BMP Spotted at NYC’s first Participatory Budgeting Vote
Beginning in October of 2011 and culminating in a final vote a few weeks ago, New York City just completed its first round of participatory budgeting. Four city council members, […]
Tag: Community Involvement
Stories from the Field: Successes at St. Stephen’s
In this next installment of Stories From the Field, we bring you news from St. Stephen’s Community House in Toronto. We first heard about the work at St. Stephen’s house 5 years […]
Key Themes from Catalysts for Change
In 2009, with the support of The California Endowment, the Building Movement Project launched an initiative to explore whether California-based health and human service providers engage in activities beyond direct […]
News from the Detroit Food Justice Taskforce
The Detroit Food Justice Task Force is a group of Black and People of Color led organizations and supporters that share a commitment to creating a food security plan for […]
Stories from the Field: Building Solidarity Across Silos
Two months ago we launched our Stories from the Field series with a case study about developing board readiness for advocacy. This month’s submission takes us to the state of Illinois […]
Stories from the Field: Developing Board Readiness for Advocacy
If you’re familiar with our reports such as Making Social Change: Case Studies of Nonprofit Service Providers, you know that we here at the Building Movement Project love a good story […]
Calling All EDs and Senior Staff of Service Organizations Doing Social Change Work!
You don’t want to miss this call! On Wednesday, May 18th the Building Movement Project will be hosting the next in our ongoing series of social service and social change […]
Building Movement Project in Detroit
While the Building Movement Project is a nationally-focused organization, we’ve always had a very special relationship with Detroit. Linda Campbell – long time Detroit resident and member of the Building […]
Missed our Call for Organizers in Social Service Organizations? Here’s the Low Down.
On Wednesday, March 16th, the Building Movement Project hosted the first of what will be an ongoing series of “cohort calls” that concentrate on the different roles/activities of service providers […]
Engaging Community: A Toolkit for Building Healthy and Resilient Communities
BMP partner Neighborhood Centers, in partnership with the Berkana Institute, have combined a how-to guide on the use of Appreciative Inquiry as a method of engaging community with other materials in a […]