Building Community Engagement: Lessons Learned from Portland, Oregon Join the City of Santa Rosa and Santa Rosa Together as we present Paul Leistner. DATE: Monday, January 12, 2015 TIME: 7:00 - 8:30 pm WHERE: Finley Community Center, 2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa About Paul Leistner: Paul Leistner is the Neighborhood Program Coordinator for the City of Portland and the leading spokesperson for Portland’s internationally recognized community and neighborhood involvement system. Paul has shared Portland’s model with government officials and staff, community activists, and researchers from across the nation and around the world. Paul has a master’s degree in public administration and a doctorate in Urban Studies from Portland State University. Paul’s dissertation reviewed the 40-year evolution of Portland’s community and neighborhood involvement system and identified structures, program elements, policies, and practices needed to encourage and support greater local democracy, dynamics that help or hinder the evolution of citywide community involvement systems, and strategies to embed and sustain system advances. Paul also served for eight years as the Research Director for the non-profit City Club of Portland supporting community-based research on a wide range of policy issues. Paul brings to his work 20 years of experience as a volunteer neighborhood activist and leader in Portland. ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/news/Pages/SpeakerSeries.aspx
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