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This #InternationalWomensDay we'd like to highlight an organization near and dear to us, Tri-County (AL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated™. This organization's mission is building strong, solid youth through community service. Learn more here. https://hubs.li/Q02nBYhP0

what YEP! Youth Engagement Planning does is essential - youth engagement in planning: processes where children and teenagers are empowered to speak as themselves--where their intersectional identities, background, cultures, lived experiences, and insights--are met in dialogue, and with curiosity within planners’ urban design and planning procedures to not only hear these contributions, but respect the inherent power and agency of youth to help define the immediate, and longer-term future of their community (Brown 2024; UNICEF Innocenti 2023, 16; Derr, Ruppi, and Wagner 2017, 8; Mullahey, Susskind, and Checkoway 1999, 32)

"Helping shape the future of community engagement! I was honored to participate in the MacArthur Foundation 's Big Bet On Nigeria survey, conducted by EnCompass LLC. I shared my experiences and insights from participating in a grantee's activities in 2023/2024, and how it impacted me. Thanks to Isabella Gallegos and the team for leading this important research! Let's work together to build stronger, more supportive communities. #SurveyParticipant #MacArthurFoundation #BigBetOnNigeria #EnCompassLLC #CommunityEngagement #BuildingABetterFuture"

Artak Karapetyan, a resident of Arjut settlement, Pambak community, Lori region of Armenia, will be able to make his idea of establishing a nursery a reality with a grant provided through the "Lorva Dzor" Local Active Group, one of the eight local active groups created in Armenia under the EU LEADER community development methodology. Read the full article here https://lnkd.in/dGtm8hZY

I wanted to share this funding opportunity from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation: The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Announces $5M in Funding for Programs Empowering Young People in Washington State. “Mobilizing Young Leaders Across Washington State,” will award multi-year grants in the amount of up to $500K, with a total funding of approximately $5 million to new and existing programs. The Mobilizing Young Leaders Across WA State RFP supports new and existing programs in Washington state that support youth engagement and build youth power through leadership training, civic engagement, and/or youth organizing (see definitions below). Definitions & Data Youth – for the purposes of this RFP, we define youth as young people between the ages of 13-18  Leadership training – e.g., builds skills and capacity to be problem solvers and decision-makers, develops self-and community-awareness, deepens understanding of experiences and contexts that may contribute to positive or negative community outcomes, supports positive peer-to-peer and youth/adult relationships and partnerships  Civic engagement – e.g., participation in community projects/events, civic education and awareness, opportunities for advocacy and negotiation, analysis of issues and opportunities related to issues that youth care about  Youth organizing – e.g., engagement of youth as decision-makers, networking to build relationships and alliances, participation in collective action initiatives RFP Description We are looking for programs with up to a three-year timeline that will achieve at least one of the following objectives: Support youth: advance models that support youth engagement as defined above Advance understanding: contribute knowledge, data, and insights on key elements including (but not limited to) supports that result in the greatest contribution to individual engagement and development, and community/contextual factors that accelerate or impede youth engagement, collaborative practices that generate stronger youth outcomes and organizational impact. Build youth power: positively affect the extent to which youth are viewed as critical perspectives and voices in informing decision-making, increase the extent to which youth actively participate in decision-making. For more information and to access the full RFP please visit: Mobilizing Young Leaders Across Washington RFP (pgafamilyfoundation.org). 

OLHSA’s commitment to community growth is showcased in our 2023 Annual Report. Read about our impact here: https://lnkd.in/gEpXCxMx #OLHSA2023

🤔Imagine a stranger getting into your house and start giving orders, telling you how you are doing things wrong and wants you to change to the way they like it themselves...It sounds rude ~ You feel disrespected, right? ⚡This is exactly how it feels when organizations get into communities and without their consent and considerations, interrupt their way of life in the name of development projects and interventions. ⚡They want to disrupt the communities' ways of life without being considerate. Without knowing why the community is living the way it is. ⚡Assuming that whatever the communities have been doing is not right and that whatever the organization brings is the right thing. ⚡Organizations seeing themselves as the savior to these communities and forgetting that the communities existed for centuries without the organizations. ⚡Not to be misquoted, I do not disregard the contributions of these organizations in bettering our communities, but the right process must be followed. They must appreciate that nothing is for the communities without the communities. #CommunityLedDevelopment #CLD_HCD #LocalCommunities #SustainableDevelopment CorpsAfrica The Movement for Community-led Development Community development association ( EL-Mobadara ) GSFN CDS Organization Dr Renuka Thakore Representing Global Communities Michael Muiya R Elwin Yves Delphin Gasore Nelly Iminza Grace Mathinji Augustine Njuguna

Do the Right Thing “You can't really know where you're going until you know where you have been." says Maya Angelou. In “Do the Right Thing”, a webinar hosted by ThirdSpace Action Lab and Next City, we will unpack the beginnings of the community development sector, how policy has and continues to shape the sector, and imagine an anti-racist community development future implemented and strengthened by practitioners. https://lnkd.in/eruSnSd5

Asset-based community development - think about it. When the asset is the people in the community, there is no more sure investment. The returns are huge. Nolu knows that. Nolu is both a beneficiary and an investor.

#TBT: This great read in the @KCBizJournal is worth revisiting about the integral role of #publictransportation in community development: https://bit.ly/49SME02