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 …

Community Development TIG Week: Reframe Reluctance when Partnering with Communities on Research and Evaluation Projects by Sylvia Pu Read More »

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 …

Community Development TIG Week: Community Development is at the Core of Evaluating Place-Based Systems Change by Matthew Closter and David Hanson Read More »

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 …

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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 …

Community Development TIG Week: Integrative Community Therapy: Building Community While Supporting Mental Health in Allentown, PA by Cheryl Arndt, Samantha Shaak, and Edward Norris Read More »

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 …

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