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Coming Soon! A Quick Survey to Help Us Meet Your (Virtual) Needs
In a few days, you’ll be receiving an invitation to participate in a brief survey about your experiences with the Building Movement Project’s online communications. Your input will guide us in setting priorities as we enhance our online activities in the coming months. Many thanks in advance for your participation. We look forward to hearing what you have to say!
BMP, PACE, and Innovation Network Present: The Emerging Framework for Civic Engagement Evaluation
BMP's Trish Tchume and Innovation Network's Ehren Reed partnered last month to present “The Emerging Framework for Civic Engagement Evaluation.” Over 80 participants attended the webinar, which responded to growing needs to assess the progress and frame the impact of civic engagement. See the slide presentation from the webinar and find more references and resources on BMP's civic engagement work!
Somos Mayfair Receives Over $1M to Fund Social Service and Social Change
It’s been a year since we published Making Social Change: Case Studies of Nonprofit Service Providers which featured five human service organizations. The recent announcement that one of our featured organizations, Somos Mayfair, has been awarded over $1 million in funding for both their service and their civic engagement work brings hope and encouragement to human service providers looking to incorporate a social change framework.
USSF 2010: Another Detroit is Happening!
We've just returned from the US Social Forum in Detroit, where over 15,000 grassroots community organizers, activists, social service nonprofits, and individuals envisioned another US! We will be sharing more pictures and report-backs from the Forum, and our two sessions, but for more information on what took place at the Forum, check out their website at www.ussf2010.org.
SWOP’s Community Organizing Efforts Featured in NY Times
For over 10 years, the Southwest Organizing Project in Albuquerque, NM has worked hard to deliver water services to the Pajarito Mesa. A recent NY Times article takes a look at life on the Mesa, featuring SWOP organizer Sandra Montes who gave the Times a tour of the area and explained the organizing history, which has resulted in a water filling station, mobile health clinics and other services. SWOP is directed by Building Movement Project Team Member, Robby Rodriguez, and works primarily in low-income communities of color to gain community control of land and resources.
Fundraising for Food: New Demands in the New Decade
Are you an employee or board member of a nonprofit organization in Southeast Michigan providing "food" programs for your community? Looking for more ways to approach fundraising in 2010 and beyond? Join Building Movement Project Team Member, Kim Klein, for an information packed workshop hosted by Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan and NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work) on April 21 in Detroit, MI. The session is ideally suited for suited for organizations with programs that feed the hungry, encourage good nutrition, teach about sustainable agriculture, or implement hunger-reducing initiatives.
Evidence of Change: Exploring Civic Engagement Evaluation
This report summarizes the recent efforts of the Building Movement Project, the Alliance for Children and Families and the Ms. Foundation for Women who came together to respond to this call for methods and tools for measuring the impact of social change work. It offers a look into how organizations currently view their relationship with impact measurement and then presents a brief summary of the key findings that came out of the Civic Engagement Evaluation Summit convened by the partner organizations.
Alliances for Change: Organizing for the 21st Century
Workers’ centers, youth-based action groups, and urban justice organizations are among those changing the face of traditional community organizing. Many of these groups engage a range of approaches beyond targeted campaign work—from service delivery to media ownership to voter engagement. This report looks at nearly a dozen examples of organizing efforts rising to scale and adapting to the urgent challenges and political opportunities at the beginning of the 21st century.