From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Tue Nov  3 09:59:14 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:59:14 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] grassroots tracking of stimulus funds.
Message-ID: <4AF05352.2010307@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From:     Sondra Youdelman <sondra at cvhaction.org>

New York Stimulus Alliance

For Release: 1:00 pm
Saturday, October 31, 2009
For More Information (Fact Sheets):
www.cvhaction.org (scroll down on home page)

CONTACTS:
Overall: Chris Keeley, (917) 847-3625, ckeeley at commoncause.org
New York City: Ana Maria Archila,(917) 330-5337,anamaria.archila at maketheroad.org
Newburgh/Poughkeepsie: Jenny Loeb, (845) 857-8415, jenny at cvhaction.org
Albany: Andreas Kriefall, (518) 331-3190, adkriefall at me.com
Buffalo: Eric Walker, (716) 796-5008, eric at pushbuffalo.org
Syracuse: Ruthnie Angrand, (315) 560-4838, rangrand1 at aol.com

PRESS RELEASE

Grassroots Community Leaders Discuss Impacts of Federal Stimulus Package
After Organizing Country?s First Community-Level Trainings on  
Newly-Released Jobs Data

Alliance of Organizations Calls on New York State Stimulus Czar,  
Timothy Gilchrist, to Collaborate Directly with Grassroots Leaders to  
Ensure Stimulus Money Reaches the Poor and Communities of Color

NYS - The New York Stimulus Alliance, a coalition of grassroots  
organizations and their policy and research partners, today offered  
their response to the first major release of jobs data about the  
federal stimulus act.  In an unprecedented statewide organizing  
collaboration, they held simultaneous two-hour training sessions with  
a subset of the groups grassroots members in four locations  
throughout New York State: in New York City, Newburgh, Buffalo, and  
Albany.  Partners in Syracuse will host a similar event in the coming  
week.

In the workshops, information was shared about how best to track  
stimulus monies and testimony was solicited from economically  
marginalized citizens about how to ensure stimulus spending reaches  
all communities, especially the residents of distressed neighborhoods  
who need jobs, housing support, and community development the most.  
These trainings are the first in the country to present grassroots  
perspectives and responses to the new data made available at  
recovery.gov on Friday, October 30.

Preliminary reports from the community have raised concern about  
whether stimulus funds are reaching the most vulnerable communities.  
"We're in the worst economy I've ever seen in my life.  And I know  
they say we're past the darkest hour but I can't tell from where I'm  
standing.  A lot of folks don't know if the stimulus is working  
because they can't tell the difference between a recovery project and  
business as usual.  These teach-ins help people like me understand  
what's happening where I live.  If the recovery is really going to  
work, we need transparency and accountability," said Maxine Murphy of  
PUSH Buffalo.

Reviewing and responding to job creation numbers creates great  
opportunities for ordinary people to ensure that stimulus spending  
responds to those communities most in need throughout New York State.  
"$787 billion is an unprecedented level of investment and it's an  
unprecedented opportunity to make America a more resilient nation, not  
just right now but for decades to come. But only if we do it right. If  
real recovery does not reach the hardest hit, communities of color and  
poor communities, we will have missed a once-in-a-lifetime chance to  
make vulnerable populations strong and America a place of lasting  
prosperity," said Brittny Saunders, the Senior Advocate for the Center  
for Social Inclusion.

As members of the NY Stimulus Alliance stressed in their workshops  
today, the first step in seizing this opportunity is getting the word  
out.  "Common Cause has been pushing for government transparency for  
forty years and the information released yesterday on recovery.gov  
represents a watershed moment in the push for open, accountable  
government.  New Yorkers can now follow the money in ways they never  
could before and will use it to engage their policy-makers and build a  
recovery that benefits all of our state's communities," said Chris  
Keeley, Associate Director of Common Cause/ New York, a government  
watchdog organization.

"Just because we are low-income doesn't mean we don't have  
feelings; people look down on us as statistics, just like they look at  
war casualties as collateral damage.  We need to know what is going on;
we need to have some sort of say so about where the money goes.  We  
have to make sure that as the residents of public housing, we have the  
power to oversee the stimulus money and where its going, and hold  
NYCHA [the NYC Housing Authority] accountable to do what they are  
supposed to with this money," said Anne Washington, a Board Member of  
Community Voices Heard and leader in their public housing campaign in  
New York City.  NYC received $423 million in public housing capital  
funds that is being dedicated to 70 shovel-ready projects.  Public  
housing residents at the teach-in spoke about how to use Section 3,  
part of a federal law, to ensure that residents have access to jobs  
created through this work at their developments.

"Stimulus money should be used to meet the needs of those most in  
need. Here in New York City one of those needs is affordable, stable  
housing. Throughout the city there's abandoned, vacant property that  
could be used to create housing for those most in need. This a perfect  
space for using stimulus funds," said Jim Lister, NYC AIDS Housing  
Network leader.

Immigrant issues were also discussed at the trainings. "One in five  
New Yorkers is an immigrant, and immigrants account for nearly a  
quarter of the state's gross economic output, so it's absolutely  
critical that some fiscal stimulus funds are directed toward  
immigrant-specific initiatives," said Ericka Stallings, housing  
advocacy coordinator with the New York Immigration Coalition.  "Any  
comprehensive recovery strategy in New York must include support for  
adult English language programs.  There's no better investment we can  
make in immigrant workers than tackling the language barrier to  
employment and economic mobility."

As a next step, the collective of groups have submitted a formal  
request for grassroots leaders to meet with Timothy Gilchrist, the  
Chair of the New York State Economic Recovery and Reinvestment  
Cabinet, to discuss how the Recovery Act is being implemented in New  
York, what types of information they need to better gauge its impacts,  
and to ensure all communities will see its positive benefits.  "A safe  
community is an employed community; it is critical that stimulus monies  
be used to get people from all communities, especially in economically  
challenged areas, connected to good jobs and new opportunities," said  
Rev. Joyce Hartwell, Chair of ARISE Justice Task Force in Albany.

Another specific pot of money that grassroots leaders flagged as  
having the potential to create jobs for low-income, communities of  
color was the Emergency TANF (Welfare) Contingency Fund, which the  
federal stimulus will provide 4:1 matching funds for subsidized  
employment programs that are invested by a state or locality.  Brenda  
Beal, a leader in Community Voices Heard's Welfare and Workforce  
Development Campaign stated, "Transitional jobs created by the  
stimulus package are good because they are putting you back into the  
workforce, helping you pay your bills, getting you off of welfare, and  
raising your self esteem. When I didn't have a job, my unemployment  
ran out, I was evicted, and eventually I ended up in a shelter. Living  
on public assistance as a single person caused me to go through a  
depression.  The stimulus money is going to put more people back into  
employment."  The state has already drawn down $20 million in federal  
resources from this pot to bolster a newly created Transitional Jobs  
program, but far more can be drawn down if action is taken soon.

In the Mid-Hudson Valley, Loretta Manning, a leader of Community  
Voices Heard, flagged another critical pot of money for low-income  
communities, the Community Development Block Grant Funds.  She stated,  
"Year after year we've watched our city government [in Newburgh]  
misspend Community Development Block Grant Funds to meet their own  
needs instead of the needs of the community.  Now that the stimulus  
has provided extra funds, we want to make sure it actually gets to the  
low-income community."

Grassroots groups organizing around the stimulus are working to make  
sure that money passed through traditional federal funding streams  
does not continue to promote the same inequities they have faced in  
the past.  Members talked about their desire to make sure that the  
recovery addresses these inequities rather than simply reinforcing them.

The New York Stimulus Alliance is a statewide alliance of grassroots  
organizations, networks and researchers dedicated to ensuring that  
federal stimulus funds allocated via the American Recovery and  
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) are distributed in an open and  
accountable manner that will create good jobs, and workforce and  
community development opportunities for people of color, immigrants,  
marginalized persons, the unemployed and for working families in New  
York State, especially its metro regions.  Grassroots groups involved  
include: Common Cause/New York, Community Voices Heard, Gamaliel New  
York, Make the Road New York, National People's Action New York, the  
NYC AIDS Housing Network, the New York Immigration Coalition & PUSH  
Buffalo.  Policy and resource allies include: the Advancement Project,  
the Center for Social Inclusion, the Kirwan Institute, and The  
Opportunity Agenda.

