Full course schedule and registration information available here

http://www.tdcorp.org/

Each course contains interactive multimedia presentations and downloadable PowerPoints. Progress quizzes to consolidate your learning and a discussion group where you can interact freely with other planning professionals is available for each course.

Full details and course descriptions

Date:  September 30, 2010
Time:  9:00am – 2:00pm
Location: United Church of Christ Conference Center: Framingham, MA

This workshop will highlight different strategies communities have successfully used to foster local support for planning and development activities that promote affordable housing.  Topics include:

• Organizational development
• Community outreach and innovative initiatives
• Developing local leadership
• Case study:  89 Oxbow, Wayland

Who should attend:  municipal officials, board and commission members, housing partnerships and committees, community development and planning staff, housing advocates, developers, and housing authorities.

For more information contact:
Miryam Bobadilla at Miryam.Bobadilla@state.ma.us
Connie Kruger at CKruger@mhp.net

Hosted by:
Boston College Center for Human Rights & International Justice
Haymarket People’s Fund
Madison Park Community Development Corporation
Mel King Institute for Community Building

undoing racism 2010 registration

Date
Thursday, September 30, 6-8pm
Friday, October1, 9am-5pm
Saturday, October 2, 9am-5pm

Location
Community Room at the Madison Park Village Management Office
122 Dewitt Drive, Roxbury, MA 02120

Registration Fee
$350 for small organization and individuals
$450 for large institutions and businesses
Scholarships Available for MACDC members by contacting Shirrondaa@macdc.org

Date: September 1-2, 2010
Location: Federal Reserve Board’s Martin Building (Washington D.C)

The aftermath of the foreclosure crisis has left many communities struggling with large swaths of empty homes. The event, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Cleveland, will help communities and practitioners better understand current barriers, promising practices, and regional differences related to neighborhood stabilization and the disposition of real estate owned (REO) property.

In conjunction with the event, the Federal Reserve will publish a new volume of papers that explores such regional differences and presents perspectives from the various participants involved in REO disposition–sellers, buyers, nonprofits, and municipalities. Finally, the summit will release key findings from a Federal Reserve research project on local uses of Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds.

After the event, PDF, text, and audio podcast versions of the panelists’ presentations will be available for download.

REO and Vacant Property Strategies for Neighborhood Stabilization is a Federal Reserve System initiative under the Mortgage Outreach and Research Efforts (MORE) group.

There are two ways you can attend this summit: 1) attend the summit in person in D.C.; or 2) attend the summit via video streaming at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

1)  Attend the summit in D.C.
The summit will be hosted at the Federal Reserve Board’s Martin Building in Washington, D.C.  As space is extremely limited for this summit, please register online as soon as possible: http://www.federalreserve.gov/events/conferences/2010/reovpsns/default.htm

2) Attend the summit in Boston via live video streaming
Please email your name and affiliated organization to kai-yan.lee@bos.frb.org with a subject line “conference” to register.  You will receive a confirmation email with more details.

Additional Information and Registration

The Division of Community Services provides small grants to CDBG non-entitlement communities for short-term problem solving or technical assistance projects.  Municipalities may apply for grants of up to $1000 to pay for up to 30 hours ($900) of technical assistance and up to $100 for reimbursement of travel, photocopying and/or the cost of incidental materials.

The Program focuses on technical assistance related to community development and capacity building related to community development at the local level.  All communities are encouraged to apply for funding.  However, because funds are limited and a rolling application process is being used, applications will be funded on a first-come, first-served basis.  The Peer-to-Peer Program is funded with Massachusetts’ CDBG technical assistance funds.

The Peer-to-Peer Program Can Help You.
To apply, send a request letter describing your problem or issue.

Apply early.  Projects must be completed by June 30, 2011.

DHCD has funding for up to ten FY11 Peer grants.

For more information contact David Haynes at (617) 573-1336 or David.Haynes@state.ma.us, or refer to the Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance Program Webpage.

http://www.cdi.coop/blog/?q=node/66

US Social Forum 2010: Another World is Possible. Another US is Necessary.
June 22-26, Detroit, MI
The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our
 struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational,
 diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and
 changes history.

2010 ACE Institute: Crossroads: Choosing Cooperation
July 27-30, Cleveland, OH
The annual ACE Institute is the only annual conference dedicated solely to highlighting innovative programs in cooperative education. It provides a unique opportunity to network with educators across cooperative sectors as well as national boundaries. Keynote speaker David Korten will be joined by representatives from the United Steelworkers union and Mondragon Cooperative Corporation.

The Work We Do is the Solution: 2010 National Worker Cooperative Conference
August 6-8, Berkeley, CA
The theme of this year’s conference focuses on solutions. Workshops and speakers will look at worker cooperatives as a possible solution to larger social and economic problems like job loss and environmental damage. But they will also present nuts and bolts solutions for worker cooperatives — innovative approaches to common challenges our businesses face in accountability and management, financing, governance, vision and growth.

NOFA Summer Conference
August 13-15, Amherst, MA
The Northeast Organic Farming Association’s Summer Conference, now in its 36th year, features 200 workshops on organic farming, gardening and land care, homesteading, sustainability, nutrition, spirituality, food politics, activism, and more… including presentations by the Neighboring Food Co-op Association, theValley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives, and the Cooperative Fund of New England.

