In this issue

• Survivor House: June 1
  
• Events Get Kids Insurance
  
• SustainableWorks: 100 Homes
  
• Multnomah Cluster
  
• Leadership Institute

Upcoming Events

Clackamas County Leaders Caucus
Thursday, April 15
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Clackamas Hills Oxford House (Women's House)
3521 SE Sellwood St.
Milwaukie, OR  97222

Spring Leadership Institute
Saturdays, May 1 and 8
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Peace Lutheran Church
2201 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland
Registration and More Info - click here

SustainableWorks Action Team
Monday, May 3
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Redeemer Lutheran
5431 NE 20th Ave. and Killingsworth, Portland

Health Care Action Team
Tuesday, May 11
7:00 - 9:00 PM
St. Charles
5310 NE 42nd Ave., Portland

Events Always Updated on MACG Website

IAFNW Regional Training

The Spring 2010 IAF Northwest Regional Training was held in Federal Way, Washington from March 7 to March 12.  Graduates of the Institute, pictured here, came back energized and ready to lead their institutions in relationship based organizing.  

From left to right: Terry Moe, Redeemer Lutheran (trainer), Cecil Denney, Lake Oswego UMC, Jean Gargan, St. Andrew, Wendy Hall, Redeemer Lutheran, Eric Carlson, Lake Oswego UMC, and Mary Nemmers, MACG (trainer).

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Walk of the Cross Photo Album

Many of MACG's Religious Institutions organize the Walk of the Cross annually on Good Friday.  Click here to view some photos from this year's walk.

Sister Alliance Wins Big on Local Food

The Greater Edmonton Alliance (GEA), MACG's Sister Alliance in the IAF NorthWest, just completed
a super successful multi year Local Food Economy campaign all about conserving land use for local food production. 

GEA turned out 500+ people to Edmonton City Hall on three separate occassions in the last 18 months.  All of their asks were included in the final version of the approved City plan.  Here are some videos and news articles related to their campaign:

• An Article in the Edmonton Journal
• An overview of their Local Food Economy campaign
• Video on their "Great Potato Giveaway" event
• A GEA Leader inviting turnout to the last City Hall event on You Tube

The National IAF will be holding its training from July 6 until July 13 in Downers Grove, IL.

Click here to view the flyer.

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June 1 Start of First Survivor House.  You can help furnish it!
Stan Aschenbrenner and Cecil Denney, Lake Oswergo UMC

Clackamas Cluster Leaders have set June 1 as the date to open the first Survivor House (for victims of Domestic Violence)  that will use Oxford Houses as a model.  

The house will be created so that six women will have a safe place to live and recover from a domestic violence situation. The house will enable eligible women to make the transition from Clackamas Womens Services to self-sufficiency.

After applying for and receiving a grant in December sufficient to fund the opening of such a house, leaders in Clackamas have been hard at work preparing for the opening.  

Preparations Clackamas Leaders are taking include: (Click to read more!  You could even help furnish the house!)

Healthy Kids Sign Up Events Result in Insured Children

The Health Care Action Team has helped 7 MACG institutions hold 10 Healthy Kids Sign up events, with the goal of spreading the word about newly available Statewide Health Insurance programs for children, and actually enrolling children in these insurance programs.

See the two stories below for on the ground reports of one of the most succesful events

At the forefront of this effort have been 5 MACG Certified Application Assisters, with 3 more trained at the end of March.  These Application Assisters have sent 15 applications, covering 20 children! 

More events are in the works...continue reading this article on the MACG website to find out about more sign up events and how you can help organize one!

SustainableWorks Prepares to Apply For 100 Homes

The SustainableWorks Action Team has been readying itself to apply for the neighborhood based Request for Proposals (RFP) from Portland's Clean Energy Works Pilot project, due out April 23.  If SustainableWorks wins this RFP, it would have enough funding to retrofit for energy efficiency up to 100 homes.  

Retrofitting homes will reduce carbon emissions from energy use, create jobs for workers performing the retrofits, and save energy costs for the home owners, MACG's "triple bottom line".  Read more here.

Multnomah Cluster Meeting Brings 13 Institutions Together to Discuss Action

Redeemer Lutheran Church hosted the now quarterly Multnomah County Cluster meeting on March 18.  Representatives from 13 out of 16 Multnomah County institutions were present.  

Rev. Melissa Reed set the tone for the meeting with a personal "power with" reflection, inspiring us all to continue our relational meetings. Click here to read the article.

Leadership Institute Coming Up!

MACG's Spring Leadership Institute for Public Life is just around the corner!  It will take place on Saturdays May 1 and May 8 from 9:00 AM -3:00 PM at Peace Lutheran Church in North Portland.  

We already have 20 people registred into the institute, and are looking for 20 more.  The deadline for signups is Thursday April 22, so don't delay in finding people in your institution and your life to register into this important basic training in organizing and public life!   

Registration information can be found here, and you can download a brochure here.  

For more information, don't hesitate to contact the MACG office, either via email or by calling 503-235-6474.