Building Sustainable Communities Through Leadership Development

Annual NeighborWorks
Community Leadership Institute
Building Sustainable
Communities Through
Leadership Development
Sacramento, California
October 17 – 20, 2013
Registration Deadline:
Friday, July 19, 2013
Building Sustainable Communities
Through Leadership Development
C
ommunity leaders are challenged with the increasingly difficult task of
stabilizing and revitalizing their communities in the face of diminishing resources.
Residents in communities everywhere have been personally affected by these
conditions that are both national and local in scope. As we experience times of great
change in our communities, we need to remind ourselves that our greatest resources are
the residents who live there. It takes grassroots leaders — not just those in traditional
leadership positions — to effect positive change and thriving neighborhoods.
The Community Leadership Institute (CLI) is a cornerstone of the NeighborWorks
Network commitment to community leaders. Since the early 1990s, thousands of
residents, volunteers, board members, NeighborWorks partners, executive directors,
and others have come together through this truly unique training experience to sharpen
their abilities, to discover tools and techniques to improve their communities, and to
help neighbors succeed.
As a national event, the CLI provides the opportunity to learn best practices from around
the country, while ensuring team members coming from the same community have
time to focus on addressing their specific local issues. Approximately 900 participants,
representing a local organization will come together in teams of eight. At the CLI,
participants will have an opportunity to select from a variety of workshops taught by
expert practitioner-instructors who have vast experience in improving local communities,
learning labs, presentations and interactive group discussions. Capitalizing on their
learning, each team will work together to develop action plans that align with their
organization’s strategic direction.
As we convene in Sacramento, we ask you to look closely at all segments of your
communities and be sure that the wisdom and experience of older generations, as
well as the voices of new and emerging leaders, are represented. From the opening
session to the closing plenary, participants will experience the energy of community
leaders from across the nation working to make their communities better places to
live. Participants will leave the CLI with ideas and strategies to take home and put into
action with the support of local NeighborWorks organizations and their partners.
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Agenda At-A-Glance
Thursday, October 17
4:00 – 6:30 p.m. Registration
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception and Networking Opportunity (Dinner on Your Own)
Friday, October 18
7:30 – 8:20 a.m. Welcome Continental Breakfast
8:20 – 10:25 a.m. Opening Plenary
10:25 – 10:40 a.m. Break
10:40 – 11:30 a.m. Regional/ District Plenary
11:30 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
1:00 – 4:30 p.m. Workshops
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Refresh Time
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Dorothy Richardson Awards for Resident Leadership (Dinner)
Saturday, October 19
7:30 – 8:20 a.m. Group Continental Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30 a.m. Transition to Workshops
8:30 – 12:00 p.m. Workshops
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Action Planning
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 – 6:15 p.m. Learning Labs (Biking, Bus and Walking Tours; Film and Discussion Sessions)
(Dinner and Night Out on Your Own)
Sunday, October 20
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Multi-Denominational and Multi-Lingual Interfaith Service (Optional)
8:15 – 10:00 a.m. Group Breakfast, Closing Plenary, Celebration, and
Distribution of Certificates
Attendance and Certificate Policy:
Workshops start promptly and end on time. A Certificate of Completion is awarded only to participants
who complete 100 percent of the event. NeighborWorks America’s Training Division reserves the
right to cancel any workshop at any time. If a workshop is canceled, you will be assigned to another
session. Every attempt will be made for the substitute session to be comparable to the initial
request. NeighborWorks America is not liable to you for any damages, including, without limitation,
any obligation to provide a refund for any travel and/or lodging costs associated with attending the
NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute or other direct, indirect or consequential damages.
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Annual Communit y Le adership Ins titute
Workshops At-A-Glance
Friday, October 18 ›› 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 19 ›› 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Friday’s workshops are repeated on Saturday, unless otherwise indicated.
Select a workshop on Friday and a different one on Saturday!
Building Le adership
CL101
CL102
CL105
CL106
CL110
CL113
CL114
CL138 CL160
CL183
Developing Your Leadership Potential
Keeping Your Balance
Ready to Train? How to Design
Successful Community Workshops
Speaking with Confidence
Leading with the Spirit:
Finding Your Inner Leader
Getting—and Keeping—People Involved in Small Towns and Rural Areas
Getting—and Keeping—People Involved
in Urban Areas
Coaching: Unlocking the Hidden
Potential in Others !NEw!!
Building Capacity as a Board Member
Leadership Lessons from the Champions! !NEw!!
WORKING TOGE THER
CL115 Organizing Volunteers for Maximum Impact
CL125 Working with Faith-Based Institutions
in Community Development
CL127 Celebrating Differences in Our
Communities: Building Bridges across Lines of Race, Age, Gender and Ethnicity
CL147 Involving Residents in Multi-family Housing
CL154 Learning To Lead: Lessons for Success
!NEw!!
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES
CL139 Community-Based Planning:
Leading the Charge!
CL142 Organizing for Neighborhood Safety
CL143 Building on the Assets of Your Community
CL145 Linking Home, School and Community
CL151 Promoting Financial Health in the Community
CL157 Training Community Residents in Service
Leadership !NEw!!
CL252 Community Land Trusts: What They Are,
What They Can Do !updated!!
STRENGNTHENING ORGANIZ ATIONS
CL135
CL159
CL166
CL168
CL182
CL185
CL199
Strategies for Creating Great
Neighborhoods !updated!!
The ABC’s of Marketing Your Programs !NEw!!
Fundamentals of Community Organizing
Fundraising for Small Organizations
Engaging Residents in Sustainable Living Practices: Go Green or Get the Blues!
Using “SWOT” to Look at Your Organization
Action Planning: How to Plan for Action,
How to Act on the Plan
FOCUS ON GENER ATIONS
CL107
CL121
CL176
Young People as Leaders of
Community Change
Adults and Youth Working Together
Creating Intergenerational Partnerships
to Build Stronger Communities
WORKSHOPS OFFERED ONLY ONCE
Friday, 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. (only)Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (only)
CL152 Community Gardening as a CL130
Community Building Tool !NEw!! CL148
CL201
CL300 Careers in Community Development: CL267
Turn Your Passion into Your Profession!
How To Create a Community Group
How to Develop a Farmers M
arket !NEw!!
