WELCOMING, EMPOWERING, SAFE HABITATION INITIATIVE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT
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.
Read our most recent newsletter here.
Our hard working staff and amazing contractors are finishing up the final touches for villagers to move back in this afternoon! This has been a phenomenal 2 months of coming together and incredible dedication. We hope the neighborhood loves our new Parkrose Community Village as much as we do. We want to thank again our friends at @soundfoundationsnw @lmcconstruction Christianson Electric, our amazing team at @multco_hsd and as always @parkrosecommunityucc
#microvillageshelter #weshinepdx #homelessservices #parkrosepdx #unhousedneighbors
We center people who are too often pushed to the margins: LGBTQIA+ community members, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, older adults, and people with disabilities.
Because everyone deserves a safe place to land — especially those who have faced the most barriers getting there.
Happy Pride from all of us at WeShine. 🌈🏠
#weshinepdx #pride2026🏳️🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #Portland #2slgbtqia #unhousedneighbors
🖤 Today we honor Juneteenth — a day of freedom, resilience, and celebration.
At WeShine, our work is rooted in the belief that everyone deserves safety, dignity, and a place to call home — and we recognize that Black communities have long been disproportionately impacted by housing instability and homelessness in our city and beyond.
Today and every day, we celebrate Black joy, Black resilience, and the ongoing work toward true freedom and equity for all. 🖤✊🏿
#Juneteenth #BlackJoy #HousingJustice #weshinepdx #Portland
Support our GoFundMe at our link in bio!
#unhousedneighbors #solvinghomelessness #microvillages #solvinghomelessness #ittakesavillage
Our sweet new and improved Parkrose Community Village is getting put together beautifully. Our villagers are moving back in next week! This lovely melange of colors will be so welcoming! Again we HAVE to shout out @soundfoundationsnw and @lmcconstruction for their support.
We still, however, are in a shocking funding deficit for the upcoming fiscal year due to cuts from Multnomah County and we could use some extra help from our WeShine family and friends out there! We know you love our model and believe in our mission! We have created a GoFundMe to help make sure our new village has what it needs for our participants to thrive. Go to our bio and find the link 🔗 for our GoFundMe! Whether you donate $10 or $100 today you are heroes!
#unhousedneighbors #homelessservices #microvillage #nonprofitgofundme #gofundme
Young people shouldn’t have to choose between being themselves and having a roof over their heads.
At WeShine, we believe everyone deserves a safe, dignified place — full stop. 🏠
#pridemonthpdx #pridemonth2026🏳️🌈 #homelessness #weshinepdx #housingjustice
Come see Ollie (the best boi ever!) and Krysten (the best Deputy Director ever!) at the wonderful @fostersummersoiree We’ve got stickers, pens, and info on ways to support our mission to help our unhoused neighbors! Today, June 13th, til 6! @fosterpowellna
#fostersummersoiree #fosterpowell #weshinepdx #nonprofitorganization #weshinepdx
WeShine has had an amazing 5 years! We are incredibly proud of our three beautiful villages. But here is the hard truth: the public funding environment for homelessness services is under real pressure right now. And like many nonprofits doing this work, we’ve had to absorb costs our budget wasn’t built to carry. We’ve done it because the alternative was to slow down work that simply can’t wait, but it has left our administrative reserves thinner than they should be.
We’re turning to our community because you’ve always shown up for us. Check our bio links to find the GoFundMe link!
Your gift today goes directly toward keeping WeShine strong, covering operating needs, protecting the capacity we’ve built, and ensuring that when the next opportunity arises to expand or improve our services, we’re ready to seize it. A healthy organization is the foundation everything else rests on.
#homelessservices #gofundme #unhousedneighbors #weshinepdx #microvillageshelters
