Verde Outreach
Verde engages community members, peer organizations, and policymakers about the connection between protecting the environment and building community. We do this by advocating and organizing with low-income people and people of color to drive environmental resources into their neighborhoods in response to existing needs.
What We Do
Our community engagement, education and organizing programming is designed to connect our community in unique ways while elevating the voices of low income communities and communities of color. Our vision is for communities to have the skills to advocate for changes that positively affect their families and build the next generation of climate leaders through connecting youth with nature in our after school programs.
Whether it’s teaching high school students about rain gardens or uniting neighbors to prepare for climate disasters, Verde’s organizing work seeks to build strong, resilient communities with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make an impact on our climate future.
Impact of Our Program
62
Low-income homeowners that have received a free rain garden/naturescape for their home to date
81
Number of Lideres Verdes Graduates to date
130
Number of youth served each year through Environmental Education programs
How We Do It
Supporting the leadership development of Cully’s Latine/x Community to grow collective power.
Líderes
Verdes
An after-school environmental education program that builds community through the outdoors.
Club
Aves
A program for low-income homeowners that installs naturescapes and rain gardens for free.
Verde Urban
Habitat
A contract-based initiative that serves as a vital bridge between local organizations, agencies, and underrepresented communities throughout the Portland-Metro region.
Community Engagement
Living Cully
In 2010, Habitat for Humanity Portland Region, Hacienda CDC, Native American Youth & Family Center and Verde established Living Cully, a long-term, community-based strategy to address multiple disparities in the Cully Neighborhood by concentrating environmental investments at neighborhood scale and braiding those investments with traditional community development resources. Together, these strong anti-poverty organizations are taking sustainability, the thing that Portland tries to do better than any other city, and turning it into a powerful tool to address the needs of low-income people and communities of color.
For more information, please visit the Living Cully website.
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Support VERDE
Verde needs your support to build climate resilience for our communities! By donating, volunteering, or spreading the word about our transformative work, you are helping us further our environmental justice agenda.