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Communications Committee

The Communications Committee is an operational committee charged with overseeing and enhancing communication with the board, the committee, the neighbors and the city. More specifically, the committee:

  • Solicits input from neighborhoods as to their communication needs.
  • Determines what communications resources SWNI currently has and how they can be improved.
  • Provides assistance with communication resources recommended to meet specific neighborhood needs.
  • Oversees the Web Server Subcommittee in the development of the SWNI website and supports the neighborhood websites as a communication tool.
  • Develops a “tool box” for neighborhood leaders that outlines resources and services available from governmental agencies in Portland.

View 2011-2012 Action Plan

Contact: Communications Committee Chair,  Sharon Keast (503) 246-0178 or email: communications@swni.org

We are looking for a new committee chair. If you have an interest in communications issues and would like to provide a valuable service to your community, please consider chairing the committee. It’s an opportunity to learn and enhance your job skills as well as connect with people in your community that have shared interests. Contact the office at (503) 823-4592 or email our Executive Director Sylvia Bogert, sylvia@swni.org or Sharon, communications@swni.org if interested. 

 

Meetings

Meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November) 7-9pm. November's meeting is the 5th Tuesday due to the holiday.

Location:  SWNI Conference Room at the Multnomah Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy.

Ways to get involved: Attend a meeting or volunteer to help maintain your neighborhood website or publish a neighborhood newsletter. Training provided.  An hour a month or more.

 

View 2012 Meeting Dates

 
Meeting Agendas and Minutes

 

Portland Community Media SmartAccess Partnership

Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc serves as a SmartAccess partner to Portland Community Media, providing use of PCM multimedia equipment at no charge to certified producers in southwest Portland.

Thanks to Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) and Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. Neighborhood Small Grant funding, we have partnered with Portland Community Media (PCM) to expand media opportunities that serve the technology and media education needs of underserved and under-supported individuals and interested community members. The SWNI Communications Committee uses grant funds to host media workshops that enable Southwest Portland community members to produce community media programming for PCM's cable channels, the internet, and live public events.

 

View videos produced by Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc PCM SmartAccess graduates:

 

Multnomah Art Center Mural

 

 

 

 

Neighborhood House Senior Food Box Program

 

 

 

 

Multnomah Village

 

 

 

 

Skatepark

 

 

 

 

Mix It Up Day at Jackson Middle School

 

 

 

 

Respecting Ethnic And Cultural Heritage (REACH) Part 1

 

 

 

 

Respecting Ethnic And Cultural Heritage (REACH) Part 2

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