NPH is offering virtual Resident Voter Engagement 101 trainings to support and provide tools to staff to increase resident voter registration. We need all hands on deck to make sure residents in our communities are able to make their voices heard, vote, and advocate for affordable housing!

Please RSVP for these events at the following links:

• Central Bay: September 16 (10-11:30am)
  Register here.
• South Bay: September 30 (10-11:30am)
  Register here.

You can also order voter engagement collateral to get your community involved! From door hangers to window flyers, we have a variety of sizes and dimensions to fit your needs. The materials will be available in 8 different languages:

• English 
• Spanish
• Tagolog
• Korean
• Chinese
• Vietnamese
• Arabic
• Russian

Join the Emerging Leaders Peer Network (ELPN) friends for their annual (virtual) mid-year party on Thursday, Sept 17 (5-7pm)! This awesome event will include:

• Live DJs (All attendees will be sent a complimentary Spotify playlist after the event)
• Live Musical Performance
• Hosted Breakout Rooms with DJ music option via Twitch
• Raffle Prizes

Feel free to invite a colleague or friend in the affordable housing world! ELPN membership is not necessary, although they should consider joining - it's free!

NPH is excited to announce our upcoming webinars for October! NPH remains committed to providing quality trainings, while maintaining physical distancing. See below for three opportunities:

• ELPN Training: “Clean Energy For Healthy Affordable Housing" 
  Tuesday, October 20 (12-1:30pm)
  Join the Emerging Leaders Peer Network for a high-level overview of California and Bay Area specific clean energy policies and programs for existing multifamily affordable housing properties. Look at how Bay Area developers and organizations apply these policies and programs in their work and explore how the design of affordable homes can contirbute to building healthier communities and lower operating cost.
  Presented in partnership with California Housing Partnership and U.S. Green Building Council – Northern California’s Rising Leader Committee. 
  Registration closes on Friday, October 16
• Resident Services Training: "Sustaining Ourselves In Our Work: Critical Elements Of Self Care And Resiliency"
  Thursday , October 22 (12-2pm)
  Please join NPH, with Dr. Diane Johnson (Mmapeu Management Consulting), for a highly interactive and engaging workshop to address the variety of components that assist us in self-care and sustaining ourselves, the prevention of burn out, and identifying innovative and new ways to support community and team building. Concrete takeaways include the creation of a very simple self-care kit, sustainability plans, small and large group discussion of challenges and responses to the challenges of our work.
  Registration closes on Monday, October 19

9/23: CCDC - Celebrating 43 Years. Chinatown Community Development Center's anniversary gala will be a virtual event this year. Join them for their first-ever "Dinner & A Movie" celebration–from the comfort of your home. More details to come in the following weeks.

Save the date

9/26: EBHO - Affordable Housing Advocacy 101: Webinar Sessions #4. Join East Bay Housisng Organization for a four-part webinar series to build our skills and knowledge to be better informed housing advocates! This is a member-only series that is part of this year’s Leadership Academy, which will have additional meeting times. We are opening up the webinars for members who want to learn more or get a refresher.

Register

10/1: EBHO - Faith and Action Breakfast. The 16th Annual Faith & Justice Breakfast will take place on Thursday, October 1. The program will feature Oakland artist Jenn Johns. As this is a virtual event, East Bay Housing Organization encourages sponsors and attendees to consider, in addition to any support of EBHO, contributing what would have been the cost of your catered breakfast (c. $25) to a fund which will be given directly to Black Cultural Zone to provide meals to East Oakland residents that need it.

Register

10/21 - 10/23 : NACEDA - National Summit. How can network organizations advance an equitable recovery? That's the focus of the NACEDA Summit 2020, a virtual event on October 21-23. This dynamic, peer-learning event is designed by and for community development association professionals.

Learn more

10/26: CCRH - Rural Housing Summit. The Rural Housing Summit will have a diverse array of the most relevant housing topics facing rural California, phenomenal guest speakers and panels, and will maintain CCRH's small-group workshop sessions where everyone's opinion matters. Each day they will include a networking event with a game, a virtual happy hour, etc. so you can get to know the California "Housers" virtually. You don't want to miss it!

Register

10/30: HLC - 20th Annual Housing Leadership Day. For the past 20 years, Housing Leadership Day has provided the space for housers to exchange the knowledge and tools needed to mobilize and ultimately bring more affordable homes to our neighborhoods. Join Housing Leadership Council San Mateo as they rise together to heal and transform their communities.

Register here

[COALITION CORNER] 9/18: Working Partnerships USA - Champions for Change. Each year, Working Partnerships USA's Champions for Change celebration brings together hundreds of friends and colleagues from Silicon Valley’s labor, community, business, government, and philanthropic leadership to re-energize a shared commitment to work for a just and inclusive Silicon Valley.

Register here