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WeShine designs, builds, and operates neighborhood-based micro villages that provide safe, transitional shelter with wrap-around services for Portland’s underserved, unsheltered adults as they prepare to become successful tenants in permanent, affordable housing.
We are getting ready to celebrate WeShine’s FOURTH Birthday! Can you believe it? And we built 2 more villages in this last year! Stay tuned for some fun ideas (starting next Wednesday May 21st - our official birthday) to support WeShine! This sweet little video was made by our awesome videographer @nicolecmichaelis
#weshinepdx #portlandtinyhomevillages #unhousedneighbors #solvinghomelessness #microvillages #alternativeshelters #ittakesavillage #thinkgloballyactlocally #pdx #4thanniversary
We are getting ready to celebrate WeShine’s FOURTH Birthday! Can you believe it? And we built 2 more villages in this last year! Stay tuned for some fun ideas (starting next Wednesday May 21st - our official birthday) to support WeShine! This sweet little video was made by our awesome videographer @nicolecmichaelis
#weshinepdx #portlandtinyhomevillages #unhousedneighbors #solvinghomelessness #microvillages #alternativeshelters #ittakesavillage #thinkgloballyactlocally #pdx #4thanniversary
We love @traumainformedoregon !! WeShine staff take their trainings and we are grateful to @oregonhealthauthority and @portlandstate for collaborating with the folks that make up their organization! Having a Trauma informed approach is central to our mission at WeShine.
#mayismentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #trauma #adversechildhoodexperiences #traumainformedcare #traumainformed #mindfulness #care #meetingpeoplewheretheyare #unhousedneighbors #solvinghomelessness
We love @traumainformedoregon !! WeShine staff take their trainings and we are grateful to @oregonhealthauthority and @portlandstate for collaborating with the folks that make up their organization! Having a Trauma informed approach is central to our mission at WeShine.
#mayismentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #trauma #adversechildhoodexperiences #traumainformedcare #traumainformed #mindfulness #care #meetingpeoplewheretheyare #unhousedneighbors #solvinghomelessness
May 7th is International Harm Reduction Day! At WeShine we believe in a Low Barrier, Housing First approach to helping folks get into our micro villages and into housing! We can’t help our unhoused neighbors if they succumb to overdose. Addiction is a mental health disease and folks who suffer from substance abuse deserve compassion and support and not judgement and abandonment. Harm Reduction=having supplies on hand and easily accessible: Narcan, Fentanyl testing strips, clean needles, wound care supplies!
Cute stickers from WeShine and our buddy @kevinmnye1 and @izzydrawsizzywrites !!❤️
#internationalharmreductionday #internationalharmreductionday25 #harmreductionsaveslives #hardreductionishealthcare #mayismentalhealthawarenessmonth #narcansaveslives #narcan #cleanneedlessavelives #unhousedneighbors #lowbarrier #housingfirst
May 7th is International Harm Reduction Day! At WeShine we believe in a Low Barrier, Housing First approach to helping folks get into our micro villages and into housing! We can’t help our unhoused neighbors if they succumb to overdose. Addiction is a mental health disease and folks who suffer from substance abuse deserve compassion and support and not judgement and abandonment. Harm Reduction=having supplies on hand and easily accessible: Narcan, Fentanyl testing strips, clean needles, wound care supplies!
Cute stickers from WeShine and our buddy @kevinmnye1 and @izzydrawsizzywrites !!❤️
#internationalharmreductionday #internationalharmreductionday25 #harmreductionsaveslives #hardreductionishealthcare #mayismentalhealthawarenessmonth #narcansaveslives #narcan #cleanneedlessavelives #unhousedneighbors #lowbarrier #housingfirst
Sweet St. Andrew’s Village is ready for community meals, and meetings, and morning coffees, and game nights! We are now taking sign ups for St. Andrew’s meals for Thursday night village council meetings! Check our link in bio!
#communitymeals #feedingthehomeless #weshinepdx #weshinemicrovillage #unhousedneighbors #volunteercooking #ittakesvolunteers #unhousedneighbors #northportland #alternativeshelters #multnomahcounty #meetingtable #gamenight
Sweet St. Andrew’s Village is ready for community meals, and meetings, and morning coffees, and game nights! We are now taking sign ups for St. Andrew’s meals for Thursday night village council meetings! Check our link in bio!
