Empowerment Network
The Mission in Action... 

COLLABORATE

...identify opportunities for partnerships; pool resources where appropriate
 

ü       Partnered with churches to launch adopt-a-school and adopt-a-block strategies;

ü       Partnered with healthy family organizations to launch Marriage is Cool initiative reaching hundreds of High School students; 

ü       Partnered with healthy family organizations to create and expand mentoring initiatives;

ü       Partnered with healthy family organizations to provide pregnancy prevention training in public schools and gained support to offer marriage and relationship education sessions;

ü       Partnered with housing organizations to promote home ownership and prevent foreclosures;

ü       Hosted meetings, conferences, and major events, engaging hundreds of participants focused on economics, health, education, violence prevention, and voting;

ü       Helped to enhance, develop and promote existing and new communications and media vehicles, including newspaper, magazine, internet, e-mail, etc.

ü       Provided training opportunities for churches, non-profits, businesses, and other organizations;

ü       Worked together to produce an African-American physician’s directory & African-American behavioral health directory;

ü       Partnered with Building Bright Futures to host the first interactive community outreach meeting and launch significant community initiatives to improve academic success;

ü       Supported efforts to help High School students receive college credits, achieve scholarships, and make the successful transition to post secondary opportunities;

ü       Partnered with the North Omaha Voter participation projects to help increase voter turnout; Partnered with other organizations to help register over 12,000 new voters; 

ü       Partnered to host and promote voter education events;

ü       Helped reduce gang-related gun violence and homicides in 2008 and 2009;

ü       Partnering with organizations to recruit and expand summer employment opportunities for youth and young adults;

ü       Partnered with Omaha Economic Development Corporation to expand the Community Planning and Real Estate Academy;

ü       Currently working with North Omaha Neighborhood Associations to launch the North Omaha Neighborhood Alliance;

ü       Currently working with partners to launch the North Omaha Arts Alliance;