Community Development

“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 …

Community Development TIG Week: Empowering Residents of an Affordable Housing Complex Through Evaluation by Deacon Dzierzawski, Laura Brinson, and Mary Ann Wojton Read More »

“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 …

Community Development TIG Week: R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Framework in Community Development Evaluation by Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo Read More »

“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 …

Community Development TIG Week: Using Evaluation and Data to Catalyze Community Capacity, not Protect Power By Samantha Shaak, Jared Raynor, Julie Simpson, and Ron Dendas Read More »

“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 …

Community Development TIG Week: Providing Culturally Competent Programming: Special Focus on Adult Care Facilities by Rhyanne McDade Read More »

Hi.  My name is Catherine Dun Rappaport.  I am the Vice President of Learning and Impact Measurement at BlueHub Capital.  BlueHub is a national, nonprofit, community development financial institution (CDFI) dedicated to building healthy communities where low-income people live and work.  I used to work in applied evaluation and learning at United Way of Mass …

CD TIG Week: Lessons Learned regarding In-House Research, Evaluation and Learning by Catherine Dun Rappaport Read More »

We are Audrey Jordan (evaluation consultant and executive life coach in Southern California at  audreyjordan2012@gmail.com) and Tom Kelly (VP Knowledge, Evaluation & Learning at Hawai‘i Community Foundation at tkelly@hcf-hawaii.org) and we used to work together helping create local learning partnerships of evaluators and community residents in cities across the US as part of a 10-year, …

CD TIG Week: Evaluation in Partnership with Communities by Audrey Jordan and Tom Kelly Read More »

Hi, I am Roman Katsnelson of KRD Consulting Group in Calgary, Canada. We provide organizational development supports to social good organizations across Canada and the US. As part of our work, we use evaluation practice and evaluation capacity building to amplify collective learning and augment collective efficacy. Why does the work of neighbourhood development and …

CD TIG Week: Evaluation as Tool to Prioritize Community in Community Economic Development Projects by Roman Katsnelson Read More »

I’m Doug Easterling, Ph.D, a faculty member at Wake Forest School of Medicine. For the past 27 years I’ve been immersed in and fascinated by the work that foundations do to promote community-building and community-based problem-solving. I was the Director of Research and Evaluation at The Colorado Trust when the foundation experimented with approaches like …

CD TIG Week: Using Evaluation to Guide Foundations on Community Development By Douglas Easterling Read More »

Hi AEA Members! I’m Tom David and I’ve been working in and around “organized” philanthropy for 30 years.   About ten years ago I was asked to advise a large foundation on how to think about evaluating a planned 10-year multi-site, “place-based” initiative. As talking points for a conversation with them, I jotted down the following …

CD TIG Week: Lesson Learned from Foundation, Multi-site, and Community-based Organization Evaluation by Tom David Read More »

Greetings! I am David Chavis. My path as a student of community change started as a direct action community organizer, and included community development corporation directorships, strategist for organizing thousands of block associations in New York City, professor, evaluator, trainer, consultant, and CEO.  I would like to share what I believe are among the most …

CD TIG Week: On the Meaning of Change in the Evaluation of Community Change Initiatives by David Chavis Read More »