Hello, we are Katie Murray, Jenny Pereira, and Inés Merchan from the Rhode Island Foundation’s Grants and Community Investments team. Our community foundation was founded in 1916 with a gift of $10,000. Last year, gifts totaled $75 million and grants equaled $84 million to 2,000 organizations. In our two largest discretionary programs – funding 140 …
My name is Adama Brown, and I’m the Director of Research and Data Analytics at United Way of Rhode Island (UWRI). I lead a team that is interested in reimagining impact and the ways that data and narrative inform philanthropic work, acting as a catalyst for systems change. In recent years, UWRI has embraced the …
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Hi, this is Cynthia Roberts, PhD with Adama Brown, PhD, Jen Latham, Katie Murray, David Robinson, PhD, and Dan Turner, PhD. The Evaluation Network of Rhode Island (ENRI) formed as a group of evaluation colleagues who were seeking to gain collegial support in our professional evaluation endeavors. A group of us first began meeting at …
We are a group of Indigenous and ally wild foods and medicines teachers from the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. We are honored to be part of a strong movement to revitalize Indigenous lifeways, protect Indigenous knowledge, and support future environmental stewards through education. An important part of this movement is the development …
Hello, AEA365 community! It’s Shelbi from EvaluACT. Recently, we drew upon Kim Anderson’s life stage teachings to develop an innovative reflection tool, seeking to unearth how various cultural lenses influence understandings of life stages and their ramifications on values and practices in professional settings. Participants from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds engaged, revealing interesting nuances. Activity …
We are the team at Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) and the Northwest Native American Research Center for Health / Public Health Research Academy. We (Stephanie Craig Rushing, Celena Ghost Dog, Amanda Gaston, Grazia Cunningham at NPAIHB, and Allyson Kelley at AKA PLLC) have been evaluating culturally relevant programs, interventions, curricula, and …
Hello everyone! I’m Gladys Rowe, and the work that I support is deeply involved in evaluation projects with a focus on supporting initiatives especially in Indigenous contexts. Today, I aim to share a learning about the transformative role of guide groups in fostering community involvement, priority setting, and direction in Indigenous evaluation projects using The …
Evaluators working with Indigenous peoples and communities are often advised to become familiar with a Native community’s social, cultural, and spiritual values before beginning a project. As an evaluation community, how can we be more intentional about moving beyond mere familiarity and acknowledgement of these value systems to actively centering them in our evaluation work? …
Greetings from Tempe, Arizona, which is the homeland of the Original Peoples who have stewarded this landscape since time immemorial. This land continues to be spiritually connected to the O’Odham of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Gila River Indian Community. We reflect the City of Tempe Land Acknowledgement as we report on a …
Hi, I’m Art Hernandez and I’m a Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Program evaluation can play a crucial role in assessing the effectiveness of initiatives aimed at Indigenous peoples in the USA. However, to create real change and pursue social justice, program evaluation must be approached with a …