Using Social Media as a Community
Building Tool
Community-Based Economics from
Theory to Practice
CL401 Executive Director Leadership Forum
Talleres en Español (Workshops in Spanish)
CL101sp Como desarrollar su potencial de liderazgo CL166sp Organización y movilización comunitaria:
Como organizar nuestro vecindario
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Learning Labs At-A-Glance
(Tours, Films, and Discussion Sessions)
October 19, 2013 — 3:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. (end times may vary)
Read descriptions. These Learning Labs include bus tours, documentaries
and discussions. See pages 17 through 22 for learning labs descriptions
bus tour
walking tour
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film/classroom discussion
with biking
CL501 Cultural Experience at Mutual Housing at Victory/Evergreen Estates
CL502 Mutual Housing at Greenway Village to Plate’s Cafe Tour
CL503 Little Saigon of South Sacramento
CL504 Mutual Housing at the Highlands: From Homelessness to Home Tour
CL505 Foothill Plaza and Slavic Immigration in Sacramento
CL506 Planting the Seeds of Community in North Sacramento
CL507 Sustainable, Green Living in the City of Davis
CL508 Pedal to the Metal: Bike Tour of Davis
CL510 Gaining Ground
CL511 Food Desert to Food Mecca!
CL512 Building Alliances with Local Businesses
CL513 Keeping Community Centers Alive
CL514 Social Media Strategies to Build Community
CL515 How to Develop a Walking Tour in Your Community
CL516 NeighborWorks Redevelopment Efforts
CL517 Urban Farming: From Vision to Reality
CL518 Building Healthy Communities: Making It Happen
CL519 Understanding Racial Disparities in Community Development
CL520 Organizing for Environmental Change
CL523 Way Up Sacramento
CL526 How Popular Culture Sees Our Issues
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What is the CLI?
The annual NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute (CLI)
is a training event that aims to strengthen the voices and skills of
community, resident, and volunteer leaders from coast to coast.
Participants attend in teams of eight members from areas served by
NeighborWorks Network organizations.
The CLIs provide a framework for learning and a forum for discussing community issues and the sharing of best practices and solutions to the challenges faced by underserved communities around
the country. It also offers a broad choice of high-quality workshops.
These will help team members develop new skills and enhance their
experience at the CLI. The annual CLI also enhances opportunities to
collaborate with national partners.
At the end of the CLIs, each participating team will create an action
plan so they can effectively bring the knowledge they’ve gained at
the CLI back to their communities and use it to effect sustainable
positive change where they live, work, play, and worship.
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Workshop Descriptions
Workshops are offered on Friday from 1–4:30 p.m. and repeated Saturday morning
from 8:30 a.m.- noon; except those indicated and the Learning Labs.
CL101 Developing Your
Leadership Potential
CL105 Ready to Train? How to Design
Successful Community Workshops
What does it mean to be a community
leader? What responsibilities do they have
and what challenges do they face today?
This workshop will share some of the values,
qualities, and skills of effective leaders.
Then, we’ll identify the personal strengths
and skills you bring to your leadership role
and ways to build upon them. Learn how
best to use your assets to broaden your
impact in your community.
Do you need to design and facilitate trainings
and/or workshops in your community but
have little experience doing so? This session
will look at the basic elements that go into
creating a successful learning environment.
Participants will examine learning styles,
practice effective participatory teaching
methods that help people learn by doing,
and practice using a training design model.
Includes ice-breakers, visual aids, small and
large groups, other elements of workshop
design that get people to become active
learners and help them use new skills and
information for the benefit of the community.
CL101sp Cómo desarrollar su
potencial de liderazgo
¿Qué significa ser un líder en la comunidad?
¿Qué responsabilidades y retos enfrenta
un líder? Examine los valores, cualidades
y habilidades que un líder debe poseer.
Identifique sus propias capacidades y
habilidades, aprenda a desarrollarlas a
plenitud para ampliar el impacto de su trabajo comunitario. [See CL101 for workshop
description in English.]
Viernes solamente
CL102 Keeping Your Balance
How do you balance your life between your
job, community work and family? Learn ways
to accomplish the work you love and still
have time for the people you love. Discuss
how to set realistic goals and work-plans
that others in your organization will accept.
Explore how to set limits, not take on too
much and when to say no when you have to.
Develop skills that help you prioritize your
work time and help you sustain yourself for
the long haul.
CL106 Speaking with Confidence
The way you express yourself can have a
significant effect on your ability to get things
done, particularly when you’re dealing with
politics and government. Explore ways to
improve your communications with public
agencies and figures. Get specific tips for
advocating your position and keeping a
group’s attention. Practice speaking with
confidence to help you become more self
assured and able to get your points across
with more impact.
CL107 Young People as Leaders
of Community Change
Young people CAN lead! This workshop is
intended for both, young people and adults
working with youth. We’ll hear from young
people about how they are effecting change
in their communities, and getting young
people mobilized to address issues that
impact them. You will learn what inspires
young adults to get involved in neighborhood
issues and share ideas on ways to motivate
and recruit youth to participate in your
community. We’ll examine programmatic
approaches that build self-esteem as well as
skills, involve youth in decision making, and
offer young people a meaningful and unlimited role in your community and organization.
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CL110 Leading With the Spirit:
Finding Your Inner Leader
CL114 Getting - and Keeping People Involved in Urban Areas
This session will take a close look at how
the interdependence between community
leadership, life experiences, spirituality and
faith has been a driving force in many
community-based organizations, with a
particular focus on the field of community
development. Participants in this session
will hear from both the instructors and local
nonprofit leaders on how their various faith
traditions, early life influences and personal
spiritual direction have influenced their
community-based work and helped them
decide on how to find their “life’s calling.”
What motivates people to get involved in
neighborhood issues? How do neighbors
get excited enough to give of their valuable
time? How can we engage people who are
usually not active in their communities? How
can we engage recent immigrants? Identify
a range of outreach methods and select
those that will work best for your community.
Discuss steps for creating an outreach strategy for your organization, identifying ways
to find and recruit new people, introduce
them to your group, and plug them in to your
activities in a meaningful way. Find out how
to involve both renters and new homeowners in neighborhood issues.
CL113 Getting—and Keeping—
People Involved in Small Towns and
Rural Areas
How do you work in large geographic areas
when distance is an obstacle to organizing?
How do you get people excited enough to
give time to efforts toward bettering their
communities? Learn what outreach methods work best in rural settings. Discuss
strategies to keep people connected
and focused on the issues that concern
them, taking into account challenges like
transportation, meeting sites and times;
and childcare.
