregon Action 					http://oregonaction.org/  

Oregon Bus Project				http://www.busproject.org/  

Oregon Campus Compact				http://www.oregoncampuscompact.org/  

Our United Villages 				http://www.rebuildingcenter.org/  

Portland Business Alliance 			http://www.portlandalliance.com/  

Portland Community Media			http://www.pcmtv.org/ 

Southeast Uplift					http://www.southeastuplift.org/  

SOLV							http://www.solv.org/ 

Stand for Children 				http://www.stand.org/or/   

TACS							http://www.tacs.org/  

Volunteers of America				http://www.voaor.org/  

Western  States  Center			http://www.westernstatescenter.org/  

Whitefeather Catholic  Worker  House		http://portlandcw.org/  



Diversity and Civic Leadership Academy classes

Basics of City Government
Cross-cultural Movement Building and Conflict Resolution
Introduction to Community Organizing
Issue selection and Campaign Planning
Media Planning
Politics of Oppression
Power Analysis


Office of Neighborhood Involvement and Coalition Classes, 2006-07

ABCs of land Use
Building diverse neighborhoods, leadership and organizations
Dealing with challenging people
Empowering your organization through media
Getting online: creating an online strategy for your organization
Getting the word out: promoting your organization
How to be a chairperson
How to get that grant
Lobbying for change at the State Capital
Making city hall work for you
Organizing the GIG neighborhood event
Organizing to Win: building an issue campaign for your neighborhood
Volunteers: the heart and soul of an organization