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One Community

One Community. Foundation for Collaboration The Poverty Reduction Initiative and The Lewis Walker Institute. One Community. An information infrastructure to support efforts to build more equitable and inclusive communities

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One Community

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  1. One Community Foundation for Collaboration The Poverty Reduction Initiative and The Lewis Walker Institute

  2. One Community • An information infrastructure to support efforts to build more equitable and inclusive communities • Emphasis on positive vision of the kind of community we would like to be, and what it will take make that vision a reality • Rhetorical “Flip-Side” of the One Community model is poverty reduction and combating racism

  3. Components of One Community Model 1. Community Indicators System • Poverty trends • Quality of life indicators • Health • Education • Housing 2. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the community’s infrastructure of health and human services 3. Dissemination of information on best practices 4. Public information Campaign and Advocacy

  4. One Community Model’s “Incarnations” • One Kalamazoo, One Community • One Southwest Michigan, One Community • One West Michigan, One Community • Kalamazoo Action Covenant • One Battle Creek, One Community • More to come…

  5. Funding Support • Kellogg Foundation $70,000 • Community Development Block Grant $20,000 • Voices for Action • Region 3 – Southwest Michigan $61,000 • Region 6 – Grand Rapids/West Michigan $6,000 + ? • Technical Assistance Grant $20,000 • Fetzer Institute $5,000 + ?

  6. One Community:Current and Potential Programming • Voices for Action • Southwest Michigan (Region 6) • West Michigan (Region 3) • Kalamazoo County Multipurpose Collaborative Body • Memorandum of Understanding • Kalamazoo Action Covenant • Support for Phase 2 of the Kalamazoo Promise • “Keeping the Promise

  7. One Community:Current and Potential Programming (cont.) • Kellogg-sponsored work • Community forums in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek • Support for Community-focused Applied Research • Potential for deeper involvement in Battle Creek • Kellogg interest in supporting the Kalamazoo Promise • Potential collaboration with Kellogg Biological Station

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