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Strategic Factors for Strengthening Our Communities: The Five C’s Community, Connections, Control, Cash, & Collective Action
The current health, social justice, violence, and environmental crises call for greater attention to strengthening our communities to care for ...
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Public Agencies are Driving Equity in All Transportation Policy Decisions, Acknowledging More Work Must Be Done
Decisions in the transportation field have often harmed Black and brown communities: for example, freeway construction destroying Black and brown ...
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Guides for Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity Released
Commissioned by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) and developed and written by Community Science, Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial ...
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Lessons Learned: How to Reframe Engaging Resistance During Equitable Organizational Change Efforts
Resistance is a natural human response to change. As facilitators of necessary conversations, resistance is a healthy part of the ...
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Three Ways Community-Based Organizations Can Support Youth Returning to School in the Face of the Growing Concerns around the COVID-19 Pandemic
Learn how your CBO can help address the safety and security of students as they return to school ...
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Philanthropic Strategy that Advances Equity and Justice, Principle Four: Understand the universe and philanthropy’s place in it.
What is the universe of social human community services and what is philanthropy's place in it? ...
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Strategic Planning and Equity and Justice – Avoiding the Common Gaps
Nonprofits: Identify and eliminate common issues in your strategic planning process. Will be touching on the issues that derail community ...
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YUSA Expanding Ys’ Contributions To a More Inclusive and Equitable Community
Expanding Ys’ contributions to a more inclusive and equitable community In 2019, Community Science partnered with the YMCA of the ...
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The Y – A Staple In the Community
Jasmine Williams-Washington speaks on what makes the Y a staple in the community ...
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Prioritize What Makes Change Happen – Philanthropic Strategy that Advances Equity and Justice: Principle Three
Change Levers are everywhere. Knowing which ones will create systems change is key to Equity and Justice. Read more ...
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