Common Future & The Bento Society have partnered in support of the launch of the Library of Economic Possibility (LEP) — a new research and media platform. LEP's mission is to advance public knowledge of economic policies that may help build a thriving 21st century economy.
Read MoreJoin the Urban League for their next online Homebuyer Education Workshop! This is a free (virtual) five-hour workshop to help you meet the WA State Housing Finance Commission’s education requirements for down payment assistance and a variety of affordable housing programs and opportunities for qualified applicants!
Read MoreVideos from Lead Local that explore the connections between community power and healthy communities.
Read MoreThe Asian American Solidarity Economies Project presented a five-part webinar series in 2018 on solidarity and cooperative economics targeted to the assets and needs of Asian American immigrant and refugee communities. For the full series: http://solidarityresearch.org/webinars/
Read MoreIn this series, Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next), presents four interactive workshops designed for people working in mutual aid groups. Each workshop provides tools for addressing common obstacles and growth areas for people doing sustained work together to meet basic survival needs in their communities. Sponsored by BCRW, Fireweed Collective, and Survived & Punished NY
Read More2021 Community Development Lunch & Learns series’ recordings are now viewable. These alternating deep dives on specific topics and issues of equitable community development, offered opportunities for participants to ask questions and discuss their projects with peers and community development experts.
Read MoreIn this workshop trainers do a deep dive into capital campaign readiness and the importance of organizational capacity for effective capital campaign fundraising. Regardless of where you are on your campaign journey, if you know a capital campaign is on the horizon, taking steps now to build out your fundraising capacity is critical to your organization’s long-term success.
Read MoreThis workshop provides a high-level overview of capital campaign fundraising concepts and terms including campaign feasibility study, prospect research, gift pyramids, and other fundraising activities within the context of a capital campaign. Also included is a review typical capital campaign timelines and using a community-centric fundraising lens, an exploration of fundraising strategies that can leverage broader support for an organization’s vision and mission by centering on a shared vision for the future.
Read MoreIn this first session, participants explore community-based strategies to build an equitable and regenerative economy, using the Just Transition framework.
Learn more about crafting effective messages and getting audiences with local government to meet your goals. Build relationships and reputations that facilitate generative partnerships and ways to influence public leadership and represent your community.
Read MoreThe solidarity semester and solidarity is project are hosted by the Building Movement Project. This free five-week online training school was hosted for emerging youth leaders (aged 18-25) across the country who are ready to take action for social change and are looking for ways to get involved on campus, online, and in your communities.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has redefined nearly every process and task. This workshop will look at the digital tools for communicating at various levels (team members, clients, community members, funders) that can keep us socially connected while physically distant. These tools can be power campaigns even without pandemic restrictions.
Read MoreExplore steps that align storytelling and policy change. We follow a process from idea to advancing community-centered solutions through formal policy change. How to translate culturally specific perspectives for white audiences, while staying authentic to our own communities and cultures.
Read MoreHear about what goes into envisioning, planning, and carrying out a communication plan for fundraising and capital campaigns. Explore what networks are important and how to find and build relationships with crucial partners while keeping your community centered and connected through the process.
Read MoreExplore making appropriate and generative connections with media members. Ensuring your story is expressed in ways that promotes your mission and affirm your community. Exposing pitfalls and traps to avoid. Recording, press kit template and presentation slides available.
Read MoreBuilding intercommunity coalitions. How to be in solidarity with those communities under most threat, even when not your own. Starting and maintaining alliances during COVID-19. Workshop featuring guest speaker Colleen Echohawk-Hayashi.
Read MoreThe Department of Community and Human Services and the Department of Local Services are partnering on a study of concrete actions that King County can take to develop and retain affordable housing in Skyway-West Hill and North Highline. Read on for report details and how to provide feedback.
Read MoreKnowing where to get the financing for your worker cooperative can be tricky. The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives recorded this webinar help. Find out your options and learn about the finance institutions that have experience with worker-owned businesses. Understand how to prepare your business for loans and grants.
Read MoreHow can you create opportunities for employment for people with disabilities in your community or your organization? Learn more with this resource and self-guided learning tool from Children’s PlayGarden
Read MoreMore than 60 community members came together on January 9th to learn more about the Community Real Estate Stewardship Team (CREST)'s development projects and what it means to own and control land as a community. Watch the recorded presentation here.
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