-- 30 --






From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Tue Nov  3 11:23:29 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:23:29 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] job:  director, Fenway CDC, Boston, no salary info
Message-ID: <4AF06711.3050501@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From: annsilver at aol.com



The Fenway CDC seeks an Executive Director to lead our community based org=
anization. We work to achieve greater residential stability and diversity=
 in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. FCDC engages neighborhood residents=
 in community planning, develops affordable housing, and advocates for ser=
vices, primarily for low and moderate income community residents. Our idea=
l Executiv Director will be a successful resource developer, a dedicated=
 community developer and a dynamic spokesperson. S/he will have expereince=
 as a team manager and be looking to grow with FCDC over a number of years=
. For more information, see www.fenwaycdc.org. Submit cover letter and res=
ume by November 20, 2009 to: FenwayCDC Executive Search at gmail.com. Equal=
 Opportunity Employer.

=20



Ann L. Silverman

Community Development and Management Consultant

617-901-0781

annsilver at aol.com
annlsilverman at gmail.com

=20

=20


From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Tue Nov  3 11:31:02 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:31:02 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] health care organizing
In-Reply-To: <4AE36B1C.3040302@comm-org.wisc.edu>
References: <4ACBEC66.9020808@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACDF4AC.20000@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACDF54C.8050409@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ADB2E46.7090100@comm-org.wisc.edu>
	<4AE36B1C.3040302@comm-org.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <4AF068D6.2070408@comm-org.wisc.edu>

[ed:  this is an update from PICO.]

From: PICO National Network <news at piconetwork.org>

October 30, 2009

House nails affordability for working families, now it's time for the
Senate to do the same

House leadership unveiled legislation yesterday that would extend
affordable health coverage to 36 million Americans, while taking
important steps to control health care costs, all without adding to the
federal deficit.  While important issues remain to be resolved, the
bill shows that it is possible to provide adequate subsidies to make
coverage affordable to low-wage working families, while being fiscally
responsible.

As a network of 52 faith-based community organizations representing
more than one thousand faith communities and more than one million
families, PICO now urges Senate leaders to follow suit by lowering
premiums and out of pocket costs for low-income families in their
version of the legislation.  &quot;The House bill shows that it is
possible to make coverage more affordable without busting the budget,
so long as Congress is willing to stand up to special interests.  We
expect the same level of moral leadership from the Senate,&quot; said
Rev. Heyward Wiggins, Co-chair, PICO National Network.

Today, 160 organizations from 39 states, including faith, labor,
consumer, public health and patient organizations representing millions
of American families, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid urging him to reject a proposal that would increase premiums for
low-wage working families, and instead to ensure that Senate
legislation makes insurance more affordable for precisely these
families who have been hardest-hit by the economic downturn.  Read the
letter at
http://www.piconetwork.org/admin/documents/files/Joint-letter-to-Majority-Leader-Reid-on-affordability-in-merger-10-30-09.pdf

For more information about PICO's faith-based campaign for affordable
health care, visit http://www.coverallfamilies.org


From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Tue Nov  3 11:32:39 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:32:39 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] PICO housing organizing
Message-ID: <4AF06937.7020104@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From:
"PICO National Network" <news at piconetwork.org>

November 2, 2009

Massachusetts faith leaders win commitments from Chairman Barney Frank,
Federal Reserve Board to advance national campaign to keep families in
their homes

Last night, 600 community members from Brockton Interfaith Community
(BIC), an affiliate of the Massachusetts Communities Action Network and
PICO National Network, met with Chairman Barney Frank, Congressman
Stephen Lynch, and representatives from the Federal Reserve Board and
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston at a town hall meeting on the
foreclosure crisis at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Brockton, MA.

Watch video of the meeting and bus tour at
http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/news?id=0087

At the meeting, Congressman Frank, who as chair of the House Financial
Services Committee has been a pivotal leader in Congress in the
government's response to the foreclosure and financial crisis, promised
to push Treasury further on making needed improvements to the Making
Home Affordable Program, embracing BIC's proposals to:

     * stop the foreclosure process from proceeding while a loan
modification request is pending;
     * push for loan modifications that include principal reduction;
     * make the Net Present Value formula publicly available, in order
to create greater transparency in assessing current value of loans;
     * make loan modifications extend over the life of the mortgage,
not just five years;
     * use TARP funds to help unemployed homeowners stay in their homes.

Chairman Frank also agreed to press federal regulators to extend CRA to
all lending activities of banks.

In addition, Federal Reserve representative Sandra Braunstein promised
to arrange a meeting between PICO, National People's Action (NPA) and
Chairman Ben Bernanke to report back on the nine community hearings
that PICO and NPA have held around the country since June.

Before the evening meeting, BIC faith leaders took representatives from
the Federal Reserve Board, along with local elected officials, on a bus
tour of the city which has ranked as one of the cities hardest hit by
the foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts.  Local residents who have lost
their homes, or are in the process of foreclosure, offered testimony
about the challenges they've faced in working with their banks to lower
their payments.

To help families in the Boston metro area, a representative from the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston promised to convene a meeting of banks,
community groups, and non-profit loan counseling groups to discuss
barriers to loan modifications and policy issues like investor owned
loans with the hope of creating greater accountability by
banks/servicers to getting these loan modifications done.

The event was covered by the Boston Globe, NPR, Boston Herald, Brockton
Enterprise, and New England Cable News.

For more information about PICO's campaign to keep families in their
homes, visit http://www.piconetwork.org/keepfamiliesinhomes


From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Thu Nov  5 13:46:07 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:46:07 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] query: Looking for community practice online videos
 to be used in teaching
In-Reply-To: <4AE86C13.1070400@comm-org.wisc.edu>
References: <4AE36B79.3010807@comm-org.wisc.edu>
	<4AE86C13.1070400@comm-org.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <4AF32B7F.6010804@comm-org.wisc.edu>

[ed: thanks to Dick for posting the results of his query.]


From: Dick Schoech <schoech at uta.edu>


Online Videos for Community & Administrative Practice, October, 2009


Online Videos Suggested by COMM ORG and ACOSA Members



Leo Romero of OurBlocks http://ourblocks.net/about/

1. We have been browsing youtube for such videos, and are building a 
collection here http://ourblocks.net/videos Maybe you'll find something 
you can use, or something that can lead you to something you can use. I 
hope to see your list soon, thanks for sharing. Note: This site has 
links to 39 YouTube videos



Shinichi Murota Doshisha University, Japan

1. Make the Road NY is probably the most active and powerful grassroots 
organization in NYC today. http://www.youtube.com/user/maketheroad

2. Time's Up is a bicycle rider's organization whose activity is 
basically a public ride to advocate for greener streets and riders 
friendly urban planning. http://www.youtube.com/user/txup

3. Common Ground is a famous community development project for homeless. 
Their approach is not quite "social work" per say, but they have made 
some impacts in the community. http://www.youtube.com/user/commongroundnyc



Ben MacConnell,Direct Action & Research Training Center, 
www.thedartcenter.org

1. DART just posted a new video on community organizing. It also serves 
as decent intro for a new observer, so I thought it may be of use to 
you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shv8jeHyn0E



David William Rothwell

1. I recently watched a panel discussion on the Community Reinvestment 
Act that is posted on UNC Center for Poverty, Work and Opportunity 
<http://www.law.unc.edu/centers/poverty/events/default.aspx>. Any 
community practice effort should be informed of the CRA. (Note: This is 
an iTunes movie and may require you to open iTunes to play the movie. 
Try various browsers if one fails.) 
https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/BrowsePrivately/unc-public.2519784675



Rich Wood

1. Lots of resources via PICO website as well, some written some video, 
see http://www.piconetwork.org/

2. http://www.organizingcareers.org/videos?id=0001

3. http://www.piconetwork.org/congregations/reflections

4. http://www.cofionline.org/about_cofi.php?id=29



Dick Schoech, UT Arlington

1. Online Volunteering: http://www.youtube.com/jcravens42

2. Building Enduring Communities. development, property management, and 
residence- and community-based human services. ... nonprofit affordable 
housing social services. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w-Rp-umRLc

3. The Charlie Rose show has great interviews with current thinkers and 
doers. For example, the following conversation with Michael Milken & 
Muhammad Yunus about World poverty. 
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9324

4. Tracy J. Browns explains the Nine Essential Internal Controls that 
every Faith Based or Community Organization must have. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDPCRFjzNbs


Videos Not Online



 From Elizabeth Beck

1. I use something called Dudley street or streets of hope to show 
Rothman's three approaches,

2. I use Bill Moyers interview with Myles Horton (vol 2) to show 
community participation, adult education and pedagogy of the oppressed

3. I use a Philip Randolph which is 90 minutes called something like 
jobs and justice to show among others things coalition building.



