Presented by the Interaction Institute for Social Change Date: September 20-22 Location: Boston, MA
Nonprofit Organizations are confronting issues today that are so complex that the problems are not well defined and the solutions are not the least bit clear. Collaboration is no longer optional; it is an imperative. We must find new and creative ways to come together to build relationships, think strategically, and chart our way forward to a better future. To do this well requires a new mindset, heartset, and skill set, which is what IISC offers in their Pathway to Change™ workshop.
Pathway to Change™ is deeply rooted in IISC’s experience and practice in the social sector and will provide you with the methods and tools needed to artfully design and skillfully facilitate collaborative change.
If you are engaged in a network – whether it be a coalition, task force, working group or multi-stakeholder collaboration – Pathway to Change™ will lift up the essential skills you need …from facilitating productive and meaningful conversations to designing a roadmap that will take your change efforts successfully forward to far greater impact.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Present a clear rationale to a group of stakeholders about why a particular change is necessary.
Convene and facilitate a diverse group or team to agree on the key elements of a collaborative change process.
Complete a stakeholder analysis that identifies key stakeholders and describes how and when they will be engaged.
Work with others to map out a proposal for a pathway to change.
Apply facilitation techniques to guide the group’s work throughout the different phases of the change process.
Guide groups to balance success across three dimensions: results, process, and relationship.
Date: September 1, 2011 Time: 1:00-3:00pm Location: MAPC (60 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111)
Learn how to use MAPC’s online mapping tool, the MetroBoston DataCommon, which offers a wealth of local data.
A partnership between the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the Boston Indicators Project, it makes available data about cities and towns in Massachusetts. Explore data, print out instant community snapshots or maps, and create your own maps.
Visit the MetroBoston Data Common website to learn more: http://www.metrobostondatacommon.org.
MetroBoston DataCommon user trainings are held every month at offices of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in downtown Boston. Attendees include town planners, government employees, staff from non-profit organizations and private research organizations, and others. Participants receive an orientation to the various components of the website, and complete a hands-on tutorial of the DataMap Tool to create their own customized maps.
The two hour session will include:
* quickly access statistics about your city or town;
* conduct analysis with social and economic data;
* customize your own maps;
* print-out maps or email maps.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, along with MassINC, the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, invites you to a forum to explore and share practical examples on:
Why are these cities important to the New England economy?
What is their comparative advantage and how should they be positioned to attract capital?
How do we engage diverse audiences in creating economic prosperity for all?
What tools are practitioners using to operate in a resource-constrained environment and to improve performance management systems?
How can we harness the business community to support revitalization efforts and increase innovation?
Keynote speakers include:
Eric Rosengren, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Edward Glaeser, Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Yolanda Kodryzcki, Vice President and Director, New England Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Panelists include State Representative Antonio Cabral (D-New Bedford), Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong, and business, civic, and academic leaders from throughout New England.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Mosakowski Institute for Public Leadership, MassINC, and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston.
Date: September 30, 2011
Time: 9:00am-4:30pm
Location: Boston LISC Conference Room B. First Floor (95 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116)
Overview
Introduction to Community and Economic Development was a full-day professional development/academic course provided by the Mel King Institute for Community Building. The course content was intended to provide a broad surface level description of the main objectives, characteristics, and challenges of effective Community and Economic development, specifically in Massachusetts.
Intended Audience
Course participants included new community development practitioners and volunteers (CDC staff members, Interns/AmeriCorps Members, local students, and community leaders).
Agenda
Introduction and Group Definitions 9:00am-10:30am
Community Organizing & Planning10:30am-11:30pm-
What is community organizing: Creating a responsive and collaborative community member base to identify issues and assess needs How to begin organizing: Ways to effectively connect with the community (organizing and outreach techniques) Why is organizing important: Leadership development and support for proposed local projects or initiatives
Lunch 11:30am-12:15pm
Real Estate Development 12:30pm-1:30pm
What do CDCs do in terms of Real estate development (affordable and healthy housing options à homeownership, commercial to a lesser extent) perhaps touch on community space and transportation if time permits How are CDC real estate projects achieved? Why are these real estate projects critical for the majority of CDCs
Economic Development1:30-2:30
What types of community development projects can infuse investment and money into a specific community? How can community based organizations effectively contribute to local economic growth/stability Why is promoting financial equity and opportunity critical to improving challenging social conditions in a sustainable way?
Political/Legislative 2:30-3:30
What types of civic engagement activities can practitioners encourage amongst local residents?
How do communities attract and maintain political allies?
