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Engagement, Rigor, and Flexibility: Essential Elements for Supporting and Evaluating Community Power Building Work
In 2021, Community Science began working with The Colorado Trust (The Trust) to evaluate the Building and Bridging Power strategy ...
It’s All About Community, Systems, and Justice
We are kicking off 2025 with apprehension about the uncertainties ahead, and at the same time, excitement about the change ...
Breaking Out of the Hero-Villain Dynamic: A Path to Transformational Change
When faced with challenges, it's tempting to blame a single "villain" for systemic issues, believing their removal will bring resolution ...
Driving Equitable Community Development in a Constantly Changing Landscape
How can we better predict and plan for changes that affect one critical aspect of community development, like gentrification, displacement, ...
Scaling Community Power for Lasting Systems Change: Insights from ONE Schenectady
Discover how ONE Schenectady is pioneering sustainable systems change through strategic community power-building. Supported by the Schenectady Foundation and guided ...
The Paradigm Shift: Education as a Determinant of Health and Well-being
Education is more than just academics—it can address social issues like poverty, mental health, and inequality. By expanding supports for ...
How Bringing a Community Resilience Framework Has Shaped Our Understanding of Youth Leadership and Engagement
The role of uncertainty and chronic stress and how this impacts young people’s access to opportunities. There is longstanding literature ...
Upholding Justice, Confronting Backlash, and Embracing Historic Black Resistance
W.E.B. Du Bois shared this sentiment in 1935, and in 2024, amidst anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) backlash, it remains ...
Essential Ingredients for Building Intergroup Relationships and Bridges
A stronger sense of community enables them to become more inclined to view someone else’s triumphs, concerns, and struggles as ...
Achieving Equity by Building Community: Strategies, Interventions, and Evaluation
Introducing the "Strengthening Community Framework" designed to enhance community inclusiveness and interconnectedness. This framework emphasizes the expansion of community boundaries ...
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