 From Christina Erickson

1. A Days work for a Days Pay

2. Unnatural Causes

3. The story of stuff - on line



Nicole Nicotera, Associate Professor,Graduate School of Social 
Work,University of Denver

1. I like to use Holding Ground about the Dudley Street neighborhood 
initiative near Boston MA. There is also a book about their process 
called, Streets of Hope by Medoff and Sklar (1994) South End Press. 
Another DVD that may be useful, but I have not used in class myself is 
called ?I am a Promise.?



Karen Gray, Asst Professor, OU-Tulsa School of Social Work, Tulsa, OK 74135

1. From the bottom up

2. The fire next time

3. Recruiting new members

4. It was a wonderful life

5. Building hope

6. The Forgotten Americans

7. Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom

8. Bread and Roses

9. Holding Ground

10. The Democratic Promise



Dick Schoech, UT Arlington

1. The Heart of Bassett Place: W. Gertrude Brown and the Wheatley House. 
Historical case study of community practice in an African-American 
community.

3. Running Good Meetings (12 minutes) A humorous overview the basics of 
running meetings.

4. Bill Moyers interview with Ernie Cortez, a community organizer in San 
Antonio, TX

5. Mobilizing Community Assets. Kretzmann, J, & McKnight, J. (1993), the 
only video I know that argues that you have to take a capacity building 
approach to community practice to be effective.

6. The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and his Legacy. 50 min.

7. The Deming of America: Interview with TQM founder E. Deming TQM as 
presented by its founder is very applicable to the human services.



Others mentioned

1. ?Fight in the Fields" is a great movie for teaching organizing

2. ?One night of fire' about activists creating an underground street 
party in nyc.

3. Thirst

4. Shape of Water

5. Twilight LA

6. This Black soil

7. The Milagro Bean Field War

8. Bullfrog films has a number of good ones. "The Philadelphia Story", 
looks promising.




From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Thu Nov  5 13:47:28 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:47:28 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] Sustaining Organizing Study - Please take survey
Message-ID: <4AF32BD0.4030907@comm-org.wisc.edu>


From: Walter Davis <walter at noacentral.org>



Please consider taking the SOS survey sponsored by the DataCenter and 
the National Organizers Alliance. The survey phase is part of a project 
called the Sustaining Organizing Study (SOS) seeking to collect current 
information from community organizing and social justice groups about 
what they are experiencing in this economy.
 
The DataCenter completed a literature review of 18 months of articles 
and studies of the impact on the non-profit sector. You can download the 
existing literature review from the SOS blog. That study is available on 
SOS blog.
 
Using surveys, interviews, online spaces, social networking tools and 
local convenings, the goal of SOS will be to document the story as well 
as create dialogue, a shared understanding, and solutions and best 
practices to sustain community organing in these times.
 
The survey ends with an opportunity to be involved in follow-up local 
discussions about the implications of findings.
Take the survey now: 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=L7cPI_2bjhX_2btRA6cYJGzOhw_3d_3d
For more information see the SOS blog: 
http://sustainingorganizing.tumblr.com/
 

Walter Davis, Executive Director
National Organizers Alliance
P. O. Box 60708
Washington DC 20039-0708
301-270-0640
Fax 301-270-0642

From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Thu Nov  5 13:48:42 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:48:42 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] Online Resource for Publishing Diverse Products of
 Community-Engaged Scholarship Now Available
Message-ID: <4AF32C1A.8020805@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From: Sarena Seifer <sarena at u.washington.edu>


*please excuse cross-postings

Dear Comm-org colleagues,

Online Resource for Publishing Diverse Products of Community-Engaged 
Scholarship Now Available

Peer Review Process Helps to Ensure Products "Count" in Promotion and
Tenure Decisions & Make a Difference in Communities

For more information, email info at CES4Health.info or visit
http://www.CES4Health.info.   The text below is available as a PDF at
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/PressRelease-CES4Healthf.pdf

November 3, 2009 - Today marks the public launch of CES4Health.info, a
free online resource for publishing diverse products of community-engaged
scholarship.  The first twelve products accepted by CES4Health.info -
including a film about health impacts of the built environment in
post-Katrina New Orleans and a cultural competency curriculum for health
professionals - reflect the depth and breadth of knowledge made possible
through community-academic partnerships.  And yet regrettably, such
products rarely "count" in the faculty promotion and tenure process nor
are they routinely disseminated beyond the communities with which the work
was conducted. CES4Health.info aims to change this situation by tackling
these challenges head-on.

As CES4Health.info editor Cathy Jordan, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
and Neurology and Director of the Children, Youth and Family Consortium at
the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis explains, "Community-based
participatory research, service-learning and other community-engaged forms
of scholarship require diverse products that reach and benefit community
members, practitioners and policy makers.  However, since these products
are not typically peer-reviewed and published the way journal articles
are, promotion and tenure committees are unable to determine their quality
or impact and often discount them.  A product peer-reviewed and published
through CES4Health.info is comparable to an article published through a
peer-reviewed print or online journal.  Our editorial and peer review
processes mirror those of most journals and are based on accepted
standards of scholarship."   Recognizing that the "peers" in
community-engaged scholarship come from the community and the academy, all
products posted on CES4Health.info have been reviewed and recommended by
expert academic and community reviewers.

Faculty members who author products that are published through
CES4Health.info can note them in the peer-reviewed publications section of
their curriculum vitae and describe them as peer-reviewed scholarly
products.  CES4Health.info also provides authors with a measure of impact
by tracking how often each product is accessed and how it is used.

CES4Health.info is a component of Community-Campus Partnerships for
Health's Faculty for the Engaged Campus project.  The project aims to
strengthen community-engaged career paths in the academy and is supported
by a grant from the US Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education. The seed for CES4Health.info was planted by
the WK Kellogg Foundation-funded Commission on Community-Engaged
Scholarship in the Health Professions, which recommended in its 2005
report, "Linking Scholarship and Communities," that such a mechanism be
established.

CES4Health.info is led by an editorial team of four exemplary
community-engaged scholars.  Editor Cathy Jordan is joined by Associate
Editors Janice Bowie, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD; Suzanne Cashman, Professor at
University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA; and Jean
Schensul, Senior Scientist and Founding Director of the Institute for
Community Research in Hartford, CT.

"This is an extremely important and timely initiative," notes Eric Bass,
Editor of the journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships and member
of the CES4Health.info design team. "Universities across the country are
showing increased interest in community-engaged scholarship.  In the
fields of medicine and public health alone, the NIH Clinical and
Translational Science Awards and the CDC Prevention Research Centers are
developing innovative products ranging from health promotion program
manuals to community-engaged research training modules. However, faculty
members and their community partners need new venues for disseminating
their work. CES4Health.info helps to address this need."

Chuck Conner, Coordinator of the Winding Roads Health Consortium in West
Virginia agrees.  "As a community-based peer reviewer for CES4Health.info,
what excites me most about this new resource is its potential to widely
disseminate high quality products that can improve the health of
communities."