Why: identifying specific political avenues to achieving desired policy changes; establishing more political strength for traditionally underrepresented social groups
A Forum Sponsored by the Commonwealth Housing Task Force
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Time: 8:30am – 11:00am
Location: Boston Private Bank and Trust Company (Ten Post Office Square, 2nd Floor Great Room, Boston, MA)
This event is a follow up to a forum sponsored by the Commonwealth Housing Task Force (CHTF) in 2009. We gathered municipal and civic leaders in Greater Boston to discuss strategies that communities use to help create a welcoming environment for people that traditionally have experienced challenges moving to many of the cities and towns in Massachusetts, with a focus on people of color, people with disabilities, and low-income people. In addition to hearing about strategies that towns have used since we first met, we will hear about new research related to the impact of changes in racial composition in Massachusetts communities on housing values, education spending, and other measures of quality of life.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
8:30am – 9:00am: Breakfast and Networking
9:00am – 11:00am: Program
Moderators:
Jacqueline Cooper and Sarah Lamitie
Co-chairs, Expanding Opportunities Committee, CHTF
Speakers:
Professor Barry Bluestone and Jessica Casey, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
Barbara Chandler, Fair Housing Manager, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
Representatives from the Town of Westwood:
Mike Jaillet, Town Administrator; Jill Onderdonk, Housing Director; & Barbara Shea, Realtor
Co-Sponsors:
The Boston Foundation, Commonwealth Compact, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Greater Boston Real Estate Board, Massachusetts Association of Realtors, Massachusetts Municipal Association
Supporting Partners:
Beacon Communities, LLC, Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, Connolly and Partners, LLC, Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations, Massachusetts Chapter National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration & Finance/Office of Access & Opportunity, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation, Massachusetts Housing Partnership, MassHousing, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, WinnCompanies, Urban Land Institute.
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Location: MassHousing (One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108)
The Mel King Institute for Community Building celebrated its 2nd Anniversary on June 15, 2011. Community development leaders from across the commonwealth were able to catch up and discuss current trends, all while supporting and celebrating Institute achievements over the past 2 years. Guest speakers included King Institute participants, Mel King, and Marie Kennedy (Community Planning Professor at UMass Boston and UCLA).
Marie Kennedy is Professor Emerita of Community Planning at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Visiting Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California Los Angeles. She combines the roles of activist and scholar, teaching, working in, and writing about transformative community development, planning education and participatory action research. Marie has supervised numerous collaborative projects through which students learn and earn academic credit while providing research and technical assistance to community organizations focusing on anti-displacement, anti-racist and community empowerment issues. At UMass Boston, she developed programs through which low-income and previously homeless women were supported in acquiring a college education while focusing their academic work on issues of importance to them and their communities. Over the years, Marie has worked with and/or written about community and worker organizations and social movements in the Greater Boston Area, as well as in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico and Nicaragua. Currently, Marie is a member of the steering committee of Planners Network, co-editor of Progressive Planning, and is a member of the boards of directors of the Venice Community Housing Corporation and of Grassroots.
Thank You to our Supporters
Partners
MassHousing
LISC
Sponsors
NeighborWorks America
CEDAC
Citi
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
The Hyams Foundation
MACDC
Citizens Bank
Supporters
Boston Private Bank and Trust Company
Kevin P. Martin Associates, PC
Klein Horning, LLP
Sovereign Bank
Friends
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Chuck Grigsby
Vertec Corp
Donors
MassDevelopment
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
Peter Munkenbeck
Robert Beal
TD Bank
Viva Consulting
Others
Accounting Management Solutions
Barbara Burnham
Codman Square NDC
Diane Gordon Consulting
Fenway CDC
Franklin County CDC
HAP Housing
The Life Initiative
Marcus Weiss, EDAC
Mathew Thall
Rachel Bratt
Vanessa Calderon-Rosado
Co-Sponsored by: The Housing Network of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University
Date: Wednesday April 20th 2011 Location: The Law School Room #262 - Roger Williams University, Bristol Campus Time: 6:30 pm
Dr. Dennis Littky will speak about the local impact on communities and the critical role that schools play in revitalization. Community development practitioners, educators and economic development specialists are focusing on the link between education and the creation of “creative cities” as an economic development strategy that translates into creative economic outcomes in the form of new ideas, new high-tech businesses and regional growth.
Dr. Littky is the co-founder and co-director of The Big Picture Company, The Met School and College Unbound. He is nationally known for his work in secondary education in urban, suburban and rural settings, spanning over 40 years. He has helped develop an innovative, replicable model for schools that has led to the creation of a network of 75 schools in 20 cities, nationally, and 20 abroad. In addition, Littky and Big Picture were asked to lead the Gates Foundation’s Alternative High School Initiative, for youth at risk of “falling through the cracks”.
