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Fr. NPQ - The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap: Flipping the Lens
"Who the hell is Diane Nash?" From Freedom Riders
How Society Crush Dreams & Kill Creativity | Award winning short film
Chris Hayes Spoofs White Power Structure Has No Clue How To Stop Culture Of White On White Violence
Hedge Funds Are Killing Off Schools In Puerto Rico. For $Profit$. Here's How.
Quinnipiac Riverfest 2017 at Quinnipiac Marina
Heineken | Worlds Apart | #OpenYourWorld
Mario the Magician: a show reel
How to Think Differently about Diversity in Nonprofit Leadership: Get Comfortable with Discomfort
NPQ: Justice Gorsuch: The Immediate Impact on Nonprofit Organizations and Causes
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge
The Workspace of the Future - Leasing Now
Made in New Haven: Robert S. Greenberg
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- Name of the Organization
- Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
- Contact Person
- Lee Cruz
- Job Title
- Community Outreach Director
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- Administrator, program director, project manager and educator with interest in urban
neighborhoods, community organizing and storytelling.
Specialties:
• Strategic thinking
• Partnership Building
• Community Organizing
• Organizational Development
• Networking
• Storytelling
• Group Facilitation
• Policy Development
• Strategic Integration of Social Networking
• Integration of Technology
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Fr. NPQ - The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap: Flipping the Lens
Posted on June 8, 2017 at 1:30pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Building Movement Project’s just-released leadership report, “Race to Lead: Confronting the Racial Leadership Gap,” which you can download here, highlights what many of us know: The nonprofit sector is experiencing a racial leadership gap. As the U.S. becomes increasingly diverse, the percentage of people of color in executive director/CEO roles has remained under 20 percent for the last 15…
ContinueHow to Think Differently about Diversity in Nonprofit Leadership: Get Comfortable with Discomfort
Posted on April 24, 2017 at 10:34am 0 Comments 1 Like
Editors’ note: This article is part of our ongoing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Project. Visit www.nonprofitquarterly.org to access additional articles from this series.
It would be an understatement to say that the past few months have been uncomfortable. The national…
ContinueNPQ: Justice Gorsuch: The Immediate Impact on Nonprofit Organizations and Causes
Posted on April 12, 2017 at 3:44pm 0 Comments 1 Like
On Monday, Judge Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away in February 2016. Now that the court is once again at its full strength of nine justices, how will Gorsuch’s addition affect the Supreme Court, and especially nonprofits and nonprofit causes, in ...…
ContinueThe Community Foundation is accepting Neighborhood Leadership Program Applications
Posted on December 15, 2016 at 4:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Applications are being accepted for Neighborhood Leadership Program of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. The Neighborhood Leadership Program is an eight month training and grant program that supports community leaders in imagining, developing, testing and realizing projects which build community and provide positive outcomes in New Haven neighborhoods and contiguous towns.The…
ContinueCommunity Leaders: Do you want to make a difference in your community?
Posted on December 1, 2016 at 12:00pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Members of Block Watches, Community Garden and Greenspace Groups, Management Teams, Neighborhood Associations and other civic groups are invited to come learn about The Community Foundation Neighborhood Leadership Program. Residents of New Haven, East Haven, Hamden and West Haven may apply. The orientation session… |
Lee Cruz's Videos
Imagine. Inform. Invest. Inspire.
Neighborhoods: What is Working
Abundant Communities Initiative Updates ABCD Principles for Municipalities
Neighborhood connections create complex benefits, people in Edmonton, Alberta have learned. Its Abundant Community Initiative is catching on, with municipalities across North America expressing interest in connecting neighbors.Seize the Opportunity of Crisis to Rebuild Community
Out of crisis, the residents of Christchurch, New Zealand discovered what is most important—community. Around the globe, multiple crises confront us. The upside is that we now have unprecedented opportunities to rebuild community.The Affinity Dilemma
If the heart of our social problems is “like-mindedness,” the nature of associational affinity is one cause of the problem. Local examples/possibilities of “different mindedness” may be the way serious citizen dialogue can develop in relatively homogeneous places.Open Street Project
Announcing a new phase of the Open Streets movement!
As part of the 2016 International Open Streets Summit in Portland, OR, The Street Plans Collaborative – founder of the Open Streets Project – is excited to announce a new phase in the evolution of the movement. To expand capacity and deepen our expertise, we’re thrilled to welcome 8 80 Cities as our primary non-profit [...]The Body of Research on Open Streets is Growing – come hear about it at the 2016 International Open Streets Summit!
Charles Brown MPA, Senior Researcher with Rutgers University will present findings from the first-ever survey of a university community aimed to increase their overall diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. The survey highlights nearly 2,000 surveys from a focus group with Black and Hispanic Residents. Come discuss different strategies on how to use this information to remove [...]Ottawa Canada expert will share 45 years of experience running NOKIA Sunday Bikedays at the 2016 International Open Streets Summit
Ottawa enjoys two seasons of open streets/canals with 7.8 km of Rideau Canal Skateways and 52 km of car-free NOKIA Sunday Bikedays throughout the capital city Ottowa and Gatineau Park. Come hear Bruce Devine with the National Capital Commission speak at the 2016 International Open Streets Summit about their innovative and data-driven analysis of how [...]Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Our Strength Comes From Our Diversity
This month, as our country celebrates LGBTQ pride, we at LISC reaffirm our commitment to supporting inclusive and equitable communities.LISC Is Part of the Sustainability Story on Wall Street
An article in ImpactAlpha features Morgan Stanley’s chief sustainability officer and LISC board member Audrey Choi describing the “tremendous growth opportunities” in social impact investment. LISC’s recent first-of-its-kind bond offering, underwritten by Morgan Stanley, is a prime example of how benefit to the community can benefit business, too.A Boot Camp for Non-Profits Combating Homelessness Across California
As California's homelessness and affordable housing crisis deepens, the demand for non-profit developers who can navigate the complex world of affordable housing construction is more acute than ever. The only program of its kind, LISC's Housing Development Training Institute readies project managers to help close the housing gap across California.
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