Latino Network Capacity Building 

(Great City Great University Grant)

The purpose of this project is to design and implement an index for measuring the development of civic capacity and the enhancement of social capital through the formation of a Network by the Latino Community in the larger Portland Metropolitan area.  This project brings together five significant, but separate activities that are being undertaken by faculty in various units of the University.  We believe that funding this project will enable Portland State University to: 1.  capture the full benefit of these activities, 2. use the results to leverage major national funding and 3. apply the research results to assist a wide variety of other local groups with their  community-building efforts.

Project Team Members

Douglas Morgan, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)., Professor of Public Administration, Portland State University

Charles Heying, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University

Masami Nishishiba, Ph.D.,, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University

Craig Shinn, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Public Administration, Portland State University

Emile Combe, Ph. D. , Co-Director, Latino Network

Joseph S. Gallegos, Ph.D., Director of Social Work, University of Portland

1. Grant Proposal

2. Interim Report to the University

3. Interim Report to the Latino Network Board