CL115 Organizing Volunteers
for Maximum Impact
Getting folks to the meeting is the easy
part. How do you ensure that volunteers
have a tangible, meaningful role that constructively – and demonstrably – impacts a
project or program? Identifying, recruiting,
sustaining, evaluating, and rewarding
volunteers are all important components
of a comprehensive strategy to maximize
their impact. Matching volunteer interest
with tasks that advance the strategic goals
of the community and organization is also
critical. In this workshop you’ll learn the
tools and techniques that have proven
successful in organizing volunteers for
maximum impact.
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CL121 Adults and Youth
Working Together
For neighborhoods to work there must be
strong bonds between all segments of the
community, including adults and youth.
Often adults insist in comparing things
to how it was when they were younger.
Conversely, youth often look at adults as
being out of touch and not able to understand their generation. These and other
attitudes make communication difficult
between the generations. In this workshop
ways to bridge the generation gap will be
explored. Examples of situations where
adults and youth have been able to work
together collaboratively will be shared and
examined, highlighting replicable success
methodologies.
CL127 Celebrating Differences in Our
Communities: Building Bridges across
Lines of Race, Age, Gender,
and Ethnicity
Diversity strengthens our communities
by bringing different views, backgrounds,
languages, races and orientation into our
communities and into our work. Often,
differences are met as a challenge instead
of an opportunity, due to factors such as
lack of information, stereotypes and limited
personal experiences with other groups.
In this workshop, you will examine ways to
reach out and build bridges to members of
different groups. We will also discuss ways
that diversity strengthens our communities,
and learn ways to recognize and celebrate
the power this brings.
CL125 Working with Faith-Based
Institutions in Community Development
CL130 How to Create a
Community Group
Churches, synagogues, mosques, and other
faith-based institutions are an important
part of a community. Oftentimes they offer
leadership in rebuilding efforts and are
willing to volunteer to help neighborhoods
“come back”, be cleaner, safer, and more
attractive. Sometimes they may even be
willing to donate money and resources,
or to get directly involved in sponsoring
events, building homes, creating jobs, and/
or working to address other community
concerns. Learn how faith organizations
have been involved in other communities
and see how you can engage them as helpful partners in your neighborhood.
We can certainly make an impact in our
community as individuals. However,
together we enhance and multiply the
impact of our actions. Community groups
are an effective mechanism to work
together for change. How do we create
them? Who needs to be “at the table” when
community groups are created? When
are key decisions made in the formation
process to maximize a community group’s
impact and likelihood for success? This
workshop will examine proven tools and
techniques; engage participants in sharing
what works and focus on the personal
skills necessary to create a successful
community group.
Saturday only
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CL139 Community-Based Planning:
Leading the Charge!
!updated!! CL135 Strategies for
Creating Great Neighborhoods
This workshop draws on the experience in
neighborhoods across the country and will
help participants understand the basic
dynamics of neighborhood change, decline,
and renewal in their own communities. It
will provide an interactive environment for
participants to explore the assumptions
behind approaches to neighborhood
revitalization and to learn about some best
practices that are emerging. This workshop
will also provide a good framework for residents participating in the mobile workshop
as it will help paint a picture of things to
look for while you are out in the community.
!NEw!! CL138 Coaching: Unlocking the
Hidden Potential in Others
This interactive workshop will provide
a basic understanding of coaching and
will introduce some core coaching skills.
Participants will have the opportunity to
explore how these skills can be adapted
and combined with community building
and with service disciplines, such as
resident services and case management,
to increase setting and achieving personal
and professional goals.
Cities plan. Counties plan. It seems everybody plans! But, how does a community
plan? Who is involved when the need for
a plan is identified? How is the affected
constituency - the people that live, work,
play and worship - in the neighborhoods
impacted by the “plan” engaged in the
process? When and where are the meetings
or planning sessions held? Why is it that so
often the community feels ‘left out’? What
if “the community” initiated - and led - the
process? In this workshop participants will
learn the tools and techniques necessary
to lead planning efforts that affect their
community. Emphasis will be placed in
understanding the existing system so the
community can most effectively influence
- and indeed, lead! - the process. Come
ready to share your particular situation
and how your organization’s involvement
in the planning process of your community
can lead to measurable, accountable and
concrete results.
CL142 Organizing for
Neighborhood Safety
Safety in our communities is oftentimes
issue #1. Fighting crime can be
all-consuming for a neighborhood organization; it can seem overwhelming. Rampant
drug dealing, pervasive drug addiction, and
the crime that accompanies these illegal
activities can ravage a neighborhood.
Individual call for action can be effective,
but when the community comes together
to address safety, it can have a much more
powerful impact. Learn what neighbors
can do together to go beyond just fighting
crime - to make a neighborhood a safe
place to call home. Find out how to develop
effective collaborations among residents,
police departments, schools and businesses. Get tips on how to mobilize people
who are anxious and maybe fearful about
getting involved, and learn about innovative
efforts taking place around the country that
help fight crime and create a better sense
of community.
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CL143 Building on the Assets
of Your Community
CL147 Involving Residents in
Multi-Family Housing
Looking around your neighborhood it
is easy to identify its best features: its’
assets. Often, however, when we talk about
why we like our communities, the focus is
placed on the development of things you
can see: houses, businesses, gardens. The
development of human or social capital is
just as important to a neighborhood as its
physical infrastructure. How can it be built
effectively? What role does it play in your
community? Participants in this session
will analyze the role that individual and
organizational capital play in their community’s ability to determine and pursue its
own vision for change.
How can residents of multifamily housing
participate in activities on their property?
How can a resident association contribute
to what is happening in the neighborhood
outside of the property’s boundaries?
Discuss ways residents who live in multifamily housing can organize activities and
participate in developing the communities
they live in. Explore how residents living in a
multifamily community can make an impact
in the larger neighborhood. This workshop
is primarily for people who live or work in
apartments or that are members of mutual
housing associations.
CL145 Linking Home, School
and Community
Healthy communities have strong bonds
with neighborhood schools. Collaboration
between residents, parents, and educators
is critical to forge a winning partnership
that truly benefits all in the community.
Come to this workshop and find out ways
communities have improved local schools
through grassroots organizing and strengthening of school-community links. Get
common-sense tips to help you and your
organization work with your neighborhood
school, whether to strengthen after-school
programs, improve communication
between parents and school officials, make
the school more accessible to the community, and make community resources
more accessible.
!NEw!! CL148 How to Develop a
Farmers Market
This workshop is limited to the first 15
participants who enroll in this off-site class.