Diverse products of health-related community-engaged scholarship in
English from anywhere in the world can be submitted to CES4Health.info at
any time - a two-step process that involves completing an online
application form and submitting the actual product.  CES4Health.info
defines 'health-related' broadly to include, for example, health care,
public health, health policy and the social determinants of health - such
as education, food security, housing, income and its distribution, and
social support.  See pages below for information about the first
12 products to be peer-reviewed and published through CES4Health.info.

Visit www.CES4Health.info to submit products, search for products, and
apply to be a peer reviewer.

Learn more about CES4Health.info during sessions at these upcoming
conferences:

American Public Health Association in Philadelphia, Session 3094, November
9, 2009 from 10:30 am - 12 noon
http://apha.confex.com/apha/137am/webprogram/Session26334.html and booth
#1617 in the exhibit hall!

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting
in Washington DC, January 22, 2010 session on Unlocking the Reward System:
Faculty for the Engaged Campus from 10:30 - 11:45 am
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/index.cfm

AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference, March 25-27, 2010,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (session date and time TBD)
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/faculty/2010/index.cfm

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 11th Conference, Creating the
Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships, May 12-15,
2010, Portland, Oregon (session date and time TBD)
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf10-overview.html

Subscribe to CCPH's Community-Engaged Scholarship Listserv for regular
updates on CES4Health.info:
https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/comm-engagedscholarship

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational
institutions.   A non-profit membership organization founded in 1996,
CCPH's strategic goals are to:
*Combine the knowledge, wisdom and experience in communities and in
academic institutions to solve major health, social and economic
challenges
*Build the capacity of communities and higher educational institutions to
engage each other in authentic partnerships
*Support communities in their relationships and work with academic
partners
*Recognize and reward faculty for community engagement and
community-engaged scholarship
*Develop partnerships that balance power and share resources equitably
among partners
*Ensure that community-driven social change is central to
service-learning and CBPR

Learn more about CCPH at www.ccph.info or email us at
ccphuw at u.washington.edu.  To become a member of CCPH, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/CCPHBrochure09.pdf

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIRST 12 PRODUCTS TO BE PEER-REVIEWED
AND PUBLISHED THROUGH CES4HEALTH.INFO

In Harmony: Reflections, Thoughts, and Hopes of Central City, New Orleans
Caricia Catalani*, Anthony Veneziale, Larry Campbell, Shawna Herbst,
Anthony Wilson, Craig McCullough, Darrel Barnes, Jackie Alexander,
Jeremiah Sherman, Michele Burton-Oatis, Michael Oatis, Rev. Samson "Skip"
Alexander, Benjamin Springgate, Brittany Butler, Meredith Minkler
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of California, Berkeley

In Harmony is a community-based participatory film about health impacts of
the built environment in post-Katrina New Orleans, including housing,
education, and employment, produced using videovoice methodology, a health
advocacy, education, and research methodology through which people get
behind video cameras to research issues of concern, communicate knowledge,
and advocate for change. This video was produced by the New Orleans
VideoVoice Project, a community-academic-filmmaker partnership for health.

Training for Better Health: A Cultural Competency Curriculum for the
Health Professions
Dodi Meyer*, Julia Michie, Milagros Batista, Hetty Cunningham, Patricia
Hametz, Mary McCord.
*Corresponding author affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center's
Community Pediatrics Program

This manual provides a train-the-trainer guide for integrating a cultural
competency curriculum into the education of health professionals. It
provides a complete and complementary set of educational methodologies
that are straightforward, easy to implement, simple to adapt, and can be
scaled up or down to meet the needs of a particular training program.

Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with Indigenous People
Fay Fletcher*, Cecelia Zoe-Martin, Jim Martin, Nancy Gibson, Rose James,
Randy Elliott, La Belle V. Urbanec, Pamela L. James, Greg Miller
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of Alberta

Acknowledging the impact of history and resiliency while capturing the
passion of emerging leaders in Indigenous health research, these two
videos provide a starting point for discussion on the roles and
responsibilities of community and university partners in collaborative and
community-based research. The potential change generated by CBPR in the
interface between community partners and leaders and members of post
secondary institutions is discussed.

Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research
Partnerships: A Skill-Building Curriculum
The Examining Community-Institutional Partnerships for Prevention Research
Group*
*Corresponding author affiliation: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

This product is an evidence-based curriculum designed as a tool for use by
community-institutional partnerships that are using or planning to use a
CBPR approach to improving health. It can be used by partnerships that are
just forming as well as existing partnerships. It is intended for use by
health professions faculty and researchers, students and post-doctoral
fellows, staff of community-based organizations, and staff of public
health agencies at all skill levels.

Community Approaches to Mobilizing Partnerships and Service-Learning
Lorece Edwards*, Anita Hawkins
*Corresponding author affiliation: Morgan State University

The Practice Experience/Service Learning Guide is a tool that is used to
assist students, faculty, and community health partners in implementing
service-learning projects and public health community-based practice. The
Practice Experience/Service Learning Guide provides a step-by-step process
for community-based practice integrating service-learning from start to
finish.

The Community Knowledge Project: Community is a Verb
Michael Montoya*
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of California-Irvine

The Youtube video "Community is a Verb" was inspired and co-developed by a
team of students, professionals and lay health advocates to make the case
that the social factors of inequity make people ill.

Toolkit to Establish and Sustain Year-Long Walking in Rural Communities
Anna Zendell*, Mary Riley-Jacome
*Corresponding author affiliation: UAlbany Prevention Research Center

A Toolkit has been created to provide guidance for rural communities in
upstate New York to create year-long walking programs that address safety,
motivation, and sustainment. The winter-based portion of the walking
program occurs in the center of rural communities: the local schools,
while the outdoors portion is located along local trails or
community-identified streets and paths. The Toolkit consists of a Walking
Program Guidebook, a Walking Club Leader Manual, and a Survey that was
created to evaluate efficacy of the walking program.

The Professional Service Experience: Connecting Students and Communities
Patricia Darbishire*
*Corresponding author affiliation: Purdue University

This manual documents the Professional Service Experience, a one
credit-hour, first year pharmacy course at Purdue University. The manual
includes the Professional Service Experience course manual, an
introductory PowerPoint presentation and associated assignments and forms.

The CEAL-UNC Collaborative. A Manual for Community Based Participatory
Research: Using Research to Improve Practice and Inform Policy in Assisted
Living
Karen Love*, Sheryl Zimmerman, Lauren Cohen
*Corresponding author affiliation: Center for Excellence in Assisted
Living

This manual is designed to promote and guide the use of CBPR in aging and
long-term care research. This manual was informed by a two-year research
grant funded by the U.S. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality that
was aimed at better understanding medication management practices in
long-term care. The manual details the CBPR principles and processes, and
also offers specific examples of, and recommendations for, practically
implementing CBPR in the field of long-term care.

Homeless Over 50: The Greying of Chicago's Homeless Population
Christine George*, Marilyn Krogh, Dennis Watson, Judith Wittner, Nancy
Radner, Christopher Walker, Christopher Wiens
*Corresponding author affiliation: Loyola University Chicago Center for
Urban Research and Learning

This policy report was developed out of a 2-year collaborative study that
aimed to obtain a demographic profile of people who are homeless in
Chicago between the ages of 50 and 64; to understand how the various
systems designed to serve this population do and do not meet their needs;
and to begin to suggest a range of policy and programmatic responses to
meet the needs of this population.

The Heredity Project: A Web-based Introduction to Genetics for the Purpose
of Health Promotion
Vicki Park*, Robert Shreve
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of Tennessee Health Science
Center

The Heredity Project is a genetic literacy program to enable responsible
and effective use of genomic medicine as part of routine healthcare.
Across different health topics, a central theme of the project is to
enable a better understanding of the nature and distribution of genetic
variation as it pertains to health and disease. As part of the project's
dissemination efforts, this web-based introduction has been developed and
launched for full public access.

