Sunnyside Neighborhood Association
Helping connect neighbors through events and information in Portland's Sunnyside Neighborhood.
Q&A with Vincent Dawans and Kim Alter If you’ve recently seen a tall dark-haired man circling SES with a garbage bin and a shovel, or throwing Metro bags into the back of a truck, you’ve spotted Vincent Dawans. Vincent joined the SNA’s Community Safety & Livability Committee in December 2020. Having spent much of his … Continue reading “Getting to Know Your Neighbors”
The SNA Community Safety & Livability Committee is now known as the SNA Community Care Committee–SNACC! Bring a snack to SNACC and join us to talk with Andy Miller, Executive Director of Human Solutions. Human Solutions is a nonprofit corporation that provides affordable housing, employment development and safety net services to ensure that low-income families … Continue reading “Community Care Committee Meeting, March 18, 6:30pm”
January is a great time to clean out your closet—and your basement. What still brings you joy and what can you pass along to someone less fortunate? The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association encourages you to donate lightly used and even some new items for our Winter Gear Drive. People who are living outside, in particular, need … Continue reading “Sunnyside Winter Gear Drive for our Houseless Neighbors”
We as a neighborhood association have been wrestling with the houseless crisis in our neighborhood more urgently since the camp at Sunnyside Environmental School has gone up over the past few weeks. We realize and fully understand that the location of this camp is not ideal for a variety of reasons, not the least of … Continue reading “Update on Sunnyside Encampment”
Q&A with Vahid Brown As one of the founders of Hazelnut Grove, the houseless village at N. Interstate and N. Greeley, Vahid Brown knows a thing or two about advocating for Portland’s houseless population. For the past five years, he has worked as the Housing Policy Coordinator for Clackamas County’s Department of Health, Housing & … Continue reading “Getting to Know Your Neighbors”
