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Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you have a project idea that you want to make a reality? The Neighborhood Leadership Program helps local residents imagine, develop, test and realize projects that build community and provide positive outcomes.
The Neighborhood Leadership Program is open to residents from New Haven, Hamden, East Haven and West Haven. Join us for one of two informational sessions on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 14, 7:00 -8:30p.m.
Register Here http://ow.ly/c1uB50H36lV
Cyndi Suarez
February 4, 2021Editor’s Notes: The Nonprofit Quarterly’s new editor in chief, Cyndi Suarez, launches a new podcast series today featuring women of color in leadership. Through candid, in-depth interviews, listeners will come to understand how these women embarked on their paths to leadership, how their leadership styles have evolved over the years, how they envision their work now, and what they hope to see for their fellow women of color leaders.
“I’m noticing that women of color have been moving into key leadership positions in the nonprofit sector, including philanthropy,” Suarez explains in inaugural podcast. “Some of us are leading predominantly white organizations, often with the charge of transitioning them to more racially just design and practices.” Other leaders of color, like Amoretta Morris, direct organizations that are by and for people of color. Morris, who kicks off this series, is the newly installed president at Borealis Philanthropy.
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Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) is accepting applications for membership on our Board of Directors!
DESK is a New Haven-based nonprofit organization, committed to serving people experiencing homelessness or living in poverty by providing food assistance and services that promote health, community, and equity. We are a small organization, but we are growing significantly! (Have you seen the recent article on the Yale Daily News?!) As we continue to grow, we would like to invite passionate and committed people to join the organization as Board Members.
DESK’s Board of Directors is comprised of a group of dedicated individuals who are highly engaged in the community, each bringing at least one area of specialization or knowledge to their Board service. Ideal candidates will be passionate and committed to DESK’s mission. To learn more about Board Membership, please take a look at our posting here.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV or résumé to Sofia Morales at sofia.morales@yale.edu with “Board Member Application” in the subject line.
Link to Application: New%20Haven%20Health%20Leaders%20Application%202020.pdf
I hope this message finds you well. The Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) is now accepting applications for its 2020-2021 New Haven Health Leaders Program. Please see the link to the application above. I am happy to provide paper copies of the application upon request. We are very excited to embark upon our second year!
In this 9 month program, New Haven Health Leaders will receive training about health disparities and solutions to create health equity at the neighborhood level. We will co-learn from each other about New Haven’s neighborhoods, community engagement, and leadership development – with a focus on improving health in New Haven.
Participants will receive a stipend of $300 per month which equals out to a total of $2,700! Please encourage anyone who displays a genuine interest to apply. If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me at avshalomsmd1@southernct.edu or call (203) 392-6902.
Best regards,
Devin
Community Engagement Coordinator, CARE
College of Health and Human Services
Southern CT State University
Phone: (203) 392-6906
I start with the pain. A couple times a week I give a speech somewhere in the country about social isolation and social fragmentation. Very often a parent comes up to me afterward and says, “My daughter took her life when she was 14.” Or, “My son died of an overdose when he was 20.”
Their eyes flood with tears. I don’t know what to say. I squeeze a shoulder just to try to be present with them, but the crying does not stop. As it turns to weeping they rush out of the auditorium and I am left with my own futility. What can I say to these parents? What can I say to the parents still around who don’t yet know they may soon become those parents?
This kind of pain is an epidemic in our society. ..
source: By David Brooks Opinion Columnist
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/opinion/culture-compassion.html
Original letter published here.
To the Yale School of Management Education Leadership Conference:
I am disappointed, yet not surprised, that this year’s Education Leadership Conference has chosen to host Julia Keleher as one of their keynote speakers for leaders in education reform. Keleher’s “reform” of the Puerto Rican public education system does not serve to solve any of its problems but rather to mutilate it in order to benefit all but those Puerto Rican citizens who actually rely on high quality public schools. This celebration of Keleher’s work only displays the way in which members of elite institutions like the Yale School of Management can be so blind to the reality and context of life in Puerto Rico.
To Former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Education Julia Keleher:
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 on: |
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Do you want to make a difference in your community?
Join us at an orientation session for the 2018 Neighborhood Leadership Program.
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Less than a decade ago, before the dramatic and sadly increasing disparity between "the haves" and "the have-nots" (now an issue in the presidential campaign), luxury brands typically dispersed their giving to a wide range of nonprofits: culture, education, health and a range of social service organizations all doing good in many creative and altruistic ways. The luxury brands that gave, a generous percentage of their marketing budgets did little to promote (many thought “tout”) their good corporate citizenship...
