Helping communities solve problems inclusively and collaboratively
Colleagues around the world are working to improve their public conversation. The Canadian International Development Agency, UN Development Program, and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and several other organizations have published Democratic Dialogue: A Handbook for Practitioners.
read more…Civic engagement, we often forget, is more than residents and stakeholders offering their perspectives on the issues. As many think about how to best engage families in DC public schools, we can learn from the lessons of Families and Schools Together (FAST), an evidence based intervention that strengthens families and schools.
read more…Collaboration DC, a network of practitioners working to build civic capacity and solve community problems in the Nation’s Capital, has been working with residents and community based organizations in Near Southeast and Southwest for over a year to help forge a collective approach to neighborhood change. Collaboration within the community has not always been the case. As Reverend Ruth Hamilton, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, says in the Hill Rag, “The rap on our community is that we can’t get along.”
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