#communitymeals #feedingthehomeless #weshinepdx #weshinemicrovillage #unhousedneighbors #volunteercooking #ittakesvolunteers #unhousedneighbors #northportland #alternativeshelters #multnomahcounty #meetingtable #gamenight
The villagers from WeShine’s Parkrose Village were treated to an outing at @owlandbeeclayco Art soothes the body and soul! Working with clay is tactile and satisfying!
#unhousedneighbors #artishealing #clayart #artstudio #weshinepdx #sculpture #ceramics #healingfromhomelessness #transitionalshelter #microvillages #weloveart #pdxart #artsinoregon
The villagers from WeShine’s Parkrose Village were treated to an outing at @owlandbeeclayco Art soothes the body and soul! Working with clay is tactile and satisfying!
#unhousedneighbors #artishealing #clayart #artstudio #weshinepdx #sculpture #ceramics #healingfromhomelessness #transitionalshelter #microvillages #weloveart #pdxart #artsinoregon
Research shows a staggering number of unhoused folks also are surviving with a mental illness. We also know that the trauma from homelessness most likely stays with people forever. We need better access to mental health care for EVERYONE! We hope to shine a spotlight on the connections with homelessness and mental illnesses this month!
#homelessnessandtrauma #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mayismentalhealthawarenessmonth💚 #therapyworks♥️ #medicationworks #traumainformed #traumainformedapproach #unhousedneighbors #solvimghomelessness
Research shows a staggering number of unhoused folks also are surviving with a mental illness. We also know that the trauma from homelessness most likely stays with people forever. We need better access to mental health care for EVERYONE! We hope to shine a spotlight on the connections with homelessness and mental illnesses this month!
#homelessnessandtrauma #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mayismentalhealthawarenessmonth💚 #therapyworks♥️ #medicationworks #traumainformed #traumainformedapproach #unhousedneighbors #solvimghomelessness
We are having a WeShine Villager Alumni Picnic! Our former villagers who have moved into housing inspire us to continue this work: building and maintaining neighborhood micro-villages with wraparound support for some of the most underserved in Portland’s unhoused community. Reach out by text to 971-610-9524 or DM us for more details!
#picnicinthepark #pdx #portlandwaterfront #unhousedneighbors #housing #housingjustice #housingadvocacy #microvillages #weshinepdx #ittakesavillage❤️ #community #support #transitionalshelters #alternativeshelters #jointofficeofhomelessservices
We are having a WeShine Villager Alumni Picnic! Our former villagers who have moved into housing inspire us to continue this work: building and maintaining neighborhood micro-villages with wraparound support for some of the most underserved in Portland’s unhoused community. Reach out by text to 971-610-9524 or DM us for more details!
#picnicinthepark #pdx #portlandwaterfront #unhousedneighbors #housing #housingjustice #housingadvocacy #microvillages #weshinepdx #ittakesavillage❤️ #community #support #transitionalshelters #alternativeshelters #jointofficeofhomelessservices
Our amazing Avalon Villagers have been planting up a storm. Our unhoused neighbors value the same experiences as housed folks do! It’s important to them to create spaces with natural beauty around their pods and to watch plants and flowers grow. WeShine is grateful for our community partners who help make our micro-villages warm and inviting with murals and gardening boxes. We are grateful for our villagers’ eagerness to participate in garden activities!
#unhousedneighborsneedgardens #gardeningrelievesstress #plants #nature #flowers #weshinepdx #microvillages #springinpdx #hosfordabernethy #laddsaddition #solvinghomelessness #gardening #soil #getyourhandsdirty #portlandfriendsofcommunitygardens #gathermakeshelter
Our amazing Avalon Villagers have been planting up a storm. Our unhoused neighbors value the same experiences as housed folks do! It’s important to them to create spaces with natural beauty around their pods and to watch plants and flowers grow. WeShine is grateful for our community partners who help make our micro-villages warm and inviting with murals and gardening boxes. We are grateful for our villagers’ eagerness to participate in garden activities!
#unhousedneighborsneedgardens #gardeningrelievesstress #plants #nature #flowers #weshinepdx #microvillages #springinpdx #hosfordabernethy #laddsaddition #solvinghomelessness #gardening #soil #getyourhandsdirty #portlandfriendsofcommunitygardens #gathermakeshelter
Contact us at info@weshinepdx.org
