$250,000 Nike Black Community Commitment Grant Awarded to Constructing Hope
Constructing Hope: ($250,000) focuses on rebuilding the lives of people in Portland’s Black community by encouraging self-sufficiency through skills training, education and job placement in the construction industry. Read Full Article
John Canzano Interview With Pat Daniels
John Canzano talks with Pat Daniels, Executive Director at Constructing Hope. Daniels is a mentor, teacher, advocate, and passionate fundraiser with a sharp business mind, who has spend 15 years helping the organization grow. Canzano asks Daniels about the non-profit organization, what they do, what inspired her to start it, how resilience ties into their efforts, the support they've received from Nike, and much more. Listen to the Audio [...]
A Better Space for Constructing Hope
Please click on the button below to read the full article published on January 20, 2021 in The Daily Journal of Commerce. Read Full Article
PBJ’s 2021 Nonprofit Partners
The Portland Business Journal has selected five nonprofit partners, with which it will work to promote and build, for 2021. The PBJ forges partnerships with such groups each year as a way to help them find backers and improve their philanthropic positions. The nonprofits, chosen by PBJ staffers, get to attend the publication's events, deploy free advertising throughout the year and publish columns in the PBJ print edition, among other [...]
DJC Honors Pat Daniels
When it comes to transforming lives for the better, few people can hold a candle to Constructing Hope Executive Director Pat Daniels. In her role she is a mentor, teacher, advocate and friend, not to mention a passionate fundraiser with a sharp business mind. In her 15 years with Constructing Hope, she has helped the organization grow from a small faith-based group conducting construction training courses for low-income and minority [...]
Construction coalition plans campaign to end on-the-job harassment of women, minorities
By Don McIntosh Culture change is coming. At least, that’s the goal of a broad construction industry coalition that’s begun to meet monthly to talk about ending racial and sexual harassment on Portland-area construction job sites. Read more