The AgrAbility Project: Rehabilitating Farmers and Ranchers
Millee Jorge*, Carla Wilhite
*Corresponding author affiliation: Langston University, School of
Physical Therapy

Rehabilitating Farmers and Ranchers, offers the rehabilitation
professional the perspective of an occupational therapist and a physical
therapist who advocate for farmers and ranchers remaining in agriculture
and participating in agrarian life with assistive technology that can
safely assure their continued engagement. The aims of the video are to
describe opportunities physical rehabilitation professionals have to
maximize the clinical interventions with individuals working in
agriculture and to illustrate the clinical case management of farmers and
ranchers with disabilities who have resumed their lives in agriculture
after injury.

******************************************************************************
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational
institutions. Become a member today at www.ccph.info

Join us for CCPH's 11th Conference, "Creating the Future We Want to Be:
Transformation through Partnerships," May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon!
******************************************************************************


From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Mon Nov  9 13:50:18 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:50:18 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] health care organizing
In-Reply-To: <4AF068D6.2070408@comm-org.wisc.edu>
References: <4ACBEC66.9020808@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACDF4AC.20000@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACDF54C.8050409@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ADB2E46.7090100@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4AE36B1C.3040302@comm-org.wisc.edu>
	<4AF068D6.2070408@comm-org.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <4AF8727A.2050803@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From: "PICO National Network" <news at piconetwork.org>

 
Dear PICO Supporter,
 
Tonight, we made history.
 
Minutes ago, the House of Representatives passed health reform 
legislation that would extend coverage to 36 million Americans, ban 
insurance companies from denying people coverage for pre-existing 
conditions, and help make health care more affordable to millions of 
hardworking American families, while also reducing the deficit.
 
Click here to see how your Representative voted tonight, and then click 
here to tell them what you think about their vote.
 
Throughout this year's debate, clergy and faith leaders from the PICO 
National Network have fought for a vision of a day when no parent would 
have to choose between putting food on the table or providing health 
coverage for their family; when our children would read about Americans 
being denied coverage for pre-existing conditions only in their history 
books.
 
While the legislation passed tonight is not perfect - nor the final word 
on reform - it moves our nation closer than ever before to turning our 
vision into a reality.
 
To demonstrate that health reform is not an abstract idea, but a change 
that will bring security and better health to millions of Americans for 
generations to come, PICO is planning a massive educational effort to 
help everyday Americans understand how the House legislation would 
directly benefit their families.  We will also continue to press the 
Senate to follow the House's lead by passing legislation that makes 
insurance affordable for all people, especially low- and moderate-income 
children and families.
 
Your tireless efforts to educate your friends and neighbors and 
communicate with your elected officials helped assure that the 
legislation passed by the House reached universal coverage and included 
strong affordability protections for working families.
 
Thank you for acting in accordance with your faith values, and for 
helping build the Kingdom of God here on earth.
 
Sincerely,
 
PICO National Network


From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Mon Nov  9 14:12:34 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:12:34 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] VOP honored as Community Change Champion
Message-ID: <4AF877B2.6050101@comm-org.wisc.edu>

[ed: congratulations to VOP.]

From: Virginia Organizing Project <e-action at virginia-organizing.org>

Forward this newsletter to a friend

703 Concord Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903-5208
(434) 984-4655 ? (434) 984-2803 fax
www.virginia-organizing.org

We are thrilled to announce that on the evening of Thursday, November 
19, 2009, our very own Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) will be honored 
with a Community Change Champions Award from the Center for Community 
Change (CCC)! This event is CCC's opportunity to recognize four 
extraordinary individuals and two organizations that have made a deep 
and meaningful impact to further the transformative change we strive for 
every day.

The Community Change Champions Award was established by the Center in 
2005 to recognize champions from diverse fields - philanthropy, the 
arts, academia, public service, and community organizing - who work to 
focus attention on and change the conditions that create poverty, and 
who build power in communities of color. All six awardees CCC selected 
have a strong dedication and commitment to low-income communities and 
disenfranchised constituencies throughout our country.


To see the invitation and for ticket information go to 
http://www.communitychange.org/champions.


I hope you'll be able to join us as we celebrate VOP's election as a 
2009 Community Change Champion!




From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Thu Nov 12 08:31:04 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:31:04 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] PICO foreclosure organizing
Message-ID: <4AFC1C28.5090504@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From:
"PICO National Network" <news at piconetwork.org>


 
November 10, 2009
 
PICO urges Treasury to act now to help borrowers who have lost their 
jobs stay in their homes
Calls on Bank of America to voluntarily halt all foreclosures until it 
corrects its failure to offer modifications to more than a fraction of 
eligible borrowers
 
While today's release of figures by the Treasury Department showed an 
uptick in the numbers of families receiving temporary loan modifications 
under the Administration's Making Home Affordable Program, there are 
still no numbers available on permanent modifications, and the temporary 
numbers continue to pale in comparison to the worsening foreclosure 
crisis, with recent studies showing more and more foreclosures due to 
rising unemployment.
 
RealtyTrac reports that foreclosure filings for the third quarter of 
2009 rose 23 percent from the same time last year.  A whopping one in 
every 136 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing between July 
and September.
 
"As we head into the holiday season with record unemployment numbers, 
the Treasury needs to offer new hope to people facing foreclosure," said 
Rev. Lucy Kolin of PICO National Network, "Too many people are losing 
their homes because they've lost their jobs or because their servicers 
are failing to comply with the existing loan modification program."
 
PICO is pressing the Treasury to speed up the pace of loan modifications 
and to adopt a new initiative to help homeowners who have lost their 
jobs to continue paying their mortgage until they can find new 
employment. PICO and other consumer and civil rights organizations are 
urging the Treasury to make existing TARP money availability to make 
short term loans to unemployed borrowers.
 
Both Chairman Barney Frank and Senator Jack Reed have introduced 
legislation calling for such a program.  But the good news is that 
creating this program does not require legislation. Treasury has the 
authority to use TARP money to create this kind of program today.
 
That's why, at a November 1 town hall meeting attended by Chairman 
Frank, PICO faith leaders from Brockton Interfaith Community (BIC) in 
Brockton, MA urged him to press Treasury to create such a program now.  
And Chairman Frank agreed to follow through on this.

PICO is currently reaching out to other Members of Congress to urge them 
to follow Chairman Frank's lead and press Treasury on helping unemployed 
homeowners keep their homes, and to stop these entirely preventable 
foreclosures before the holiday season begins.
 
As part of an effort to speed up the pace of loan modifications under 
the existing HAMP program, PICO is also asking Bank of America to stop 
all foreclosure proceedings on all loans it services until it corrects 
it failure to offer loan modifications to more than a fraction of 
eligible homeowners.  Bank of America's has had the worst record of loan 
modification of all major servicers.
 
"Given the atrocious performance of Bank of America, we ask that the 
bank voluntary cease all foreclosure activity until it puts its own 
house in order," said Rev. Kolin.
 
On Friday, November 6, 2009 a delegation of twenty PICO leaders from 
affiliates in the San Francisco Bay Area met with Tiarzha Taylor, VP of 
Homeownership Preservation and Advocacy and delivered a set of demands 
to improve their efforts to keep families in their homes.  As over one 
hundred community residents with Bank of America loans waited outside 
the negotiations, Bank of America representatives heard testimonies from 
families who had applied for loan modifications but were given auction 
notices instead.
 
"I have been working with Bank of America since the beginning of this 
year to modify my loan and my paperwork has been repeatedly lost," 
testified PICO leader Nelly Rubio.  "I was told over the phone that I 
qualify for a loan modification, but on October 10th I was given a 
notice that my home was being sold for auction.  How is this possible?  
I am here to speak for the hundreds of thousands of families who are in 
the same situation."
 
PICO leaders are demanding to meet directly with Barbara Desoer, 
president of Bank of America Home Loans to negotiate their proposals.
 
