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
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
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).
Evaluation, Learning, and Continuous Strategy Improvement in Service of Racial Equity: What’s Different About It?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Guides for Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity Released
Commissioned by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) and developed [...]
Lessons Learned: How to Reframe Engaging Resistance During Equitable Organizational Change Efforts
Resistance is a natural human response to change. As [...]
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.
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?
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 ...