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.
Roger Williams University is a pilot site for College Unbound and a number of the students have chosen Community Development as their concentration.
There is NO charge for this event, RSVP to Maria Andrade mandrade@housingnetworkri.org or 401-521-1461 for planning purposes.
A Roundtable Discussion for Non-Profit Developers of Affordable Housing and Community Development Projects
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Time: 8:00am – 10:00am
Location: Essex County Community Foundation, 175 Andover Street, Suite 101, Danvers, MA
Housing and community development organizations, like many other non-profit organizations, are experiencing increased pressure due to limited development opportunities, more stringent financing standards and greater fundraising challenges. On April 13, 2011, the Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) and Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC) will co-host a roundtable discussion on “Increasing Capacity and Achieving Economies of Scale in the Non-profit Sector” providing developers of affordable housing and community development projects with an opportunity to share their views on possible models for increasing capacity, cutting costs, achieving economies of scale and leveraging their ability to raise debt and equity through:
development joint ventures
corporate restructuring, charter amendments and mergers
tax exempt bond pools
outsourcing property management
fundraising partnerships
Panelists will be:
Shirronda Almeida, Director of The Mel King Institute for Community Building
Mickey Northcutt, Executive Director of North Shore Community Development Coalition
Chrystal Kornegay, President and CEO of Urban Edge Housing Corporation
Emily Rosenbaum, Executive Director of Coalition for a Better Acre
David Welbourn, President and CEO of ECCF
Moderator: Kurt James, Director at Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, P.C.
To allow for full discussion, attendance at the roundtable discussion will be limited. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Patricia Michaud by telephone at 1-978-777-8876 or by email at p.michaud@eccf.orgno later than Friday, April 8, 2011.
A Roundtable Discussion for Non-Profit Developers of Affordable Housing and Community Development Projects
Housing and community development organizations, like many other non-profit organizations, are experiencing increased pressure due to limited development opportunities, more stringent financing standards and greater fundraising challenges. On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF), Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC) and Boston Private Bank & Trust Company will co-host a roundtable discussion on “Increasing Capacity and Achieving Economies of Scale in the Non-Profit Sector” providing developers of affordable housing and community development projects with an opportunity to share their views on possible models for increasing capacity, cutting costs, achieving economies of scale and leveraging their ability to raise debt and equity through:
development joint ventures
corporate restructuring, charter amendments and mergers
tax exempt bond pools
outsourcing property management
fundraising partnerships
Discussion panelists will include:
Shirronda Almeida, Director of The Mel King Institute for Community Building
Chrystal Kornegay, President and CEO of Urban Edge Housing Corporation
Mickey Northcutt, Executive Director of North Shore Community Development Coalition
Emily Rosenbaum, Executive Director of Coalition for a Better Acre
David Welbourn, President and CEO of ECCF
Moderator: Kurt James, Director at Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, P.C.
You are invited to join this discussion. The meeting will be held on:
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Continental breakfast 8:00 a.m. Program 8:30-10:00 a.m. Essex County Community Foundation 175 Andover Street, Suite 101 Danvers, Massachusetts
To allow for full discussion, attendance at the roundtable discussion will be limited. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Pat Michaud by telephone at 1-978-777-8876 or by email at p.michaud@eccf.orgno later than Friday, April 8, 2011.
with Mel King Thurs, March 3, 7:00-9:00 pm @ LivableStreets office, 100 Sidney St, Cambridge [map... ] Open to the public. $5-$10 suggested donation. Beverages provided. How would you describe the spirit and rhythm of your street? In a city where each neighborhood and street has its own character and history behind it, what story would your street tell?
Join Mel King’s discussion on what role streets play in community development. Mel’s book Streets, creatively illustrates how streets are a vital ingredient in the community building process. King explains the street’s importance in community building using Boston’s South End neighborhood, where King grew up. Streets explains why we need to create livable streetscapes which encourage people to be outside interacting with their neighbors in order to build a strong sense of community and place.
Mel King is a social activist, community developer, author and past politician and MIT professor. He has been a vital part of Boston’s development over the past fifty years. Author of Chain of Change: Struggles for Black Community Development, King wrote about the struggles of Boston’s Black community during urban renewal and the fight for Tent City. He also created the Community Fellows Program in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT and founded the South End Technology Center, a computer youth program which keeps participants on the front end of emerging technology.
The Mel King Institute for Community Building is a collaborative program of MACDC and LISC and other public, private and nonprofit community development partners.
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