For more information on PICO's foreclosure prevention campaign, visit 
www.piconetwork.org/keepfamiliesinhomes

From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Thu Nov 12 08:32:46 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:32:46 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] PICO immigration reform organizing
Message-ID: <4AFC1C8E.6090102@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From: "PICO National Network" <news at piconetwork.org>


Dear PICO Supporter,

On November 18, at 8pm EST and 5pm PST, PICO will be joining
communities across the country on a very important call.  On that
night, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), along with other member of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, will host a conference call with an
update on the current efforts to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(CIR) in 2010.  There will be a half-hour call in English and one in
Spanish.  Rep. Gutierrez will be introducing a CIR bill in the House in
December. The call will outline the Bill's principles as well as a
strategy for passage.

PICO affiliates that are working on Immigration Reform issues are
encouraged to host listening parties for this important call.  These
parties can take place at member congregations or in the homes of a
leader.

If you are interested in participating in this call please register below:

English -
http://actions.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/t/5324/signUp.jsp?key=2769&p=PICO

Espanol -
http://actions.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/t/5349/signUp.jsp?key=2800&p=PICO

For many years PICO has been working in immigrant and non-immigrant
communities, building bridges and pushing for improvements to the
immigration system.  This has included work to promote citizenship,
humane enforcement of existing immigration laws, and work to promote
comprehensive immigration reform.

Currently PICO affiliates across the country are promoting dialogues
between communities, congregations, and with congressional
representatives.  PICO believes that the current immigration system
that separates families and keeps millions in the shadows needs reform.
  For this reason, we are working in coordination with groups across
the country to promote an immigration system that reflects our
collective values as a nation.

The call is conjunction with the National "Reform Immigration for
America" campaign.  To learn more about this call, visit
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5691/t/5354/content.jsp?content_KEY=2968.

Thank you,

PICO National Network

From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Thu Nov 12 18:07:03 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:07:03 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] ACORN
In-Reply-To: <4AE32F13.50700@comm-org.wisc.edu>
References: <4ABC1E0D.8000502@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ABD3104.8030207@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4AC0BEC1.20909@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4AC4C127.1090204@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4AC9FC31.8090904@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACBEB34.80308@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACCE43B.5090802@comm-org.wisc.edu>
	<4AE32F13.50700@comm-org.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <4AFCA327.1050105@comm-org.wisc.edu>

[ed: there is also a NY Times story on this today.]

From: "Bertha Lewis and Steven Kest, ACORN" <newsacorn at acorn.org>

This morning the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit 
challenging Congress's unconstitutional defunding of the Association of 
Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The complaint charges 
Congress with violating the Bill of Attainder provision in the U.S. 
Constitution, violating the Fifth Amendment right to due process, and 
infringing on the First Amendment right to freedom of association by 
targeting affiliated and allied organizations, as well. CCR attorneys 
say members of Congress violated the Constitution by declaring an 
organization guilty of a crime and punishing it and its members without 
benefit of a trial.

The lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent the 
government from reallocating funds designated for the organization and 
its affiliates and a preliminary injunction to stop Congress from 
singling out a single organization for punishment without proper 
investigation or due process. The plaintiffs are ACORN, the ACORN 
Institute, and the New York ACORN Housing Company. The suit is ACORN v. 
USA and was filed in federal court in the Eastern District of New York.

CCR Cooperating Attorney Jules Lobel helped to prepare the suit. He 
said: "It's not the job of Congress to be the judge, jury, and 
executioner. We have due process in this country, and our Constitution 
forbids lawmakers from singling out a person or group for punishment 
without a fair investigation and trial. Congress, as well as individuals 
and organizations must abide by the rule of law."

Although only a very small portion of ACORN's funding comes from federal 
sources, we encouraged CCR to take this case because of the principle 
involved. Without any due process, including any official forums in 
which ACORN was able to defend itself against the range of attacks 
leveled against itself and it's low- and moderate-income membership, 
some members of Congress took it upon themselves to declare ACORN a 
criminal organization, and managed to convince a majority of their 
colleagues to adopt a measure that withholds all federal funds -- which 
were awarded on the basis of nonpolitical competitive grant applications 
-- from ACORN and its affiliates.

The victims here are the low and moderate income families who received 
foreclosure prevention counseling, access to the Earned Income Tax 
Credit, and access to other housing and community safety programs. On 
their behalf, and on behalf of the Constitutional principles involved, 
ACORN leaders decided to take this action. The suit has been assigned to 
Judge Nina Gershon, and can be found here (PDF). 
http://ccrjustice.org/files/acorn/CCR_ACORN_Complaint_for_Injunctive_and_Declatory_Relief.pdf

While we here at ACORN have been working hard on two fronts in recent 
weeks -- accelerating the organizational change process that has been 
under way since our staff leadership transition in June 2008 and driving 
forward the critical work in low- and moderate-income communities and 
communities of color on healthcare, foreclosures, etc. -- the folks at 
the Center for Constitutional Rights have been working hard to put 
together this suit. We want to take this opportunity to thank CCR and 
the many of you that have shown tremendous solidarity in recent weeks. 
Together we will uphold the Constitution and fight for a better future. 
All in a days work.

If you have questions or comments about this or anything else related to 
ACORN, our work, or our organizational change process, please don't 
hesitate to reach out.



In solidarity and strength,

Bertha Lewis
ACORN CEO and Chief Organizer

Steven Kest
ACORN Executive Director

PS. Defending against these attacks has been a drain on our resources. 
You can help us keep up the fight here. 
https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/2749/t/4538/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2769

? 2009 ACORN and ACORN logo are Registered Trademarks of the Association 
of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc.

ACORN is the nation's largest community organization of low- and 
moderate-income families, with over 500,000 member families organized 
into neighborhood chapters in 75 cities across the country. Since 1970 
ACORN has taken action and won victories on issues of concern to our 
members. Our priorities include: better housing for first time 
homebuyers and tenants, living wages for low-wage workers, more 
investment in our communities from banks and governments, and better 
public schools. ACORN is an acronym, and each letter should be 
capitalized. ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now.

From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Sat Nov 14 08:34:59 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:34:59 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] Taxpayers to converge on Goldman Sachs, Monday
Message-ID: <4AFEC013.1010809@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From: "National People's Action" <ntic at nationaltraining.org>


Following a powerful series of actions targeting big banks at the Showdown
in Chicago, a couple hundred taxpayers will be paying a visit to Goldman
Sachs' DC headquarters on Monday, November 16.

The message is simple: Banks, like Goldman, that have been deemed ?too big
to fail? are too big to exist.

The American people cannot be expected to continue to prop up the same
institutions that created this economic crisis and meanwhile are handing out
billions in bonuses. And until the Administration and Congress have the
stomach to go toe to toe with the big banks, everyday Americans will have to
take the lead and do it ourselves.

Follow the DC action live. We will be covering the Monday action live;
through Twitter (hashtag #nobigbanks) and be uploading video and
photos;immediately after the event. Be sure to check
www.showdowninchicago.org; on the hour to get the latest from DC.

Four ways to Act NOW:

1. Sign the People?s Petition and tell Congress: Enough is Enough!
2. Read our Huffington Post piece about the Goldman action, and spread
the word about Monday.
3. Have a friend in DC? Pass this email along to them and tell them to
meet us at Goldman Sachs HQ, high noon.
4. Plan an event or direct action to hold big banks accountable in your
community! And be sure to tell others about it.


From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Sat Nov 14 08:37:53 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:37:53 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] COMM-ORG announcements
Message-ID: <4AFEC0C1.1020301@comm-org.wisc.edu>

Hi COMM-ORG,

There are two new entries on the COMM-ORG announcements page at 
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/pipermail/announce/2009-November/date.html

# CFP Border Research Ethics and Methods (BREM) Conference   COMM-ORG 
announcements
# National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft

Randy Stoecker
moderator/editor
rstoecker at wisc.edu

From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Sat Nov 21 10:01:56 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:01:56 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] job:  co-director, New York, with salary info
Message-ID: <4B080EF4.4020103@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From:
Julie Davids <jdavids at champnetwork.org>


Greetings - CHAMP is an innovated social change organization and we'd 
appreciate if list members would pass this on to any potentially 
interested candidates. Please note that we are looking for experienced 
leaders with a strong movement background, but it does not have to be 
specifically rooted in HIV/AIDS.

