Join us for our annual community cleanup and raffle! We need as many helpers as we can get this year because in addition to picking up trash, we'll be mulching many newly planted trees. We’ll be meeting at the Community Garden on Chestnut Street and spreading out from there. Midtown Community Policing is providing supplies and support and Portland Public Works is providing mulch for our beloved trees.... (fb)

The Welcome Committee has co-hosted its first event – the Samosa Social! On Thursday, April 3, the BNA and the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center held an afternoon get-together at the IWC at 24 Preble Street in Bayside. The idea was to bring together various organizations, including the BNA, who serve our newly arrived neighbors who come to the IWC to learn English, access workforce and entrepreneurial programs, and navigate their way to citizenship.... (fb)