NOW Innovation Forum Newsletter January 25, 2023 Powered by Vital Village |
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“When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.” -Margaret J. Wheatley Welcome to the January 2023 edition of the NOW Innovation Forum Newsletter. At the start of this year, we wanted to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to each of you. 2022 held opportunities of continued growth in areas of civic leadership, advocacy, centering dignity, and participatory research. In this issue we are excited to share impact highlights in these areas from 2022, and share how we plan to build on the remarkable leadership, advocacy and collaborations of the network in this new year. Bienvenido a la edición de enero de 2023 del boletín informativo del Foro de Innovación de NOW. En el principio de este año, queremos tomar un momento para expresar nuestra más profunda gratitud a cada uno de ustedes. 2022 tuvo oportunidades de crecimiento continuo en áreas de liderazgo civil, abogacía, dignidad centrada e investigación participativa. En este número, nos complace compartir los aspectos más destacados del impacto en estas áreas a partir de 2022, y compartir cómo planeamos construir sobre el notable liderazgo, abogacía y las colaboraciones de la red en este nuevo año. |
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Advocacy: NOW Webinar Series In 2022, the NOW webinar series, Levers of Change in Action: Unpacking the NOW Playbook, featured leaders from across sectors sharing strategies for leveraging community transformation and change. These national virtual learning labs, reached over 150 people from 29 different states. Stay tuned to learn more about this year's 2023 NOW Webinar Series. | | |
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Civic Leadership: Peer Learning Clusters Our two Peer Learning Clusters, under the stewardship of our six co-leaders, supported and advanced civic leadership. Over 40 members from 10 different states shared and advanced their local work in adverse childhood experiences (ACE), trauma informed practices (TIP), early childhood education (ECE) and family engagement through these peer led learning spaces.
The Family Engagement cluster, focused on parent leadership in action this year, will meet monthly on the second Tuesday of the month at 3:00 p.m. ET starting on 02/14/2023. The ACES/TIPS for ECE cluster kicks off 2023 continuing the important work of supporting mental health and self-care. Express interest in joining the Peer Learning Clusters below! | | |
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Centering Dignity: Cooperative Funding Reflection Guide Showcasing the work of the Cooperative Design Lab Community Champions, the Cooperative Funding Reflection Guide was published and shared as a tool for funders and their potential partners to think intentionally about the goals and outcomes of their relationships. The guide has been downloaded over 150 times this past year. | | |
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Participatory Research: Child Wellbeing Tracker 2.0 The Child Wellbeing Tracker, in partnership with NOW coalition leaders, underwent intentional visioning to expand its ability to track aggregate actions by community coalitions to advance child wellbeing. We are grateful for the commitment of the coalition leaders in the pilot phase and excited to share their recommendations through the public launch of the CWT 2.0 later in 2023. | | |
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Celebrating the 10th National Community Leadership Summit This fall will mark the 10th National Community Leadership Summit! Stay tuned for upcoming announcements about this year’s summit - we look forward to celebrating this milestone with you all in October 2023. | | |
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#VillageinMind The NOW community hopes to stay connected and lift up the work and stories of all of our members. Follow and tag us on Twitter, @NOW_WellChild & @Vital_Village, so that we can virtually highlight the community led transformation you are leading. |
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