Common Ground Country Fair
September 24-26, Unity, ME
The Fair allows fairgoers to make connections with a rapidly expanding base of organic farms in the state of Maine. Hundreds of vendors, exhibitors and demonstrators, including Cooperative Maine, more than 1,000 volunteers, and tens of thousands of fairgoers will gather to: share knowledge about sustainable living; eat delicious, organic, Maine-grown food; buy and sell beautiful Maine crafts and useful agricultural products; compete in various activities; dance; sing and have a great time.

CooperARTive Fiesta: Celebrating Community, Creativity and Co-ops
Saturday, October 9, 2010, Willimantic, CT
In Windham County, Connecticut, artists and co-ops are working to open channels of self-expression—for their own needs, and to strengthen the ‘social fabric’ of their communities. The all-day, free festival of artists, artisans, actors, musicians and community organizations will transform downtown Willimantic, CT into a ‘Co-operARTive Fiesta’. A slate of savvy co-op members, organizers and developers from around the Northeast region is being recruited to hold informal chats focusing on how the model can help people do together what they could not do alone. Contact Jane Livingston or Jean de Smet for more information.

Vermont Cooperative Summit and Cooperative Development Conference
Thursday, October 14, Burlington, VT
Cooperative Month is an ideal time bring co-ops together to discuss how they can work together to advance the cooperative movement. The policy summit is paired with a development conference at which a wide range of knowledgeable speakers will share their expertise on the cooperative business model and the benefits of cooperatives, and will assist participants in how to recognize and assess opportunity to develop cooperatively structured business.

2010 NASCO Cooperative Education and Training Institute: Cooperative Cartography: Where People, Places, and Movements Intersect
November 5-7, Ann Arbor, MI
The 2010 Cooperative Education and Training Institute will provide a space for cooperative members from all over Canada and the US to connect through the universal language of mapping. Over 400 participants will converge in Ann Arbor, Michigan this November to share ideas, learn new skills, and look at issues affecting the cooperative movement worldwide. Since 1977, NASCO’s Cooperative Education & Training Institute has been widely recognized as one of the most important training and networking opportunities available to members, directors, staff and managers of housing cooperatives.

This summer Roger Williams University will offer the flagship core course-Elements and Issues in Community Development- in an on-line format. Previously all course work was done in-class and this summer they are launching an on-line version to be more convenient for our local students and to introduce the program to those at a greater distance.

Roger Williams University has a strong tradition of distance learning and the course will be taught by Kathy Dorgan AIA who has piloted the course in-class for several semesters: in 2009 she received the RWU Outstanding Instructor of the Year award.

Elements and Issues in Community Development covers a brief history of the profession and selected classical theories of community development.  Examples of problems faced by community development practitioners as well as opportunities, and novel approaches being tested in the profession, and a survey of best practices.

The Partnership for Community Development was initiated in Fall 2008 by the Housing Network of RI and Roger Williams University, to raise the level of discourse about community development issues, to strengthen the professional skills of Rhode Island’s housing and community development industry, and to attract a new generation of professionals to the field.

Certificate and Bachelor of General Studies: The Partnership offers both a five-course Housing, Economic and Community Development Certificate program (including coursework in community development, non-profit management, economic development, and housing development) and the concentration in Community Development in the Bachelor of General Studies.

ENROLL FOR SUMMER 2010 COURSES NOW!!! In addition to Elements and Issues there is a wide array of electives including Accounting, Strategic Planning, Human Resource Development, Public Administration, Public Policy, City Management and more.

Registration: Contact Pam Downey, pdowney@rwu.edu Director of Advisement and Student Services to register -she is the advisor for every student participating in the program. Application (new students only) and registration (for all) by May 18th 2010.

Scholarship: Scholarships may be available to Housing Network members and staff in related organizations, as well as, to Municipal and State of Rhode Island staff.

Please contact Maria Semedo-Andrade mandrade@housingnetworkri.org or 401-521-1461.

The Mel King Institute for Community Building celebrated it’s 1st Anniversary on Thursday, June 24 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.  Over 150 community development practitioners for across the state came to support innovative thought and leadership within the field, discuss the current state of housing policy and affordable housing in Massachusetts, and to celebrate Institute achievements over the past year.  Thank you to all who attended for making it a memorable event.

Program Agenda

Keynote Speaker:  David Erickson of the San Francisco Federal Reserve and author of, The Housing Policy Revolution, Networks and Neighborhoods

Please join us as we Celebrate our First Anniversary and announce the new Innovation Forum!

3:00 – 5:00pm    Innovation Forum

• Keynote Address by David Erickson
• Discussion with Respondent Panel
• Innovation Forum Program Launch

5:00 – 7:00pm    Celebration & First Year Reflection

• Reception and Networking
• Recognition and Acknowledgements
• Reflections, Program Impact, and Future Goals

Become a Sponsor of The Mel King Institute for Community Building

LeadBoston
Since 1991 LeadBoston has been developing leaders who are connected across sectors, knowledgeable about diversity, aware of neighborhood realties, and committed to social responsibility.

LeadBoston creates changemakers.

For questions about the program, please contact:
Todd Fry, Program Director
617-451-5010 x12
TFry@BostonCCJ.org
Apply Now

Inlt
Delegates return from the summer “Intl Immersion Week” with plans for action as a delegation of leaders – and also with plans for their own personal growth and leadership.  Throughout the school year they strengthen their understanding of prejudice, their leadership skills, and their commitment to act.

Intl leaders advance diversity and social justice in their schools and communities.

For questions about the program, please contact:
Ruben Ortiz, Youth Programs Manager
617-451-5010 x13
OOrtiz@BostonCCJ.org
Apply Now

http://www.bostonccj.org/