Participants will visit the Oak Park Farmers
Market, a community development project
of NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center
Sacramento Region. This award-winning
farmers market is in its fourth year of
operations. The market accepts EBT (SNAP)
and WIC benefits, and provides weekly live
music and children’s activities. The market
has become a community destination;
residents come to purchase locally grown
food and stay to listen to music, and visit
with neighbors. Participants will learn what
is involved with starting up and running a
Farmers Market as well as the challenges
and opportunities that exist in the process
and you will identify what issues you
will have to grapple with in establishing a
farmer’s market in your community.
Saturday only
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CL151 Promoting Financial Health
in the Community
!NEw!! CL154 Learning to Lead:
In today’s world it is more important than
ever for people to understand how to navigate and manage their personal finances
so as not to find themselves unnecessarily
vulnerable. A solid understanding of how
money works and the financial options
available in the market can open doors
to opportunity and bring stability to lives
of community residents. In this workshop
you will learn how credit works as well as
how it should be managed; and, how to
flag predatory lending and other practices
which take financial advantage of individuals and at risk communities. This session
will also explore strategies for bringing
financial education into your community
and how organizing around these issues
can get neighborhoods involved, build
community cohesiveness and develop
grassroots leadership.
Get more done with your team by exploring
how national leaders such as Colin Powell,
Steve Jobs and Rich Devos learned to lead
individuals in the US Army, Apple Inc.,
and Amway respectively. In this workshop
you will learn about leadership traits
that characterized these leaders and we
will look at both their strengths and their
weaknesses. This session will also take a
look at strategies that can be employed to
turn strengths into weaknesses as these
leaders were able to do. At the end of this
session you will be able to take what you
have learned and apply it to situations
where you are trying to work for positive
community change.
!NEw!! CL152 Community Gardening
as a Community Building Tool
Sacramento is a city that has community
gardens in almost every sector of the city.
Community Gardening has many benefits,
including creating usable green space,
growing plants and vegetables, teaching
about how to care and tend to a garden,
but even more importantly, it can be used
to bring communities together. In this class
you will learn from local staff and volunteers about how our local NeighborWorks
organizations have used community
gardening as a tool to build community in
Sacramento. Friday only
Lessons for Success
!NEw!! CL157 Training Community
Residents in Service Leadership
In this session you will learn the basic steps
to be a service leader in your community.
This session will be conducted by staff of
the Points of Light Institute; participants
who successfully complete the session
receive a service leader certificate after
they complete an evaluation online once
they return home. This course will cover key
points such as how to get involved in your
community, looking at the assets of your
neighborhood, working with others and how
to pick which service project you become
involved in.
!NEw!! CL159 The ABC’s of Marketing
Your Programs
Marketing is integral to an organization’s
overall strategy to achieve its business
goals. A dynamic leader knows this and
presents and sells the organization well.
Using case studies and small group
exercises learn how to market your organization and its programs better to donors,
clients and partners. Develop a framework
to examine and re-examine goals. This
workshop also covers target audiences,
research and analysis, products, messages, strategies and tools, training,
timetables, budgets and the monitoring
and evaluation process.
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CL160 Building Capacity as
a Board Member
The Board of Directors of a nonprofit
organization sets the agency’s strategic
direction, develops its policies, and
ensures its financial accountability. In this
workshop, you will learn the basics of board
members’ roles and responsibilities, and
explore ways to strengthen the role you play
on your board. This workshop emphasizes
the special role of residents on boards, and
how to use this role to be a more effective
voice for your community. We will explore
various models of board leadership and
decision-making, and how to keep board
members energized and engaged. Whether
you are a long-time or new board member—
or just thinking about joining a board—this
workshop will provide relevant information
and new ideas.
CL166 Fundamentals of
Community Organizing
Community organizing is key to the success
of our neighborhoods. The most sustainable
community-building initiatives come from a
well-organized, enthusiastic and accountable group of neighborhood residents.
In this workshop you will learn how to
facilitate capacity building in communities,
teaching residents how to take a leadership
role in decision making for their neighborhoods. You will also explore techniques
for conducting outreach, identifying and
recruiting new members, and developing
neighborhood activities for groups to work
on. You will practice how to do door knocking, conduct house meetings, and make
presentations to community groups – that
is, how to organize your community!
CL166sp Organización y movilización
comunitaria: Como organizar
nuestro vecindario
Una característica esencial de una
comunidad fuerte es su capacidad para
organizar sus miembros y tomar acciones
que adelanten sus intereses. Aprenda los
métodos y técnicas que componen los
elementos básicos de organización y movilización comunitaria. Aprenda a identificar los
“issues” que facilitan la organización comunitaria y a desarrollar estrategias para atraer
gente a su organización, para mantenerlos
activos y motivados, y para desarrollar
nuevos líderes que permitan la renovación
continua de su organización. [See CL166 for
workshop description in English.]
Sábado solamente
CL168 Fundraising for
Small Organizations
Small organizations are oftentimes the
most strapped for resources. Whether it is
money to do a project or pay staff, it seems
that the smaller the organization the more
difficult their fundraising effort. But, it does
not have to be so! In this workshop you’ll
learn about specific approaches to identify
the resources to get your work done,
regardless of how small your organization
is. The many facets of fundraising will
be discussed as they pertain to small
organizations. The workshop highlights how
sometimes “small is beautiful” and how
you may be in a better position to fundraise
than you think – because you are small!
CL176 Creating Intergenerational
Partnerships to Build Stronger
Communities
How can we build strong coalitions and
partnerships across generations? What
type of strategies can we apply to bring
teens, young adults, middle aged and
elders together to build on the strengths of
each other? In this interactive and dynamic
workshop, you will hear stories, develop
strategies and create a plan of action to
take back to your community and take
advantage of cross-generational strategies
for community leadership.
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CL182 Engaging Residents
in Sustainable Living Practices:
Go Green or Get the Blues!
Do you want to learn how to engage
residents in sustainable living practices?
This workshop will provide a set of tools for
you to engage, educate and expand the
knowledge of residents on the practices of
green and healthy living. Through lecture,
discussion and a series of exercises we
will explore how to introduce residents to
energy conservation strategies, how much
water they use and water conservation
strategies, opportunities to create a
healthy home through the use of healthy
cleaning products, asthma triggers and
pest control, and opportunities to reduce
waste and recycle household items.
Knowing that occupant behavior is the most
difficult piece of this puzzle, we’ll include
some additional tools to assist you with
methods you can use when you return
home to engage your residents and have
them incorporate these practices into their
daily lives.
!NEw!! CL183 Leadership Lessons
from the Champions!
In this dynamic and interactive workshop,
participants will study and apply lessons
from ‘champions’ of leadership, coaching
and business. Attendees of this course
will discover the methodologies behind
success strategies of business leaders and
championship coaches such as Bill Walsh,
Tony Dungy, Mike Krzyzewski and others.