Very best,

Julie

Julie Davids
Co-Director
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)

Please excuse duplicate postings and forward appropriately:



CHAMP Announces Search for Co-Director
The Board of Directors of Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project 
(CHAMP) is pleased to announce a search for a Co-Director. The job 
posting is below and also can be downloaded here.

Background:

CHAMP is a national network of individuals and community-based 
organizations that are committed to building a powerful movement 
bridging HIV/AIDS, human rights, and struggles for social, racial and 
economic justice, which we call HIV Prevention Justice.

This autumn, CHAMP engaged in strategic planning and developed a new, 
sustainable structure that includes two Co-Directors as executive 
leadership.

Julie Davids, who has been serving as CHAMP's Senior Consultant, has 
been appointed Co-Director.

Kelly McGowan is serving as an Interim Co-Director for the duration of 
the search and hiring process for our second Co-Director.

The Leadership CHAMP Needs:

We are seeking a co-leader who can work closely with a small staff and 
an active and engaged Board and Advisory Committee to ensure that the 
CHAMP Network responds quickly and effectively to the advocacy and 
activism priorities that arise from our constituency.

Currently there are over 11,000 active members of our network: they 
range from staff at AIDS Service Organizations to people living with 
HIV, currently and formerly incarcerated people, researchers, LGBTQ 
leaders and HIV/AIDS activists.

Our members look to us for leadership in strengthening the domestic AIDS 
movement by ensuring that it is relevant to those most affected by the 
epidemic. The CHAMP Co-Director will play a significant role harnessing 
and directing the power of our network to pursue prevention justice.

The CHAMP Network Design:

CHAMP staff comprises two Co-Directors, a half-time Administrative 
Manager and a Network Organizer who work closely with a working board of 
directors and several diverse working groups and advisory groups.

The organizational structure is designed to focus resources on 
grassroots movement building and mobilization capacity, and to respond 
to strategic opportunities to ensure that national HIV/AIDS policies are 
more just. The CHAMP Network aims to contribute to long-term progressive 
social change and to bring members of the HIV/AIDS sector into broader 
social justice and human rights efforts.

Job Posting: Co-Director

Job Title: Co-Director
Reports to: Board of Directors
Supervises: Administrative Manager, Program Staff, Consultants
Location: Flexible. Northeast US preferred
Hours: Full-time or prorated (4 days/week)
Salary: $70,000-$80,000 including benefits

Summary Job Description

Working closely with the other Co-Director, the Co-Director reports to 
the board of directors, supervises staff and consultants, and engages in 
key areas of work in order to ensure that CHAMP meets our goals as a 
national network for HIV Prevention Justice.

Qualifications

* At least five years experience in a senior management position in the 
social justice sector
* Masters degree or equivalent experience in human rights or social 
justice movement building, policy development/advocacy, communications 
or political education
* Expertise in one or more of the following not-for-profit management 
skills: strategic planning and implementation, organizational 
development, budget development and management, and/or board development
* Expertise in one or more of the following movement building skills: 
leadership development, membership structures, network development, 
strategic communications, political education, virtual/internet campaign 
development, community organizing and/or coalition building
* Strong writing and verbal communication skills
* Proven fundraising experience
* Proven supervisor with staff development experience
* Experience with national campaigns or organizations desired
* Ability to work alone and collaboratively
* Ability to travel and work from home office desired


Responsibilities

We are looking for a well-rounded and proven leader with clearly-defined 
skills; thus, the position will be adapted to reflect the distinct 
strengths of each Co-Director in a highly collaborative environment and 
the description below should be read as a guideline rather than an 
absolute mandate.


Organizational Development:

* Strategic Planning: Collaborate with the Co-Director to ensure that 
the organizational mission and core goals are accomplished and the board 
of directors and advisory groups are engaged in policy setting and 
messaging. Ensure a periodic reassessment of CHAMP's political and 
strategic orientation with staff, board and key stakeholders as well as 
at least annual review of progress toward medium and long-term goals.
* Organizational Structure: Collaborate with the Co-Director to ensure 
that the organizational structure is designed to focus resources on 
movement building and rapid and thoughtful responses to strategic 
opportunities to ensure that national HIV/AIDS policies are more just.
* Budget Development and Management: Collaborate with the Co-Director to 
ensure that organization, program and campaign budgets are realistic and 
well managed.

Movement Building:

* Collaborate with the Co-Director to ensure that CHAMP Network is:
* Driven by an HIV prevention justice analysis
* Advised by the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance Steering Committee and 
other appropriate outside advisors
* Built through community outreach (conference attendance, 
collaborations, partnerships, etc)
* Built and maintained through Internet communications
* Built and maintained through publications
* Built through leadership opportunities
* Engaged and advanced through political education (webinars, workshops 
and trainings)
* Activated to respond to strategic and time-limited policy 
opportunities (rapid response email blasts and strategic campaigns)

Development Management:

Collaborate with Development Chair to ensure that:

* Annual development plan is approved by board of directors
* Prospects are researched
* Grant applications are completed on time
* Funder reports are completed and submitted on time
* Individual donor relationships are maintained
* Development records are maintained by the Administrative Manager, and
* His/her fellow co-director's grant writing and funder relations skills 
are maximized

Volunteer and Network Leadership Supervision:

* Provide supervision and advocacy mentoring for CHAMP volunteers and 
leaders in the CHAMP network
* Ensure that leadership development is integrated into the 
organizational design and represented in budgets and work plans

Finance & Administration:

* Supervise the Administrative Manager to ensure that Financial 
Management, Human Resources, Risk Management, Office/Intranet Management 
and overall administrative management and support functions are 
accomplished.


Compensation and Benefits
Compensation includes a salary competitive with nonprofit organizations 
of similar size and an exceptional package for vacations, holidays, and 
leave. These benefits include the following:

*

Medical and dental insurance (100 percent covered by employer).
*

Three weeks' paid vacation in first three years; four weeks' paid 
vacation thereafter.
*

Paid sabbatical of up to eight weeks available in fourth year and every 
fourth year thereafter.
*

Ten paid holidays annually.


How to Apply

Interested candidates should e-mail a cover letter, r?sum?, and brief 
writing sample to board at champnetwork.org

Home | Subscribe | Donate | Unsubscribe
80A Fourth Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel: 212.937.7955 ? Fax: 401.633.7793 ? E-mail: champ at champnetwork.org

www.champnetwork.org


Julie Davids

Co-Director
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)

New York, NY / Providence, RI

www.champnetwork.org

(212) 937-7955 x 70 / (646) 431-7525 mobile

"When it comes to prevention, we do not have to choose between values 
and science?.We
should lift the federal ban on needle exchange, which could dramatically 
reduce rates of
infection among drug users.?
Barack Obama, Open letter to
LGBT Americans, November 2007



From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Mon Nov 23 19:33:45 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:33:45 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] Clarification: National job: co-director,
	with salary info
In-Reply-To: <4B080EF4.4020103@comm-org.wisc.edu>
References: <4B080EF4.4020103@comm-org.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <4B0B37F9.2090501@comm-org.wisc.edu>

From: Julie Davids <jdavids at champnetwork.org>


Hello everyone - I'd like to clarify that the job posted (and reposted 
below) is national in scope and does not have to be based in NY - we 
prefer the Northeast but would consider other locations.

Greetings - CHAMP is an innovated social change organization and we'd 
appreciate if list members would pass this on to any potentially 
interested candidates. Please note that we are looking for experienced 
leaders with a strong movement background, but it does not have to be 
specifically rooted in HIV/AIDS.

Very best,

Julie

Julie Davids
Co-Director
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)

Please excuse duplicate postings and forward appropriately:

Job Title:  Co-Director
Reports to:  Board of Directors
Supervises: Administrative Manager, Program Staff, Consultants
Location: Flexible. Northeast US preferred
Hours: Full-time or prorated (4 days/week)
Salary: $70,000-$80,000 including benefits


Background:

CHAMP is a national network of individuals and community-based
organizations that are committed to building a powerful movement
bridging HIV/AIDS, human rights, and struggles for social, racial and
economic justice, which we call HIV Prevention Justice.

