Exploring the Financial Health of Community Development Organizations
The LISC Institute for Community Power and LISC Bay Area hosted a conversation with Filipino CDC, Oakland Community Land Trust, and San Francisco Community Land Trust for a conversation on how to build power and secure resources to expand tenant and community control of housing.
The Power and Promise of TLGBQIA+-owned Spaces
This report from the LISC Community Research and Impact team explores LGBTQIA+ capital access, community ownership as a strategy for building queer and trans community and economic power, and the financing and organizing resources needed to expand this work.
The Racial Justice Implications of TOPA: Seizing Preservation Opportunities
A new research brief from LISC Community Research and Impact empirically examines the potential racial equity benefits of COPA (Community Opportunity to Purchase Act) and TOPA (Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act) policies and housing preservation strategies.
“A Gateway for Possibilities”: Resident Leadership and Community Ownership
In this Spotlight for the Institute for Community Power, we look at three leadership development programs designed and implemented by LISC and local partners: Training the Trainers (T4T) in Houston; the Newark Resident Leadership Academy (NRLA); and Community Connectors in Philadelphia. What follows is not a comprehensive evaluation of the programs. Instead, this is meant to serve as a jumping off point for further exploration, identifying some of the key themes and topics that emerged from interviews with participants and tracing some of the impacts the programs had both on participants and their communities.
Spotlight on Resident Voice and Community Ownership
Community development, at its core, helps residents create their own shared future. This concept of self-determination – also known as community ownership – is fundamental to LISC’s work, as we recognize that both our own investments and others from the public and private sector need to be directed by local voices. This Spotlight for the Institute for Community Power highlights contemporary efforts to advance community ownership by bringing residents together to elevate their voices and decision-making abilities. In it, we look at three programs designed and implemented by LISC and local partners: Training for Trainers (T4T) in Houston; the Newark Resident Leadership Academy (NRLA); and Community Connectors in Philadelphia.
Announcing the New Creative Placemaking Technical Assistance Website
The newly launched Creative Placemaking Technical Assistance website celebrates the power of arts and culture in strengthening communities, and offers an abundance of resources for anyone working in creative placemaking or curious about it! Explore the tools and insights initially developed by LISC and our partners, and updated by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Placemaking Technical Assistance team and our many partners. Whether you’re looking to enhance engagement with residents and artists, navigate partnership dynamics, or plan cross-sector initiatives, we invite you to check out our site and join our community dedicated to community development and planning through arts, culture, and creativity!
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Spotlight on Resident Leadership and Community Ownership
In this Spotlight for the Institute for Community Power, we look at three leadership development programs designed and implemented by LISC and local partners: Training the Trainers (T4T) in Houston; the Newark Resident Leadership Academy (NRLA); and Community Connectors in Philadelphia. What follows is not a comprehensive evaluation of the programs. Instead, this is meant to serve as a jumping off point for further exploration, identifying some of the key themes and topics that emerged from interviews with participants and tracing some of the impacts the programs had both on participants and their communities.
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The Power and Promise of TLGBQIA+-owned Spaces
This report from the LISC Community Research and Impact team explores LGBTQIA+ capital access, community ownership as a strategy for building queer and trans community and economic power, and the financing and organizing resources needed to expand this work.
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Check out the upcoming webinars and conferences for practitioners in the community development field.
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