You will leave this session with tools to
apply those skills to your community work
and organization in order to maximize your
leadership potential in a dynamic way.
CL185 Using “SWOT” to
Look at Your Organization
Leadership is all about organizational
management. But it’s awfully difficult to
successfully manage or lead an organization unless you know, rather than assume,
what issues it faces. For numerous reasons,
including limited budgets and staff
resources, most organizations never take
the time to identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities or threats (SWOT).
As a result, many CDCs are depriving
themselves of the opportunity to operate
at a higher level of effectiveness and
efficiency, and often are blind-sided when,
for example, staff issues erupt or production numbers fall or funding begins to dry
up. Learn how a properly conducted SWOT
analysis can help you and your organization
create an Action Plan that effectively
focuses on building on and promoting your
strengths, addressing your weaknesses,
leveraging your opportunities and preparing
for any foreseeable threats.
CL199 Action Planning: How to Plan
for Action, How to Act on the Plan
This workshop is intended primarily for
Resident Team Coordinators that did not
participate during Webinars in April 2013.
The workshop will help participants think
about what goes into a community based
project, how to measure success, develop
a budget, do fundraising and the leadership
skills needed. The workshop will examine
the specific elements of the Action Plan
each CLI Team is expected to produce as
a result of their participation at this event.
It will identify what needs to be done; by
whom; when and how. Instructions on how
to submit the final Plan will also be shared.
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CL201 Using Social Media
as a Community Building Tool
!updated!! CL252 Community Land
Online connections can be a tool for
change in the real world. In this session,
participants will discuss how online tools
can connect people and build a sense of
offline community that can support positive
change. Examples may include volunteering, assessing community needs and giving
voice to those who may not feel connected
to traditional methods of community
development. By the end of this workshop,
participants will learn what it takes to build
a reputation as a credible, authentic and
legitimate source on the internet. You will
also be able to understand what works
when trying to connect with and engage
a community using social media and your
online presence while developing a local
focus to your marketing efforts.
Saturday only
Community land trusts (CLTs) are placebased, nonprofit organizations formed to
hold title to parcels of land to preserve their
long-term availability for affordably-priced
housing or other community uses. Many
CLTs combine private homeownership with
community ownership of land as a means
to assure a permanent supply of affordable
housing in their communities. This course
includes a comprehensive session on
the nuts and bolts of the community land
trust model: How are CLTs structured and
governed? How do they operate? And why
are so many communities turning to CLTs as
a preferred neighborhood revitalization and
affordable housing strategy? Participants
will learn how CLTs seek to balance the
seemingly competing goals of providing
limited-income homeowners with a
fair return on their housing investment
while seeking to assure that housing is
kept affordable for future occupants of
limited means, particularly as property
values begin to increase in revitalizing
neighborhoods. Participants will leave with
a fundamental understanding of the value
of shared equity homeownership and the
merits of permanent housing affordability.
Trusts: What They Are, What They Can Do
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CL267 Community-Based Economics
from Theory to Practice
Do you understand the building blocks of
your neighborhood economy? What makes
it work or not work, and how does it fit in
with the “bigger picture?” Why are entire
neighborhoods being left out of economic
success? Deepen your understanding of
the national and global economic forces
that are shaping our lives, and hear about
ways to participate in local economic
issues. In this session you will take a look
at ways to strengthen local economies
and hear about innovative efforts that are
taking place in other parts of the country.
Saturday only
CL300 Careers in Community
Development: Turn Your Passion into
Your Profession!
You’re already interested in the field of
community development—maybe you
found it by accident, maybe you’ve been
volunteering and think, “I love my volunteer
work—imagine doing this full-time!” You
can. The community development field
offers a wide range of career opportunities
in many different areas—not just direct
service work such as homeownership
counseling but also construction, IT,
training, administrative assistance, urban
planning, engineering, architecture, volunteer management, project management,
proposal writing and so much more! In this
workshop, you will learn more about what
is meant by “the community development
field”, hear tips on how to market your
volunteer work and other skills to move into
the job of your dreams and discover some
resources to begin your search. Come hear
from professionals with a view of the entire
field and the real experts (practitioners in
the field!) about the opportunities available
and how to best position yourself to find a
fulfilling career that you will love!
Friday only
CL401 Executive Directors
Leadership Forum
This workshop is intended exclusively for
Executive Directors – or other designated
senior staff – of the organization
sponsoring each of the CLI Team. Specific
topics and issues will be determined
by participants. Previous discussions
included issues such as what is the role
of the Executive in these turbulent times?
How can the principal staff in a nonprofit
organization maximize the contribution of
community leaders as volunteers, board
members and/or partners? How should the
Executive Director most efficiently work
with these volunteer leaders? What is their
most effective role? How is the leader’s
energy aligned with the organization’s
direction? This workshop is highly participatory and it is expected that participants
will come ready to network and engage
each other in break-out sessions.
Friday only
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Learning Labs Descriptions
Saturday, October 19 — 3:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. (end times vary)
bus tour
walking/biking tour
film/classroom discussion
Read descriptions. These Labs include bus tours and opportunities
to join a documentary presentation or a discussion session.
CL501 Cultural Experience at Mutual
Housing at Victory/Evergreen Estates
CL502 Mutual Housing at Greenway
Village to Plate’s Cafe Tour
Victory Townhomes/Evergreen
Estates is one of the 18 properties
of our other Mutual Housing California
areas. This community houses the most
Hmong families of any of our other Mutual
Housing California. The Hmong people
came from Laos and were American allies
in the Vietnam War and the secret war in
Laos. They provided support and aid to
American troops and the CIA. When the
U.S.A. left Vietnam, the U.S. also left the
Hmong to political persecution. By 1975,
some Hmong people immigrated to the U.S.
living in places like Sacramento, California.
The Hmong people pride themselves in their
needle work, cultural dances and traditional beliefs. Mutual Housing California
encourages diversity and culture, giving the
Hmong families the opportunity to shine.
Many of the Hmong resident members
choose to live here because of the convenience of the property manager and the
maintenance man, whom are both Hmong
speaking. Many of our families have children who participate in extracurricular
activities such as Hmong dance. At Mutual
Housing at Victory/Evergreen, we have
youth ages 5-10 and 15-20 that practice
dance. They perform in several events, and
won many prizes in a variety of events
around the Sacramento area.
