 December 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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Stewardship Personified
The notion of stewardship suggests more than mere responsibility. A steward assumes a duty of caring and loyalty well beyond what law and custom require.
Three Community Partners volunteer directors epitomize what lies at the heart of stewardship as they complete their terms of service on board.
Jack Shakely has been a steadfast supporter of Community Partners since well before we formally established the organization. While in the role of President & CEO at California Community Foundation, Shakely in 1991 helped guide our very first grant proposal - to explore the feasibility of creating Community Partners - through CCF's board. Long a friend of our late founding board chair, Albert R. Rodriguez, and both a mentor and friend to me, Shakely was the first person to say "yes, I will serve" when Al enlisted his membership on the founding board of our fledgling effort.
To read the entire article, please click here.
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Holiday Gathering 2015
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At Community Partners' annual holiday gathering last week, we bid farewell to three devoted, long-time board members, honored several institutional partners that supported our work early on...and a most prominent foundation leader dubbed CP president Paul Vandeventer 'Crazy Glue' (more on that later).
Each year at this time, we bring together a wonderfully diverse group of staff, project leaders, nonprofit executives, foundation folk and many others to celebrate the season, catch up with old friends, make new connections - and also take a moment to recognize those working especially diligently to make a difference in the region.
Check out this Storify documenting the evening (with thanks to Alberto Roca, project leader for Diverse Scholars, for taking the time to pull this together for us).
We do this with the Albert R. Rodriguez Civic Legacy Honors, created in memory of Community Partners co-founder Al Rodriguez as a way keep alive Community Partners' - and Al's - spirited dedication to ethical integrity, public accountability, and fiscal prudence in charitable enterprise. Each year distinguished project leaders and partners are recognized for their work; this year includes:
Click here to read the entire article.
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Welcome Our Newest Projects
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MLK Medical Campus Project
Project Leader: Linda Griego
Seeks to create a broad-based health care and wellness center of excellence in Watts, leveraging existing health, education and economic development resources.
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Project Leader: Patrick S. McCabe
Connects current and former foster youth with career access and opportunities to increase their potential to graduate and secure full time jobs.
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Projects in the News
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| The Dinner Party, a project of Community Partners, is the focus of a CNN segment exploring stress on "VitalSigns with Sanjay Gupta. "The topic at these parties is typically taboo, but that's the point," Gupta offers, referring to the program's focus on helping young adults address loss and grief. (The Dinner Party starts at 1:50 into the video.) | |
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Barbara Palilis talks about the ways her project, Circle of Friends, works to end bullying and create an atmosphere of greater inclusion for students with autism and other developmental delays at campuses across the country, on YouTube program "Autism Live." | |
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Urban TxT, which teaches coding and app development to under-served youth around Los Angeles, received early start-up funds from Edison International. Project leader Oscar Menjivar and some of his students are profiled on the company's news site.
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| Clare Fox was a guest alongside Evan Kleiman on Madeline Brand's KCRW show Press Play. The director of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council discusses the confusing issues facing street vendors in LA, and the need for clear policies around sidewalk vending.
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Dignity and Power Now director Mark-Anthony Johnson responds to new report on mass incarceration in America on a recent episode of 'Rattling the Bars' on realnews.com.
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Alberto Roca, project leader of DiverseScholar, led a team that won an award from the inaugural Hack Day organized by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Boston Future of Research Symposium. Their winning entry, "How many postdocs? Data to Drive Diversity," analyzed and published federal data on the postdoctoral scholar talent pool key to developing diversity in faculty recruiting efforts.
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After more than 15 years as a volunteer-run organization, Los Angeles Walks has hired its first staff member. Congratulations! | |
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Grants and Resource Opportunities
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Captain Planet Grants
Deadline: January 31
The Captain Planet Foundation supports educational programs that enable youth to understand and appreciate our world by getting involved in hands-on projects to improve the environment. Grants requests must be between $500-$2,500.
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No LOI Deadline
The Reva and David Logan Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in California that address the arts, investigative journalism, scholarship, and social justice. Letters of inquiry are welcome throughout the year.
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From the Field
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Using the holidays as an great opportunity to catch up on the glut of great TV? How abbout taking some time for some great journalism published in 2015. Check out Bloomberg Businessweek's third annual Jealousy List for great long-form reads from admired writers. It's a great compilation.
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| GrantCraft has partnered with Lucy Bernholz to produce the 2016 Blueprint, which assesses the current foundation landscape, points to major trends and buzzwords to look for in the coming year, and provides forecasts for important breakthroughs expected in the coming year.
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Your Contributions Welcome
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Would you like to share a recent achievement? Do you have helpful information, resources, or materials that you would like to share with other projects via The Catalyst? Please contact Ravi Shah with your suggestions.
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