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How Can Community Builders Create New Partnerships to Drive Local Change?
Learn how to expand your community impact by reframing your narrative, bridging divides, and using data to drive decisions. Get ...
How Can Evaluation Data Shift the Focus for Recovery From Individuals to Systems?
This blog challenges data collectors to rethink how we frame recovery metrics. Instead of focusing on individual shortcomings, what if ...
What Are 4 Actions Communities and Funders Can Take to Support Youth Voice and Opportunity?
Youth are facing intersecting crises, from housing to climate. This post offers 4 real strategies for creating opportunity — and ...
What Is Rooted Leadership and Why Does it Matter for Today’s Leaders?
Nonprofit leaders are navigating burnout, systemic barriers, and short-term pressures. Rooted leadership offers a sustainable alternative—grounded in community trust, cultural ...
The Leadership We Need Now; Adaptive, Authentic, and Rooted in Community
Strong organizations don’t just react to change—they plan for it. Learn how to create resilient decision-making structures that empower teams, ...
We’re Built for This Moment: Reflections from the 2025 NFG Convening
Last week in Nashville, I joined movement leaders, artists, youth organizers, and philanthropic partners for the Neighborhood Funders Group's 2025 ...
Six Trauma-Informed Practices That Build Trust and Shift Power in Community Engagement
Last month, we partnered with Washington State's Department of Ecology to deliver a workshop on trauma-informed practices for transformative community ...
Seeing American Communities Through a Neighbor’s Eyes: A Call to Funders of Community Change
"The Democratic Party approaches rural America as missionaries and not as neighbors." -Attributed to David Axelrod, shared by former U.S ...
Navigating Difficult Conversations: A Bug’s Life
At Community Science, we often find ourselves reflecting on a powerful, recurring theme: how we, as evaluators, engage in difficult ...
The Real Deal About Collaboration
Over the last several issues of our newsletter, we've explored the importance of understanding and respecting rural cultures-particularly how those ...
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