Mutual Housing California, formerly
known as Sacramento Mutual
Housing Association, currently owns 18
communities in the Sacramento and
Yolo area. Mutual Housing California is a
partner of St. John’s Women and Children
Shelter. Families begin their journey in the
structured environment at the shelter. In
the second phase, mothers enter programs
at Plates Café, where they build the work
ethic, skills and references to achieve longterm employment. In their third phase, they
are transitioned from the structured shelter
to Mutual Housing at Greenway Village,
which provides them with the housing while
they complete their employment training
program and progress towards living
independently. Families also work with the
community organizer to plan community
events, programs and policies in and
around the Greenway community. Not only
will we be visiting this community, we will
also be visiting the Plate’s Café where many
of our resident mothers work where they are
currently in employment training.
CL503 Little Saigon of South Sacramento
Mutual Housing at Lemon Hill is a
74-unit apartment complex,
comprising of 1,2,3, and 4 bedroom
apartments and townhomes. Mutual
Housing California takes pride and
encourages cultural diversity in this
community and Mutual Housing at Lemon
Hill is one of the most diverse communities
that Mutual Housing owns. Resident
members speak the following languages:
Chinese, Vietnamese, Mien, Hmong, and
Spanish. Mutual Housing at Lemon Hill sits
in the heart of “Little Saigon,” a 2-mile
stretch on Stockton Boulevard starting
from Florin Road to Fruitridge Road. In the
Little Saigon area, you will see Chinese and
Vietnamese grocery stores, restaurants
and bakeries. Resident members from
Mutual Housing at Lemon Hill easily access
the stores and bakeries, making Mutual
Housing at Lemon Hill one of the most
convenient properties.
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CL504 Mutual Housing at the
Highlands: From Homelessness to
Home Tour
Mutual Housing at the Highlands is a
home for 90 families and individuals, many of whom had been homeless for
many years. The uniqueness of this project
is to provide an opportunity for people to
improve their life situation through obtaining stable and affordable housing. The tour
starts at the Loaves and Fishes Welcoming
Center (1351 North C Street, Sacramento,
CA 95811) then we drive to Mutual Housing
Highlands to tour and meet with service
providers and residents.
CL505 Foothill Plaza and Slavic
Immigration in Sacramento
Since 1980, Sacramento has
become home to over 200,000
Russian-speaking immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Many of those came as
religious refugees, with large families,
including children and elderly. They benefit
from assisted housing tremendously, as
many of them have low-paying jobs or
solely depend on governmental assistance.
Foothill Plaza is a perfect example of a wellstructured community of Russian-speaking
refugees finding a safe place to live and take
care of their families. Many of the residents
belong to neighboring Slavic Baptist and
Pentecostal Congregations. The tour will
start at Foothill Plaza, and finish with refreshments at a local Russian Restaurant, the
Firebird (www.firebirdrussianrestaurant.com).
CL506 Planting the Seeds of
Community in North Sacramento
On this tour, participants will learn
about a few of the thriving projects
and partnerships that Mutual Housing
California has cultivated in the North
Sacramento region. The first stop will be
the Norwood Estates Mutual Housing
Community, an 87-unit, multi-family affordable housing complex in one of the north
area’s most resource-poor communities.
The apartments recently received an environmentally-conscious renovation and were
awarded a Green Point rating of 40 from
Build It Green. Participants will learn about
the green rehab and other community projects being undertaken by residents. The
tour will then travel to the River Garden
Estates Mutual Housing Community. This
124-unit property is located in the
Gardenland Northgate neighborhood of
Sacramento and is Mutual Housing
California’s largest property, with close to
600 residents. Roughly half of the community members are children, which has led to
a long and successful partnership with a
local nonprofit called The Greenhouse. This
organization offers after-school tutoring,
mentoring, spiritual development, and
leadership development for underresourced youth. It was started when community members in the area found that this
single neighborhood block had more people under the age of 18 per capita than any
other urbanized block in the six county
regions. In addition to hearing from families
and youth that are engaged in this exciting
program, tour participants will get to tour
the community’s immense garden. Started
by Russian and Ukrainian residents over 20
years ago, this local fixture has continued
to grow and thrive despite multiple challenges and a delicate existence on city
property. Come learn about the wonders of
this garden and the other projects we are
growing here in North Sacramento!
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CL507 Sustainable, Green Living
in the City of Davis
The City of Davis strives to maintain
a healthy life for its residents and is
recognized for its efforts. The city strives to
operate in a “Zero Waste” environment
while providing access to locally grown
foods. Davis also stands out on its implementation of plentiful bike paths connecting residents to stores, schools and parks.
We will show you these unique aspects of
the city and show how our Mutual Housing
California communities are integrated in
Davis living. Our final stop will be at our
newest community of 69 units and developed through green technology that produces more than 80% of its own power.
CL508 Pedal to the Metal:
Bike Tour of Davis
Like riding bikes? The City of
Davis has plenty of bike paths
for you to explore in and around its city. Not
only will you get to see Davis planning of
bike paths, but you will see how our communities complement the bicycle culture of
the city. We will be giving a three mile bike
tour of the City of Davis showcasing two of
our Mutual Housing communities: Owendale
Community of 45 units and our newest,
greenest community, New Harmony of 69
units.
CL510 Gaining Ground
See how Dudley Street
Neighborhood Initiative continues to develop and revitalize their community in Boston. This is the sequel to one of
the seminal works in the Community
Leadership and Community Development
movement, Holding Ground.
CL511 Food Desert to Food Mecca!
How does a community transition
from a “food desert” with one supermarket and a high volume of convenience/
liquor stores to a community with a thriving
Farmers Market, Community Garden, resident gardens, innovative programs like the
“Crop Swap” and “Urban Harvest”, and successful advocacy efforts to legalize urban
chicken-keeping? Learn how Oak Park residents partnered with NeighborWorks
Sacramento, Oak Park Weed and Seed, City
Council, The California Endowment
“Building Healthy Communities” initiative
and other local organizations to bring these
new food access projects to Oak Park residents. Learn how residents advocated for
these projects, how local nonprofits leveraged local resources, and visit several of
these local projects in Oak Park.
CL512 Building Alliances
with Local Businesses
Have you wondered how the community can become more involved in
working with local businesses to improve
the neighborhood? How can businesses,
residents and nonprofits work together?
What do businesses need from resident
and resident groups? Learn how the Oak
Park Business Association and Stockton
Boulevard Partnership work with residents
and business owners in two “PBIDS”
(Property and Business Improvement
Districts) to address issues of image, security and advocacy. Learn about their annual
“Painters Paradise” event, designed to economically stimulate the business corridor
while providing community members with
an opportunity to enjoy artists at work. Visit
areas of the PBIDS to learn about the partnerships and resources that the business
associations provide to the community.
