Leaven Community
Common House

Our Common House Partners have offices in the building or work in the sunroom on their projects. They are organizations and individuals committed to working in a relational culture on our shared missions and visions of sustainably creating, collaborating and organizing for more just and equitable communities.

Common House Creates...

  • Opportunity to deepen and expand the living out of our Leaven Community mission; specifically living more fully into relational power and neighborhood action that honors the mix of generations in a way that will draw displaced residents back to the neighborhood and catalyze similar transformations in other buildings and neighborhoods.

  • Opportunity for synergy, collaboration and empowerment among all the efforts and people working together in the same space.

  • Financial opportunities that could emerge for individuals and groups to generate revenue and improve economic well-being.

  • Opportunities to use resources to build capacity for organizations or projects.

  • Opportunity to move from a transactional system (renters with leases) to relational agreements (LC Common House Partner Agreements).

Cascadia Wild

Cascadia Wild is a Portland-based non-profit dedicated to connecting people with the natural world.

Center for Diversity and the Environment

CDE harnesses the power of racial & ethnic diversity to transform the U.S. environmental movement by developing leaders, catalyzing change within institutions, and building alliances.

Freedom to Thrive

Enlace works to create a world where safety means investment in people & planet and to end the punishment-based criminal and immigration systems.

NE PORTLAND TOOL LIBRARY

The NEPTL provides Northeast Portland residents of all income levels access to tools, empowering our neighbors to build and maintain a sustainable, thriving community.

PORTLAND FRUIT TREE PROJECT

PFTP increases access to heathy food and strengthens communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city grown produce.

Repair PDX

Repair PDX was formed in May 2013 to bring repair events to Portland residents. Inspired by the Netherlands' Repair Cafés, a group of dedicated volunteers held Portland’s first Repair Café in May 2013.