This autumn, CHAMP engaged in strategic planning and developed a new,
sustainable structure that includes two Co-Directors as executive
leadership.

Julie Davids, who has been serving as CHAMP's Senior Consultant, has
been appointed Co-Director.

Kelly McGowan is serving as an Interim Co-Director for the duration of
the search and hiring process for our second Co-Director.

The Leadership CHAMP Needs:

We are seeking a co-leader who can work closely with a small staff and
an active and engaged Board and Advisory Committee to ensure that the
CHAMP Network responds quickly and effectively to the advocacy and
activism priorities that arise from our constituency.

Currently there are over 11,000 active members of our network: they
range from staff at AIDS Service Organizations to people living with
HIV, currently and formerly incarcerated people, researchers, LGBTQ
leaders and HIV/AIDS activists.

Our members look to us for leadership in strengthening the domestic AIDS
movement by ensuring that it is relevant to those most affected by the
epidemic. The CHAMP Co-Director will play a significant role harnessing
and directing the power of our network to pursue prevention justice.

The CHAMP Network Design:

CHAMP staff comprises two Co-Directors, a half-time Administrative
Manager and a Network Organizer who work closely with a working board of
directors and several diverse working groups and advisory groups.

The organizational structure is designed to focus resources on
grassroots movement building and mobilization capacity, and to respond
to strategic opportunities to ensure that national HIV/AIDS policies are
more just. The CHAMP Network aims to contribute to long-term progressive
social change and to bring members of the HIV/AIDS sector into broader
social justice and human rights efforts.

Summary Job Description:

Working closely with the other Co-Director, the Co-Director reports to
the board of directors, supervises staff and consultants, and engages in
key areas of work in order to ensure that CHAMP meets our goals as a
national network for HIV Prevention Justice.

Qualifications:

* At least five years experience in a senior management position in the
social justice sector
* Masters degree or equivalent experience in human rights or social
justice movement building, policy development/advocacy, communications
or political education
* Expertise in one or more of the following not-for-profit management
skills: strategic planning and implementation, organizational
development, budget development and management, and/or board development
* Expertise in one or more of the following movement building skills:
leadership development, membership structures, network development,
strategic communications, political education, virtual/internet campaign
development, community organizing and/or coalition building
* Strong writing and verbal communication skills
* Proven fundraising experience
* Proven supervisor with staff development experience
* Experience with national campaigns or organizations desired
* Ability to work alone and collaboratively
* Ability to travel and work from home office desired

Responsibilities:

We are looking for a well-rounded and proven leader with clearly-defined
skills; thus, the position will be adapted to reflect the distinct
strengths of each Co-Director in a highly collaborative environment and
the description below should be read as a guideline rather than an
absolute mandate.


Organizational Development:

* Strategic Planning: Collaborate with the Co-Director to ensure that
the organizational mission and core goals are accomplished and the board
of directors and advisory groups are engaged in policy setting and
messaging. Ensure a periodic reassessment of CHAMP's political and
strategic orientation with staff, board and key stakeholders as well as
at least annual review of progress toward medium and long-term goals.
* Organizational Structure: Collaborate with the Co-Director to ensure
that the organizational structure is designed to focus resources on
movement building and rapid and thoughtful responses to strategic
opportunities to ensure that national HIV/AIDS policies are more just.
* Budget Development and Management: Collaborate with the Co-Director to
ensure that organization, program and campaign budgets are realistic and
well managed.

Movement Building:

* Collaborate with the Co-Director to ensure that CHAMP Network is:
* Driven by an HIV prevention justice analysis
* Advised by the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance Steering Committee and
other appropriate outside advisors
* Built through community outreach (conference attendance,
collaborations, partnerships, etc)
* Built and maintained through Internet communications
* Built and maintained through publications
* Built through leadership opportunities
* Engaged and advanced through political education (webinars, workshops
and trainings)
* Activated to respond to strategic and time-limited policy
opportunities (rapid response email blasts and strategic campaigns)

Development Management:
Collaborate with Development Chair to ensure that:
* Annual development plan is approved by board of directors
* Prospects are researched
* Grant applications are completed on time
* Funder reports are completed and submitted on time
* Individual donor relationships are maintained
* Development records are maintained by the Administrative Manager, and
* His/her fellow co-director's grant writing and funder relations skills
are maximized

Volunteer and Network Leadership Supervision:
* Provide supervision and advocacy mentoring for CHAMP volunteers and
leaders in the CHAMP network
* Ensure that leadership development is integrated into the
organizational design and represented in budgets and work plans

Finance & Administration:
* Supervise the Administrative Manager to ensure that Financial 
Management, Human Resources, Risk Management, Office/Intranet Management 
and overall administrative management and support functions are
accomplished.

Compensation and Benefits
Compensation includes a salary competitive with nonprofit organizations 
of similar size and an exceptional package for vacations, holidays, and 
leave. These benefits include the following:

* Medical and dental insurance (100 percent covered by employer).
* Three weeks' paid vacation in first three years; four weeks' paid 
vacation thereafter.
* Paid sabbatical of up to eight weeks available in fourth year and 
every fourth year thereafter.
* Ten paid holidays annually.

How to Apply
Interested candidates should e-mail a cover letter, resume, and brief
writing sample to board at champnetwork.org




Julie Davids

Co-Director
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)

New York, NY / Providence, RI

www.champnetwork.org

(212) 937-7955 x 70 / (646) 431-7525 mobile

"When it comes to prevention, we do not have to choose between values 
and science?.We
should lift the federal ban on needle exchange, which could dramatically 
reduce rates of
infection among drug users.?
                   Barack Obama, Open letter to
                   LGBT Americans, November 2007





From colist at comm-org.wisc.edu  Mon Nov 23 19:35:26 2009
From: colist at comm-org.wisc.edu (Discussion list for COMM-ORG)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:35:26 -0600
Subject: [COMM-ORG] health care organizing
In-Reply-To: <4AF8727A.2050803@comm-org.wisc.edu>
References: <4ACBEC66.9020808@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACDF4AC.20000@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ACDF54C.8050409@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4ADB2E46.7090100@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4AE36B1C.3040302@comm-org.wisc.edu>	<4AF068D6.2070408@comm-org.wisc.edu>
	<4AF8727A.2050803@comm-org.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <4B0B385E.5050107@comm-org.wisc.edu>

[ed:  this is a PICO update.]
 
From: "PICO National Network" <news at piconetwork.org>

Senate defeats filibuster to begin debate on health reform

The Senate voted tonight to move ahead with debate on comprehensive
health reform, taking another important step toward passing legislation
designed to make health care more affordable and accessible to American
families.    The 60-39 vote paves the way for the Senate to hold
several weeks of floor debate beginning after Thanksgiving.  Senators
are expected to offer more than 200 amendments, so the legislation
could change in ways large and small before a final vote anticipated in
December.

Earlier today, clergy and leaders from PICO Louisiana participated in a
conference call with Senator Mary Landrieu, who announced that she
would vote for the motion to proceed with debate on health reform.  She
emphasized the urgent need for reform to help families and small
businesses cope with skyrocketing health care costs; but she also said
that her vote to begin debate did not guarantee that she would support
the final bill.

Last Thursday, PICO leaders traveled to Washington, DC yet again to
push for greater affordability protections for lower-income families
and to pray for wisdom, courage and compassion in Congress.  Read what
they said and an analysis of the differences between the House and
Senate bills on affordability here:
http://www.piconetwork.org/news-media/news?id=0093.

During the historic Senate debate, the PICO network will continue to
educate people about what health reform would mean for their families
and loved ones, and will continue encourage people to communicate how
they feel about the legislation to their Members of Congress.  We thank
everyone who has put so much effort into making sure that the values
and interests of families and faith communities are heard loud and
clear in the health reform debate.

PICO strongly encourages people of faith to study the teachings and
policy positions of their own religious denominations and traditions to
inform their participation in the health reform debate.