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.
This week’s Black Oregonian History Makers feature: Margaret Louise Carter.
In 1984, she became the first Black woman elected to Oregon’s Legislature. In 2005, she became the first African American to serve as President Pro Tempore of the Oregon State Senate.
Her legacy is also being honored in a very Portland way: M Carter Commons, a new affordable housing community in Overlook with 62 affordable, accessible homes for residents 55+.
Her name is also on the stunning Technology Building at Portland Community College! Have you seen her name around? Or maybe you have seen her out and about in the neighborhood in Northeast Portland?
✨ Who should we feature next? Drop a Black Portland history-maker in the comments.
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
#BlackHistoryMonth #oregonblackhistorymonth #margaretcarter #housingpolicy #weshinepdx
Why “Microvillages” you ask? The concept of “microvillages” is essential to WeShine’s specific model and mission! We want to change the narrative on what a homeless shelter can and should be: small, low staff/participant ratio, close in neighborhoods with great neighbors, businesses, jobs, resources and public transportation! WeShine stands for: Welcoming, Empowering, Safe, Habitation, Initiative with Neighborhood Engagement! ❤️🏡🚏🚐🌲🌲🌳
#unhousedneighbors #weshinepdx #microvillages #alternativeshelters #solvinghomelessness
Staff, board and our amazing PR consultant @bridget_jackson at @nexuspr_official celebrated the 2025 @giveguide last week with other great nonprofits! We love being able to participate in the Willamette Week Give!Guide! Looking forward to November!
#pdx #fundraising #weshinepdx #microvillages #solvinghomelessness
We are overjoyed to help spread the word about this amazing exhibition at @steloarts by our friends at @humansforhousingorg Please come join us at the grand opening of @dearportlandexhibit on February 7th from 11-3! There will be donuts, music, coffee and more! There is a link to RSVP in our bio!
#homelessnessinpdx #unhousedneighbors #humansforhousing #portlandoregon #weshinepdx
His words still ring true. We are grateful to have the access to Martin Luther King Jr’s words preserved for us and we are grounded in the messages he gave. At WeShine we know that there are policies that harm our unhoused neighbors and increase homelessness in our city! We strive for change and healing.
#drking #mlk #unhousedneighbors #portlandoregon #solvinghomelessness
Our 3rd issue of The Village View is out now! Click our link in bio to read it and sign up to receive it quarterly in your inbox! In this issue we report on our amazing year in fundraising, the Belonging Study we conducted with past and currant villagers and how to join our new Bright Circle of donors! And we highlight Jan’s article on “Making Sense of Our Continuing Homelessness Crisis”.
When you join our mailing list we invite you into our WeShine community. We all care about our unhoused neighbors, getting updates from WeShine helps us to feel like we are part of a solution!
#solutionstohomelessness #unhousedneighbors #portlandoregon #weshinepdx #portlandnonprofit
We are so giddy to start 2026 with such full hearts! We smashed our fundraising goal for the 2025 @giveguide
and we could not have done it without our business sponsors! They donated matching grants and gift cards for incentives to help us encourage folks to donate! We love you all and you are now officially a part of our WeShine family!
@laserbabespdx @psandqsmarket @myvicepdx @gadogadopdx @livingroomwinespdx @blackbirdwineshop @trebonepdx @portlandcenterstage and special thanks to @portlandcoffeeroasters for 48 Bags of Coffee!
Also thanks to @integrusarchitecture Scheller Financial Services, @shielsobletzjohnsen and private donors who gave matching grants!
We ran an awesome campaign together!
#fundraisingforacause #communitysupport #unhousedneighbors
Happy New Year to our amazing non profit partners in this year’s @giveguide !! @pdxstonesoup @artswatch @1000oregon @animalaidpdx @ourjustfuture Congratulations you all smashed your Give Guide goals! The Willamette Week Give Guide is an awesome way for non profits to come together and support each other to spread awareness and raise needed funds for our community! Can’t wait til next year!
@willametteweek
#giveguide #nonprofits #portlandoregon
