[OMS_MANAGERS] OMS Roundup | Week of 11/18/2025

Tue Nov 18 16:32:03 PST 2025

What's inside:

  *   OMS Updates: Special Guest MoM: DOJ Civil Rights, Heritage Excellence Awards
  *   Funding Opportunities: Amex Small Business Awards, Salazar Architect Pro-Bono Design Grant
  *   Learning Opportunities: Carlton Youth Sidewalk Building Project
  *   Tools & Tricks: TechSoup
OMS Updates:
Special Guest MoM Call on December 4th | Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Oregon Department of Justice will join us to talk about Sanctuary State Law and answer what they can about questions you all have been posing at Mornings on Main around recent immigration activity. Access Link: Mornings on Main Link<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83792327319?pwd=5dDiLoBqsGk2eTUEKWDI1demY1aqM6.1>, Password: 760959
Disclaimer for DOJ MoM call: 1) These presentations are copyrighted, and cannot be recorded, transcribed, distributed, reproduced, or altered without the express, written permission from ODOJ.  This includes no recording, no photos, no screenshots, and no AI notetaking bots at the presentation. 2) The advocates providing information at the info sessions are not attorneys and cannot give legal advice, whether to an individual about their immigration case, or to an agency about their policies or practices. 3) This is not a Know Your Rights training.  This presentation covers what Oregon's sanctuary laws do and do not say, as well as services and resources available to targeted individuals and their families on the Sanctuary Promise Hotline.  Oregon DOJ's Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit includes some know your rights information from partner agencies like ACLU, Oregon Law Center, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and National Immigration Law Center. 4) The Oregon Department of Justice Civil Rights Unit operates Oregon's Sanctuary Promise program and hotline for community members to report suspected sanctuary law violations and provide support for targeted individuals and their families.  This presentation covers what Oregon's sanctuary laws do and do not say, as well as services and resources available to targeted individuals and their families.

Funding Opportunities:
Amex Shop Small Grant Program (Opens Nov 29) | Access Link<https://mainstreet.org/about/partner-collaborations/amex-shop-small-grant-program?utm_campaign=28821628-Amex%20Shop%20Small%20Grant&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_DgPTFlzSlGibTCfIF3Duv441fpEkkL6HCTmxRMJb546Pg08jxuwdMjuxaMiHzdZiVz0BC3x3gl0cvjJzH3OMDYTKU5pYXbVupSNWyQSHqIinRb9o&_hsmi=389573989&utm_content=389573989&utm_source=hs_email>
To help small businesses grow, innovate, and support their local communities, American Express is teaming up with Main Street America this Small Business Saturday(r) to launch the Amex Shop Small Grants Program. The Program will provide an initial $5 million to fund 250 grants of $20,000 each to eligible small business owners across the U.S.

Catalyst Design Grant from Salazar Architect | Access Link<https://www.salazarch.com/pro-bono>
"In early 2024, Salazar Architect piloted a new program to gift our design services to mission-driven housing providers. This program makes a gift of up to $15,000 in pro bono design services to an organization that owns a property and is looking at options for adding, revitalizing, or completing adaptive re-use to housing, or community-serving commercial spaces. Salazar will work with the organization to develop a series of design recommendations through the lens of our three Design Labs - Community Design, Wellbeing Design, and Sustainable Design. This early intervention provides an opportunity for creative and cutting edge thinking to take shape before development goals are formalized. In providing this opportunity, our team looks to put into practice, in a focused session, all three Design Labs' expertise in a collaborative review of a project at its earliest stages to maximize impact on a development." Deadline January 13, 2026.

Learning Opportunities:
TOMORROW 11/19: Carlton Youth Sidewalk Building Project | Register Here<https://lnkd.in/gjYVRE3D>
Join SEDCOR and Willamette Workforce Partnership<https://www.linkedin.com/company/willamette-workforce-partnership/> for a free virtual Lunch & Learn highlighting The Sidewalk Project in Carlton - a collaborative effort connecting youth with hands-on construction experience while strengthening community infrastructure. Register today to learn how this model can be replicated across the Mid-Valley!

Tools & Tricks:
Software Discounts for Nonprofits with Tech Soup | Access Link<https://www.techsoup.org/?srsltid=AfmBOooallc60KHFdiS4skfgo7cpyXIH7z732T3agnkkzJugTffpdbLf>
Needing tech tools to make your organization more efficient? Tech soup likely has affordable options for your budget and business needs.

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Sheri Stuart (she, her, hers) |  Oregon Main Street Coordinator
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Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Cell: (503)551-3705
725 Summer St NE, Ste C
Salem, Oregon 97301

Visit our website<http://www.oregonheritage.org/>, Like us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/OregonHeritage>, Visit our Blog<http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/>, Join the Oregon Heritage News e-news<https://omls.oregon.gov/mailman/listinfo/Heritage> Check our LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/oregon-parks-and-recreation-department/>.

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