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Making Community Engagement Transformative: Lessons Learned for Those Who Really Want to Build and Shift Power

There has been a recent resurgence in supporting greater community engagement by foundations, government agencies, and nonprofits

By |2023-09-13T09:41:34-04:00September 12, 2023|Blog, Community Engagement and Power Building|Comments Off on Making Community Engagement Transformative: Lessons Learned for Those Who Really Want to Build and Shift Power

Parent Leaders in Disney’s Encanto: Strengthen Our Community, Strengthen Our Home, & Make Our Family Proud

I was born and raised in the close-knit community of Pacoima, California, a place characterized by strong family ties and adherence to a collectivist culture. From an early age, I was taught that I must do my part to support others

By |2023-09-12T16:30:27-04:00September 7, 2023|Blog|Comments Off on Parent Leaders in Disney’s Encanto: Strengthen Our Community, Strengthen Our Home, & Make Our Family Proud

The Journey Continues: Making the Evaluation Profession More Diverse and Inclusive

In 1997, several influential evaluators who represented the American Evaluation Association (AEA) and W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s leadership got together to discuss how to diversify the evaluation profession and create a pipeline for evaluators from underrepresented populations. An initiative was conceived, funded by the Kellogg Foundation, advised by an AEA committee, and implemented by Community Science (at that time, it was called the Association for the Study and Development of Community).

By |2023-09-07T16:18:48-04:00June 1, 2023|Blog|Comments Off on The Journey Continues: Making the Evaluation Profession More Diverse and Inclusive

What Evaluators Mean When They Talk About ‘Lived Experience’

Since the summer of 2020, the use of hashtags to signal the support of communities impacted by structural racism is no longer the limit that organizations will go.

By |2022-12-22T13:06:20-05:00December 20, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on What Evaluators Mean When They Talk About ‘Lived Experience’

Navigating Resistance to Integrating Equity in Evaluation and Capacity Building

Since the summer of 2020, the use of hashtags to signal the support of communities impacted by structural racism is no longer the limit that organizations will go.

By |2022-05-26T14:38:27-04:00May 25, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on Navigating Resistance to Integrating Equity in Evaluation and Capacity Building

A Multi-Racial Collaborative Brings Together Leaders and Communities of Color to Advance Racial Justice on Local and National Levels

For too long, communities of color have been harmed by narratives that divide rather than unify. These stories are perpetuated by systems of White supremacy to keep communities at odds, such as the falsehoods that immigrants steal jobs, Black people are criminals, and all people of color should aspire to be like Asian Americans.

By |2022-07-05T11:15:45-04:00May 25, 2022|Blog, Capacity Building and Learning Systems, Community & Systems Change|Comments Off on A Multi-Racial Collaborative Brings Together Leaders and Communities of Color to Advance Racial Justice on Local and National Levels

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.

By |2021-11-03T18:55:14-04:00November 2, 2021|Blog, Health and Behavioral Health Equity|Comments Off on Three Ways Community-Based Organizations Can Support Youth Returning to School in the Face of the Growing Concerns around the COVID-19 Pandemic

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?

By |2021-11-02T10:41:27-04:00November 2, 2021|Blog, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategy Development & Improvement|Comments Off on Philanthropic Strategy that Advances Equity and Justice, Principle Four: Understand the universe and philanthropy’s place in it.

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 impact the advancement of equity and justice for communities that are historically disadvantaged and excluded. Read more ...

By |2021-11-03T18:55:32-04:00November 1, 2021|Blog, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategy Development & Improvement|Comments Off on Strategic Planning and Equity and Justice – Avoiding the Common Gaps
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