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CL514 Social Media Strategies
to Build Community
CL513 Keeping Community
Centers Alive
In this time of budget crisis, many
community centers are reducing their
hours or closing. Learn about the work of
two neighborhood associations to make
sure their community center remains the
important resource that the community
needs. The Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and
Community, managed by the Sierra Curtis
Neighborhood Association, is a beautiful
stucco building built in 1923 as an elementary school. This historic site was saved from
demolition by the Sierra Curtis Neighborhood
Association (SCNA) in 1979. SCNA’s members and community volunteers generously
contributed time and resources to renovate
the school. Together they transformed Sierra
2 into a non-profit center for artistic, cultural
and educational activities. Sierra 2 has
become a vibrant hub for Curtis Park and
the greater Sacramento area. Oak Park
Community Center has been forced to
greatly reduce programs and services in
recent years due to budget cuts. The Oak
Park Neighborhood Association is partnering with California State University,
Sacramento and resident volunteers to
develop programming for an additional day
during the week. Learn about the challenges
both groups face, and how they have overcome the barriers in their way.
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs
and other social media tools have
transformed how we think and act in community. Individuals use these tools to keep
in touch and update their friends, families
and associates as to what they are doing,
invite friends to events, send birthday and
holiday greetings as well as other everyday
uses. However, social media is also changing the world in other ways, from helping
organizers update communities on projects, to helping convey information about
national movements and even regime
changes. In this session we will look at
social media as tools to help build community in creative ways.
CL515 How to Develop a Walking Tour
in Your Community
Dr. Robin Datel, Professor and Chair
of the Geography Department at
California State University Sacramento will
lead a walking tour that includes historic
backgrounds of selected locations with
interpretation of their change over time. The
tour highlights the development of an early
suburb with its own Main Street (“smart
growth” long before the label existed);
racial transitions; the civil rights movement;
cycles of investment and disinvestment;
nurturing of the arts; redevelopment; and
neighborhood activism. These themes are
embodied in such buildings and places as
the 40 Acres Building, the Guild Theater,
the Citizens’ and US Banks, the old Post
Office/Observer Building, Joyland/
McClatchy Park, the Women’s Civic
Improvement Club, and more. Dr. Datel will
share how she acquired the walking tour
content, the key themes of the tour, and
details of the individual tour sites.
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CL516 NeighborWorks
Redevelopment Efforts
NeighborWorks Sacramento has
been purchasing and renovating
homes in Sacramento for several years.
Visit several houses that NeighborWorks
has renovated and compare the completed
project with the before pictures. Learn
about the evolving process that
NeighborWorks Sacramento uses to make
decisions on where to purchase homes and
hear the behind the scenes stories of several innovative projects. You will also learn
how NeighborWorks Sacramento has integrated their housing rehab work with their
community impact efforts through their
annual “Paint the Town” event and other
resident engagement work.
CL517 Urban Farming:
From Vision to Reality
Soil Born Farms started in 2000 as
a small urban organic farm in
Sacramento. The story began with two
young and inexperienced organic farmers
who had a dream and lots of ambition.
Wanting to reconnect urban dwellers with
healthy food and where it comes from, the
founders put a hand written note in the
mailbox of a local Sacramento resident
asking if they could grow on her land in
exchange for produce. The next day a deal
was struck, and Soil Born Farms was born.
Since then, after much hard work, Soil Born
has grown and matured beyond expectations. Based out of two urban farms and
local school sites, their programs focus on
promoting health and experiential learning
opportunities for youth, producing healthy
food, improving access to healthy food for
all residents and modeling land and environmental stewardship. Beyond producing
healthy, certified organic produce for a
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
program and local stores, restaurants, and
farmer’s markets, Soil Born has also developed and piloted several innovative education and food access programs in partnership with area agencies. Come visit the
Farm and learn about the exciting projects
launched by Soil Born Farms and the partnerships they have built to help them
achieve their vision.
CL518 Building Healthy Communities:
Making It Happen
Building Healthy Communities (BHC)
is a ten-year, comprehensive community initiative that is creating a revolution
in the way Californians think about and support health in their communities. In 14
places across California, residents are
proving that they have the power to make
health happen in their neighborhoods,
schools and with prevention—and in doing
so, they’re creating a brighter future for
their children and for our state. Sacramento
has been called one of the most diverse cities in America by Time Magazine, a quality
that is evident in the South Sacramento
Building Healthy Community where nearly
70,000 residents of various backgrounds
live, learn and play. In recent years the
community has struggled with unemployment and poverty. Learn how community
members are collaborating with elected
officials, grassroots advocacy groups, and
other community organizations to improve
their neighborhoods and schools by visiting
several projects and initiatives funded
through the BHC.
CL519 Understanding Racial
Disparities in Community Development
Do you ever wonder why Black,
Latino and other long-standing
immigrant communities are still disproportionately struggling? If these communities
were granted equal rights and equal access
by law decades ago, why are such communities still so often lacking in resources and
opportunity? Come to the viewing of the
film “Race: The Power of an Illusion, Part 3:
The House We Live In” to learn the answers
to these questions and more. The discussion will be facilitated by Gin Lin Woo, from
Seattle Washington, an experienced consultant in the area of neighborhood diversity.
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CL520 Organizing for
Environmental Change
CL526 How Popular Culture Sees
Our Issues
The Avondale-Glen/Elder
Neighborhood Association
(AGENA) is the lead organizer in what is now
a five-year effort to protect the community
from proposed natural gas storage facility
project. The neighborhood of Avondale-Glen
Elder, lies above an old depleted reservoir
of natural gas formed hundreds of millions
of years ago. Known as the Florin Gas Field,
the reservoir was mostly pumped out by
Union Oil in 1970-1980. However, the geology of the gas field, in theory, makes it possible for reuse as a giant holding tank. Take
a walking tour and visit the site, learn about
the efforts to protect the community, and
the different viewpoints that residents have
about the project.
Issues we deal with in our
communities are portrayed by
Hollywood everyday; sometimes good,
sometimes not so well. Certain recent movies and television shows have done a commendable job in dealing with these difficult
issues. Come join the conversation on how
popular culture sees us and the very real
implications for the work we do in our communities. Come ready to share your favorites so others can check them out when
they return home. The discussion will be
facilitated by Ron Dwyer-Voss from
Sacramento. Ron is an avid consumer of
popular culture and applies his learning to
his work in community organizing.
