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donors forum releases report on community engagement convening

In March 2012, Donors Forum Members, Partners and Associate Partners convened for the first time to discuss how to be more intentional in using community engagement methods to pursue their missions and to contribute to a vibrant and thriving civic landscape.

The final report from the March 2012 Convening -- "Engage to the nth Degree" contains an overview of the convening, an analysis of the state of community engagement and strategies to increase it, thoughts on restoring trust in communities, and an exploration of the relationship between healthy communities and the creation of jobs. 

The full report is available here in two formats:

        Issuu (click to view and page through online at a website called Issuu)

        PDF  (click to download a PDF)

David D. Hiller, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Robert R.McCormick Foundation.

 

Thanks to the Robert R. McCormick foundation for serving as the Convening Sponsor and to The Woods Fund for a grant to help cover the cost of this report.

community engagement advisory group

Mike Ban President and Executive Director Book Worm Angels, Inc.	Geoffery Banks Director of Programs & Partnerships     Illinois Humanities Council	Evette Cardona Senior Program Officer Polk Bros. Foundation
Nisan Chavkin Executive Director  Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago	Daniel Clark Program Director AmericaSpeaks	Honna Eichler Grants Manager Interfaith Worker Justice
Luis Gutierrez Executive Director Latinos Progressando	Shawn Healy Resident Scholar, McCormick Museum and Director of Professional Development Robert R. McCormick Foundation	Diana Hess Senior Vice President The Spencer Foundation
Barb Macholz Civic Engagement Coordinator Better Government Association	Mimi Rodman Director of Development Stand for Children	John Sirek Director, Citizenship Program Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Elizabeth Tumiel Manager of Tenant Leadership Mercy Housing Lakefront	Kristina Valaitis Executive Director Illinois Humanities Council

 

Donors Forum Staff

Valerie Lies President & CEO

Robin Berkson Senior Vice President

Laura Zumdahl, Ph.D. Vice President, Nonprofit Sevices