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Empowering & Advancing Agency in the Community

Join Community Connections, a program funded by the City of Philadelphia's Division of Housing and Community Development, to learn about the importance of community engagement and effective strategies to implement it. Explore topics like storytelling for grant applications, presentations, and challenging existing narratives. Share your experiences and ideas for community engagement. Don't miss this opportunity to empower and advance agency in your community!

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Empowering & Advancing Agency in the Community

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  1. Empowering & Advancing Agency in the Community Donna Griffin MeekaOutlaw Nora Elmarzouky Stephanie Michel Verónica Ayala Flores

  2. Why does community engagement matter? How can we do it more effectively?

  3. Money Selected groups received:  Peer Learning Coaching Community Connections is a program of Philadelphia LISC Funded by the City of Philadelphia’s Division of Housing and Community Development

  4. Who’s in the room?

  5. Find the marker in the room that best describes where you live.

  6. What is a community challenge you are working on? Find the table in the room that corresponds to the issue you are working on.  

  7. Introduce Yourself! Name Neighborhood you live in Why did you choose this table? Any ideas/challenges/opportunities

  8. Individually write on sticky notes… What comes to mind when you hear “community engagement”? Talk about a time when you were part of or heard about a successful community engagement activity. Share-out in pairs afterwards!

  9. What are some strategies for Community Engagement?

  10. Plan for it!

  11. We use storytelling for: Grant applications Reporting Presentations Bringing community together Challenging existing narratives & more!

  12. How do you use storytelling in your work? Tell a story about your organization or about a particular project What is the project/organization? What did you do? What is the mission/goal? Who was involved and how? Who benefited and how? What are the results/impact of the project?

  13. https://www.storybasedstrategy.org/

  14. More things to keep in mind… Who do you want to tell the story to? What is the best method? How would you assess their reach – • Who is the target audience? • Who consumes what types of information? • Who are you trying to reach?

  15. Mapping Your Impact

  16. How does the work evolve?

  17. Debrief & Wrap-up

  18. Thank You! Donna GriffinCommunity Capacity Builders dgriffin845@gmail.com Meeka OutlawDiversidied Community Services moutlaw@dcsphila.org Nora Elmarzoukyinsite collaborative elman299@newschool.edu Verónica Ayala FloresLocal Initiatives Support Corporation 718 Arch Street, Suite 500 SPhiladelphia, PA 19106 215.923.3802 vayala-flores@lisc.org Stephanie MichelNorth 5th Street Revitalization Project 5738 North 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19120 267-331-9091 stephanie@shopnorth5th.com

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