Civic Innovators Forum
It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the Civic Innovators Forum, an invitation-only pre-conference event to the 65th Annual National Conference on Citizenship. Registration is available at www.ncoc.net/InnovatorsForum.
The Forum will be held on September 16 at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The day will begin with the Case Foundation hosting a discussion on the role of citizen-centered participation in cultivating civic engagement in communities and developing solutions to society’s pressing problems. Over lunch, we’ll discuss the role of the corporate sector in addressing community problems and the evolution of corporate citizenship. Then, PACE-Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement will host members of the last four Presidential administrations to discuss how they have worked with the field of philanthropy on a civic engagement agenda and what this evolving relationship can and should look like.
We’ll end the day with a fun reception hosted by SplashLife in which we will discuss how to support and empower the pro-social Millennial generation and its over-abundance of extraordinary but largely untapped talent to help rebuild the American dream.
The Forum will lay the foundation for the 65th Annual National Conference on Citizenship, being held the next day, September 17, at the Library of Congress. Our theme, “BIG Citizenship: Citizens as Catalysts and Innovators” will showcase ways individuals everywhere are self-organizing to meet community needs while demanding transparency and accountability from government and greater social responsibility from corporations.
As you know, the conference is an annual event that focuses on the state of civic engagement in America, and brings together 450 civic leaders, educators, CEOs, and representatives from each of the three branches of government to address issues related to our nation’s civic health. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participate in a keynote conversation, and we will present the “Citizen of the Year” award to TIME Magazine Managing Editor Rick Stengel. We will also discuss our nation’s Civic Health Assessment, produced for the first time in partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service.
We would be honored to have you participate in both the Civic Innovators Forum and the 65th Annual National Conference on Citizenship. Registration is complimentary and available at www.ncoc.net/InnovatorsForum. Thank you for your consideration. We hope you will be able to join us for this exciting event.
Sincerely,
Christopher T. Gates
Executive Director
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
David B. Smith
Executive Director
National Conference on Citizenship
Jean Case
CEO
The Case Foundation
Melissa Helmbrecht
CEO
SplashLife
PACE Presents,
Measurable Community Change: How do we know it when we see it?
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/178023290
In response to our recent webinar on measuring and evaluating civic capacity and community change, we are pleased to continue the conversation with this new webinar.
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Civic Engagement that contributes to measurable community change – how do we know it when we see it?
Everyday Democracy (www.everyday-democracy.org) has recently completed the grant-funded portion of its Communities Creating Racial Equity (CCRE) initiative, for which the Center for Assessment and Policy Development (CAPD) (www.capd.org) did the cross-site evaluation. In CCRE, eight community coalitions received coaching and grants from Everyday Democracy to implement dialogue, deliberation and action intended to contribute to closing racial disparities. CAPD worked with the coalitions to help them measure community-level results of that work. Carolyne Abdullah of Everyday Democracy and Sally Leiderman of CAPD will share some of the challenges and lessons from the cross-site evaluation and invite participants to offer additional examples and lessons.
They will highlight learnings on two related fronts – specific outcomes that measure the contribution of civic engagement to community change, and infusing a racial equity lens throughout the creation and application of civic engagement processes. The latter will include candid discussion of issues of power and privilege in: determining what kinds of outcomes should be measured; creating indicators; timing of data collection; and developing feasible and cost-effective ways to document the outcomes of civic engagement. They will also share data collection tools that focus on observable community changes that helped community coalitions measure results based on a “how would you know it when you see it” approach.
Carolyne Abdullah is a program director at Everyday Democracy and Sally Leiderman in President of the Center for Assessment and Policy Development.
Title: PACE Presents, Measurable Community Change: How do we know it when we see it?
Date: Monday, October 4, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer
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