Happy Community Development Week! We are Asma M. Ali from AA & Associates LLC in Chicago, Jovita Murillo of the University of Louisville, and Noé Rubén Chávez of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Gentrification is a process of community change where higher-income earners move into lower-income neighborhoods, altering the community’s makeup. Our …
Hello AEA365 Blog readers! I’m Sandy Sheppard, a community social worker (LMSW) and researcher (PhD) working as a Senior Evaluation Associate for CCNY, Inc. in Buffalo, NY. In March 2022, the Community Development TIG sponsored a week of blogs exploring community development evaluation through practice- and project-based examples of how AEA members were addressing diversity, …
Hello. I’m Sylvia Pu, a researcher, evaluator, and career coach at Sylvia Pu Consulting. My work focuses on measuring and diversifying school-to-career pathways. For the past few years, I have been working on co-creating solutions with communities using participatory and community-engaged methods. In this post, I want to invite you to reframe community reluctance to …
Hi, we’re Matthew Closter and David Hanson, here to share reflections on the role of community development in advancing place-based systems change. As evaluators focused on racial equity, we have extensive knowledge and experience positioning evaluations to center and uplift community voice. Matthew Closter, Director at Equal Measure, has more than 15 years’ experience in …
Hi! I’m Norma Kok, and I lead the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Department at Citizen Leader Lab in Cape Town, South Africa. I hold a Master’s degree in Public Health and extensive experience (16 years) in monitoring and evaluation in various national and international organizations. Over the years I have witnessed the transformative power …
We are Cheryl Arndt, PhD, Samantha Shaak, PhD, and Edward Norris, MD from the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health (LPPIH) at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) in Allentown, PA. The Institute focuses on creating meaningful and sustained improvements in overall health through innovations targeting the drivers that influence health within a community, or the vital …
Hello AEA community! My name is Dr. Tatiana Bustos, and I am a community engaged researcher, evaluator, and community psychologist. In my evaluation practice, I apply community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles. For Community Development (CD) TIG week, I wanted to share some learnings from applying an asset-based community development (ABCD) framework for a project, the …
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …
“Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having a voice to be heard.” -Liz Fosslien This year Community Development (CD) TIG’s sponsored week focuses on community development evaluation and how members are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce …
