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Who We Are

We are a collection of leaders from faith and community-based institutions in Clackamas County. We gather together around the practices of community organizing to leverage our land and our resources for the purposes of the housing needs of our neighbors. 

We are rooted in the work of being anti-racist, of acknowledging that the land we are leveraging was first stolen from our indigenous siblings. We are working on understanding that fast and speedy work is never equitable work. We go slow to go far. We go slow to be equitable. We go slow to build a new way of building community. We work together so that all Oregonians might come home.

How We Work

All our work is built on our web of relationships. Here are our teams:

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We are made up of:
Core Teams

Each core team is a team of people from local organizations whose work is rooted in leveraging their resources (time, money, land) for the housing needs of our neighbors
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Our current Core Teams:
  • Oak Grove United Methodist 
  • Milwaukie Lutheran Church
  • King of King's Lutheran Church
  • Prince of Life Lutheran Church
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We are led by a: 
​Design Team 

This team helps lead, facilitate and strategize as our coalition engages the organizing cycle around the housing needs of our neighbors.

Design Team Members: 
  • Sara Gross Samuelson
  • Anna Hoesly
  • Heather Riggs
  • Jesse Christopherson
  • Grace Badik
  • Eleanore Hunter
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We work alongside: 
Co-Conspirators

Our co-conspirators are professionals from local direct service or community organizations whose expertise and position in the housing development world lends power to our process.

We are nested within
A broader coalition
Our local Clackamas Land and Housing Cohort exists within an even larger web called the Leaven Land and Housing Coalition whose work stretches across the PNW.

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Core Team Resources

NEXT COHORT GATHERING:
Jan 14th 6:30-8:30pm

Resources for Core Teams 

  • Core Team "Homework" Google Doc
  • One to Ones - Conversations as Sacred Encounter
  • December 10th Cohort Gathering Recording
  • Dec 10th Cohort Gathering Slides
  • ​November 12th Cohort Gathering Slides
  • Multnomah County Cohort's Page
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Resources for Land Genealogy Work:
  • Dr. Randy Woodley on the Doctrine of Discovery
  • The Disturbing History of the Suburbs - Adam Ruins Everything
  • History of Race in Oregon researc
  • Segregated by Design - Film by Richard Rothstein
  • Unsettling America
  • Native Land - reference of indigenous original territory
  • How Housing Policy History is Racist
  • Oregon Historical Society - "Why we are the way we are"
  • Oregon Historical Society's Digital Collections
  • Invasion of America - An Interactive Ma
  • Oregon Black Pioneers
  • Original Treaty with the Kalapuya Tribe

Email

storylinecommunity@gmail.com

phone

503.567.2100
  • A Community Collective
    • Clackamas Land and Housing Cohort >
      • The Housing Highway
    • Community Response to the Coronavirus >
      • Give to those hit the hardest
    • Anti-Racism Resources
  • A Community of Faith
    • Storyline Advent 2020
    • Longest Night
    • This Sunday's Gathering + The Ways We Gather
  • Our Story
    • Blog
    • Leadership
    • Our Values
  • Give
    • Giving Tuesday
  • Connect
    • Weekly Update
    • Coffee with a leader
    • Contact