 November 2015 |
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Catalyst Team
Ravi Shah
Senior Program Associate
Lauren Kay
Director of Communications |
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From the Desk of Paul Vandeventer
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Strong and Grounded Leadership
"Citizen voice" rings so distinctly as a factor critical to community and civic life that I hope the phrase rises to much more common use.
Arguably, elected officials who hear, heed and value what citizens have to say govern better, right? That question was very much in the air at a recent gathering of the board of directors of the Heidelberg Club International in Heidelberg, Germany, a support group to that German city's science innovation and intellectual leadership in the world.
Science and medicine have defined the modern era of the city and current Heidelberg Mayor Dr. Eckart Wuerzner just won a second eight-year term in office on the strength of his commitment to defining the city as a 21st century center of knowledge and discovery.
To read the entire article, please click here.
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You're Invited
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Please let us know you're coming. RSVP via the link below by Dec. 1. Space is limited.
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Welcome Our Newest Projects
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Integrated Behavioral Health Partners
Project Leader: Karen Linkins
Advances and spreads integrated behavioral health care in California and nationally through capacity building, training, and technical assistance.
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College Access, Readiness & Success (CARS)
Project Leader: Arif Haji
An on-campus, one-stop program whose mission is to prepare cohorts of underserved students from low-income, low-performing high schools in the South Bay to attend and complete post-secondary education at UC and CSU or equivalent campuses.
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Projects in the News
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Ange-Marie Hancock, Community Partners board member and associate professor of political science and gender studies at USC, provided next-day analysis of the GOP debates for KPCC's Take Two.
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A new Circle of Friends group, which pairs special education students with general education peers, was started recently at Simi Valley High and was the subject of this feature piece in a local publication.
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Conference Round-Up
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Our staff is regularly out and about. We go to lots of events, participate on panels and workshops, and frequently meet with people from as many different sectors as we can. It's part of our organizational culture, which emphasizes both knowledge sharing and what we call 'civic reach.' This month, staff members attended so many conferences, (including President and CEO Paul Vandeventer, who reports this month on his meeting in Heidelberg, Germany) we thought we'd offer this brief round-up:
Policy Link held its biggest conference yet here in Los Angeles, with 3,000 in attendance, including Community Partners program director Judy Harper and director of programs Sheri Dunn Berry. One take-away from the gathering: All public investment must be guided with an equity lens. Both thought it important that the arts were featured front-and-center amid various discussions about equity, including a performance by a young poet from Say Word, one of Community Partners' fiscally sponsored projects. (Click here to read more.)
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From the Field
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Have you ever wanted to give or find anonymous and helpful reviews of funders? GrantAdvisors is a new platform that seeks to be the Yelp or TripAdvisor for foundations. Rate a funder on the beta site here. Data will be shared publicly once a funder has collected 10 reviews.
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A great explainer of how nonprofits can use Medium, an online publishing platform, to amplify their message and reach more people.
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Jena Lee Nardella, co-founder of Blood:Water, shares her experience on social entrepreneurship, nonprofit startups, and the next generation of nonprofit leaders.
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Retirees are a growing force in philanthropy, with giving expected to swell to $8 trillion over the next two decades, a result of greater life expectancy and the retiring baby boom generation.
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While giving from baby boomers is familiar and expected to grow, nonprofits are still learning about how and why millennials give to a cause.
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About Us
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Community Partners offers expert guidance, essential services, and a strong dose of passion to help foster, launch and grow creative solutions to community challenges.
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1000 N Alameda St, Suite 240
Los Angeles, CA 90012 | Phone 213.346.3210
Fax 213.808.1009 | info@CommunityPartners.org |
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