CL523 Way Up Sacramento
Way Up Sacramento was launched
in 2011 by Councilmember Jay
Schenirer as a partnership between the
City, education, health systems and key
business, community and nonprofit organizations, and residents to work together on
innovative solutions to deal with priority
needs. Learn about some of the successful
projects launched through this initiative,
including WayFresh, which aims to bring
sustainable living to the people of South
Sacramento. In the past year, the team has
established 12 backyard gardens and 3
community gardens. This year, in addition
to these backyard and community gardens,
WayFresh is also beginning its school garden project. This year, WayFresh projects
aim to further realize its goals, and thanks
to those, especially to the people of South
Sacramento, who work and share the same
passion to nurture healthy communities for
South Sacramento, this objective will prosper this year and for the years to come.
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Accommodation and Registration Information
NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute
October 17 – 20, 2013 • Sacramento, California
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 19th, 2013
The NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute is an integral component of
NeighborWorks America’s commitment to supporting the NeighborWorks Network.
NeighborWorks America’s organizations and specially invited guests are invited to send
a team of eight participants to attend this event. Registration for this event is on a firstcome, first-served basis. Register early! – CLI Team spaces are limited.
Each of the network organizations should identify and select a Resident Team Coordinator
(RTC) who will provide support to the team from the community, and to register the team to
attend this event.
TUITION FEE
The sponsoring organization pays the tuition fee of $100 per person and payment for
each participant must be included with the CLI Team Registration form. The CLI Team
Registration form is mailed directly to the invited sponsoring organization.
ACCOMMODATION
The following hotels will host the NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute:
Sheraton Grand Sacramento
1230 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 447-1700
www.sheratonsacramento.com
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 443-1234
www.sacramento.hyatt.com
Expected arrival date: Thursday, October 17 and departure date: Sunday, October 20
Participation at the Community Leadership Institute includes shared occupancy
accommodations for the events’ three nights. The maximum capacity for shared occupancy
room is only TWO confirmed and approved Team members which are assigned to each
room by NeighborWorks America. A single occupancy room is available on a first-come,
first-served basis, provided that you or your organization pays the additional $65 per night.
Single occupancy room requests must be made on the CLI Team Registration form and
payment for the three nights, a total of $195, must accompany the registration form. If
payment is not included with your application, a shared occupancy room is provided.
Roommate preference cannot be guaranteed. If your preferred roommate cancels and
you cannot be paired with another same gender confirmed and approved participant from
your Team, then, NeighborWorks will pair you with another same gender participant from
another Team.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) – Secure Flight Guidelines
When you register, please provide your legal name exactly as it appears on your non-expired
government-issued photo identification, e.g., driver’s license or your passport that you will be
traveling with. TSA will also require that you provide your date of birth and gender when you
arrange your air travel. NeighborWorks America provides a travel report list to the designated
travel agency to arrange participants’ travel. Passengers whose identity cannot be verified by
TSA may not be allowed to enter the screening checkpoint or onto an airplane. Visit www.tsa.
gov for information and guidance on air travel.
If you have questions regarding registration or payment of a single occupancy room, please
call or e-mail (para más información se habla español):
NeighborWorks America — Training Division
(800) 438-5547 • E-mail: nti@nw.org
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation d/b/a NeighborWorks® America’s Tax ID is 52-1148078.
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Building Sustainable Communities
Through Leadership Development
Over 35 years ago, the NeighborWorks
network was founded by community
resident Dorothy Richardson, who had
the vision to look at the dynamics at
play in her neighborhood, and find a
way to bring people together to find
solutions. The CLI has always fostered
such activism. Hard-working people,
concerned about their communities
and their cities, are coming together to
learn, network, have fun and nurture
their grassroots.
Great Lakes District
(States of Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio)
Karen Whedon
District Services Manager
kwhedon@nw.org
(513) 221-4260
North Central District
(States of Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Wisconsin)
Diana Mitchell
District Services Manager
dmitchell@nw.org
(816) 931-4176
At the CLI participants will:
•Build skills in interesting, interactive sessions and workshops
•Share and learn about proactive approaches for
dealing with neighborhood issues
The Dorothy Richardson
Award for Resident Leadership is an
honor bestowed annually in recognition
of outstanding contributions by
dedicated community leaders.
MIDWEST REGION
•Reception and Networking Opportunities
•Opening and Closing Plenary
•Districts Plenary Sessions
•Dorothy Richardson Awards for Resident Leadership
•Workshops on a wide range of topics
•Learning Labs (bike, bus, walking tours, films and discussions)
• Action Planning Sessions with participants from your Community
•Develop effectiveness as leaders
Dorothy Richardson
Awards for Resident
Leadership
NeighborWorks America
Contact the Region or the
District Offices’ District
Services Manager for any
questions about the event
The National CLI includes, among many exciting offerings:
•Visit local neighborhood improvement projects
•Spend time with participants from the same
community to develop an action plan
•Challenge yourself and others to explore culturally
sensitive issues
NORTHEAST REGION
New England District
(States of Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Vermont)
Rose Brown
District Services Manager
rbrown@nw.org
(617) 450-0410
Northeast District
(States of Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico, Washington, DC,
US Virgin Islands)
Gillian Hedden
District Services Manager
ghedden@nw.org
(212) 269-6553
Pacific District
(States of Alaska, California,
Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)
Laurie Delman
District Services Manager
ldelman@nw.org
(714) 940-0144
Rocky Mountain District
(States of Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas, Utah,
Wyoming)
Mary Williams
District Services Manager
mwilliams@nw.org
(303) 782-0299
Southern District
(States of Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia)
Field Operations
999 North Capital St., NE
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20002
Michael Butchko
mbutchko@nw.org
(800) 438-5547
NeighborWorks®
Community Building
& Organizing
855 Boylston St., 6th Fl.
Boston, MA 02116
Bernadette Orr
borr@nw.org
(617) 585-5072
Training Division
999 North Capital St., NE
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20002
nti@nw.org
(800) 438-5547
Sharon Kent, District
Services Manager
skent@nw.org
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NeighborWorks® America
NeighborWorks America creates opportunities for people to improve their lives and strengthen their communities by providing
access to homeownership and to safe and affordable rental housing. In the last five years,NeighborWorks organizations have
generated more than $19.5 billion in reinvestment in these communities. NeighborWorks America is the nation’s leading trainer
of community
andLeadership
affordable
housing
professionals.
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NeighborWorksdevelopment
America: Community
Institute
| Orlando,
Florida | October 25 – 28, 2012