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/269739/wake-up-call-for-nonprofits.html ;
Applications are being accepted for The Community Foundation's 2016 Neighborhood Leadership Program.
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.
If you are a resident of New Haven (or contiguous towns) who has demonstrated commitment to making a positive difference through resident engagement, and if you are eager to build skills, develop your capacity to increase your impact, and engage with other leaders in learning, practice, and project execution, you should apply to this program.
You will learn the skills and practices of:
- appreciating and using your personal strengths and core values
- building relational culture in your community and with other leaders
- understanding the resources and challenges involved in creating the community you want
- creating and using a group of allies to support you in your work
- designing and implementing a pilot project that will positively impact your community
- learning from your pilot how to modify or scale up your project
- developing and managing the human and material resources you need to produce effective positive impact
The Deadline to apply is Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Noon. Visit http://ow.ly/Wc50i for more information and to apply.
In March 2010, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHS) launched its first annual Resident Leadership Program.
Based on a curriculum developed in conjunction with our national partner, NeighborWorks® America, the program consists of five units. The primary goals of this program are to transfer concrete leadership skills to residents, create a space for participants to share their experiences with one another, and increase residents’ sense of being agents of change. One key to achieving these goals starts with the fundamental belief that participants and the communities they represent are assets.
Too often, leadership programs are built to fill in the “missing gaps” in emerging leaders, rather than hone the skills they already possess or allow time to build confidence and skills. This program aims to change that paradigm.
NHS is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our 2015 Resident Leadership Program. We are featuring a fresh lineup of workshops for this year’s program, but they continue to focus on helping resident leaders to build tangible skills and effect positive change in their communities.
This year's classes are:
March 31 - Building Winning Teams
April 7 - Tips for Effective Communication
April 21 - Staying Strong through Recruitment and Retention
May 5 - Using Planning to Create Action
May 19 - Effectively Using Community Resources
Registration deadline is Tuesday, March 17. A $25 registration fee is required upon acceptance into the program.
The 2015 Resident Leadership Program Application can be found here.
To read more about our program, including past facilitators and workshop topics, please click here.
About Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven:
Incorporated in 1979, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Inc. (NHS) positions neighborhoods to succeed by increasing homeownership; providing pre- and post-purchase homebuyer education and financial coaching; making homes beautiful, energy-efficient, and affordable; and helping residents take charge of their neighborhoods. In 2001, NHS opened the New Haven HomeOwnership Center, which provides homebuyer education and financial assistance to individuals and families who are purchasing and rehabilitating homes throughout the Greater New Haven area. The HomeOwnership Center is also a leading provider of foreclosure intervention services to clients throughout Connecticut. NHS is a chartered member of the NeighborWorks® America network. (www.nhsofnewhaven.org)
Former Girl Scouts CEO Frances Hesselbein: 7 tips for nonprofit leaders: Non-Profit Quarterly
November 9, 2011; Source: Fortune | With a career that spans seventy years in the nonprofit sector and includes positions as a troop leader, state leader, and, ultimately, CEO of the Girl Scouts and CEO of the Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management), which she still holds at 96, it is no surprise that Frances Hesselbein has some clear thoughts on leadership. In a recent interview with Fortune she recalled how her incorporation of Drucker’s management principles drew the attention not only of the leadership of the Girl Scouts but also of Drucker himself, who later asked her to lead his own organization. Reflecting on her own career, Hesselbein emphasized the underlying importance of focus and vision, and shared seven additional lessons she figured out along the way...
Link to the article: 7 tips for nonprofit leaders - Non-Profit Quarterly
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas Fall 2010 is pleased to announce its Fall 2010 Fellowship program. The inaugural program was launched in January 2010, providing opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to develop their communication and leadership skills as they prepared to pursue college and/or enter the workforce.
The program combines instruction in critical writing, nonprofit management and various arts disciplines, with opportunities for job shadowing and hands-on work experience around Festival events. Fellows were also tasked with viewing various performances and exhibits and writing reviews which were posted on the Festival blog.
It is our belief that the arts contribute to the overall vitality and connectedness of our community and that exposure to the arts by our young people is especially critical to their future success. Each student that completes the program will receive a stipend of $500.
For more information about the Fellowship program and an application, visit http://www.artidea.org/view_page.php?id=84 or contact Dawn Gibson-Brehon, Fellowship Program Manager at 203.815.2926. Applications are being accepted online through September 3, 2010. Slots are limited and students will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis.
