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We are very much in line with grassroots grantmaking - that change happens from the bottom up with grassroots people at the center.....It all starts with ordinary people doing extraordinary things.  If that's not there in the first step, then we are really lost.

- Kirk Noden, Executive Director
   Mahoning Valley Organizing
   Collaborative


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On the Ground with Grassroots Grantmakers in Ohio's Mahoning Valley: Building a Strategy for Change from the Ground Up  

October 21-22, 2009
Youngstown and Warren, Ohio
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Kirk NodenKirk Noden on Working in Youngstown
The Importance of a Multi-Layered Strategy

We talked recently with Kirk Noden, Executive Director of the Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative about his work in Youngstown and Warren, Ohio.

Kirk is an experienced organizer who worked in Chicago and Birmingham, England before he began his work in Youngstown where he found one vacant property for every 2.5 people.

Read what Kirk had to say about the role of organizing, community building and grassroots grantmaking in this rust-belt community.
ConversationProgram Officer as Coach
Converations that Matter

Presence, deep listening and leading from behind are three compentencies that can help funders be more skilled in having conversations that matter. 

Check out tips for conversations that matter, shared by Pamela McLean, Professional Coach and President of the acclaimed coach training organization, the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, on one of our most popular topical calls - Program Officer as Coach.
 
JanisBig Thinking This Week
My Name is Not Those People

This week Janis posted a moving video narration of Julia Dinsmore's poem, "My Name is Not Those People", with a note about checking in on the assumptions that we bring into our work. 

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On the Calendar

July 8-10  Nova Scotia
 
July 28-29 Embedded Funders Group Convening
Janis will be joining the Embedded Funders Group in their annual convening, hosted by The Skillman Foundation in Detroit.
 
July 28  Topical Conference Call
August 25  Topical Conference Call
 
September 29  Topical Conference Call
 
October 21-22  Youngstown & Warren, OH


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