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FIE TIG Week: Evaluator Roles in Preventing Hate Crimes by Crystallee Crain

2 Comments / Feminist Issues in Evaluation / March 9, 2021 March 6, 2021

Hello! I’m Crystallee Crain, PhD. As hate crime incidents continue to rise, evaluators need context and training to equitably evaluate the public health concerns of survivors. The brutality of hate crimes is severe and torturous. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we must use our skills to strengthen the ways we can protect ourselves and …

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FIE TIG Week: Reflections on being a feminist evaluator. Also, an invitation to others to be one because we ALL have what it takes by Divya Bheda

2 Comments / Feminist Issues in Evaluation / March 8, 2021 March 6, 2021

Hello! I am Dr. Divya Bheda, you can find more about me here, and I am a feminist and an evaluator—i.e., a feminist evaluator. Over the last decade of being one, I often revisit what being a feminist evaluator means to me. Today, I thought I would share my current perspective with you. I am …

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FIE TIG Week: Feminist Issues in Evaluation TIG Week by Elyse McCall-Thomas and Melissa Chapman Haynes

3 Comments / Feminist Issues in Evaluation, Uncategorized / March 7, 2021 March 6, 2021

This is Elyse McCall-Thomas and Melissa Chapman Haynes, Program Chair and Co-Chair of the Feminist Issues in Evaluation (FIE) TIG. The FIE TIG is sponsoring this week’s blog posts to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8th. The topics for this week’s posts include reflections on being a feminist evaluator, the evaluator’s role in …

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Celebrating 4000 posts, thanks to you – our AEA365 community! by Sheila B Robinson

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 6, 2021 March 6, 2021

Hello dear readers! Sheila B Robinson here, AEA365’s Lead Curator and sometimes Saturday contributor with a note of thanks, and a few updates for you. In just a few days, we will have published our 4000th article on AEA365. Isn’t that amazing? Hundreds upon hundreds of generous evaluators have contributed their experiences, lessons learned, hot …

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APC TIG Week: Why you should include a foresight practice in your evaluation toolkit by Jewlya Lynn

3 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change / March 5, 2021 February 27, 2021

Hello friends. I’m Jewlya Lynn, a systems change strategist and evaluator. I’m here today to challenge your thinking. Let’s begin with a basic question: What is a theory of change (TOC)? At its core, it’s a prediction about the future, and typically about a specific future where interventions result in outcomes, ultimately leading to a …

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APC TIG Week: APC Evaluators can stand in Greater Solidarity with Indigenous People by Sarah Stachowiak

11 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, Uncategorized / March 3, 2021 February 27, 2021

This is Sarah Stachowiak, writing to you from the unceded lands of the Duwamish People, in present-day Seattle, Washington, in the United States. As of this writing, the United States government federally recognizes 574 tribes; the Duwamish tribe is not one of them. In the 1855 Point Elliott Treaty, the Duwamish ceded territory—but not sovereignty—to …

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APC TIG Week: Reframing Evaluative Processes to Build Equity and Inclusion: The Role of Evaluation in Disability Rights Advocacy by Melanie Kawano-Chiu

2 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change / March 2, 2021 February 27, 2021

Hello! My name is Melanie Kawano-Chiu, and I lead evaluation and learning at the Disability Rights Fund/Disability Rights Advocacy Fund (DRF/DRAF), a participatory grantmaker that resources persons with disabilities. With more than a decade of experience in peacebuilding and advocacy evaluation, I’m here to share an approach that grounds monitoring, evaluation, and learning in human …

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APC TIG Week: Advocacy Evaluation that Supports Equity Treats Power as the Ultimate Goal by Albertina Lopez, Julia Coffman & Mariah Brothe Gantz

3 Comments / Advocacy and Policy Change / March 1, 2021 February 27, 2021

Hello! We are Dr. Albertina Lopez (she/her), Julia Coffman (she/her), and Mariah Brothe Gantz (she/her) with the Center for Evaluation Innovation. Over the last two years, we have been evaluating the advocacy and systems change work of The California Endowment’s (TCE) Building Healthy Communities’ (BHC) initiative, a 10-year, $1 billion effort launched in 2010 to help …

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APC TIG Week: A tool to drive toward equitable policy advocacy approaches and outcomes by Allister Byrd and Joel Gutierrez

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / February 28, 2021 February 27, 2021

Hello! We are Allister Byrd and Joel Gutierrez from ORS Impact joined by Shannon Williams from the Alliance For Justice. Over the past year, our ORS Impact team partnered with state-based advocacy organizations across the country, working to protect and advance safety-net systems and policies. A large part of our evaluative inquiry focused on learning …

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