NOW Innovation Forum Newsletter November 18, 2021 Powered by Vital Village |
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“When thinking about our communities we need to think about our assets, our capabilities, our own solutions” - Karen Washington, Rise & Root Farm Welcome to the November 2021 edition of the NOW Innovation Forum Newsletter. We are so excited to share and announce new opportunities, tools, and resources as well as celebrate the 2021 National Community Leadership Summit. Bienvenido a la edición especial de octubre de 2021 del boletín informativo del Foro de innovación NOW. Estamos muy emocionados de compartir y anunciar nuevas oportunidades, herramientas y recursos durante la Conferencia Nacional de Liderazgo Comunitario de Vital Village Networks 2021. |
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NOW Network Highlights & Updates |
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Thank You! Thank you for making the 2021 National Community Leadership Summit an incredible success. With over 400 registered attendees from across the US and 12 countries we will continue our call to action and to remember, honor, and restore with poetry and history, social innovations and connections, participatory tools and strategies, wisdom and storytelling. Are you interested in joining the Steering Committee for next year's summit? | | |
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Early Risers! Join us in taking a listen to NOW member, Dianne Haulcy’s podcast, Early Risers. Early Risers is a podcast from Little Moments Count and MPR with frank facts, engaging stories and real how-tos for anyone who cares about raising children with a clear-eyed understanding of cultural differences, race and implicit bias. | | |
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Share Your Feedback! The NOW Playbook Have you downloaded our latest tool, the NOW Playbook? We hope it has served as a useful tool for community leaders like you who are working to promote the wellbeing of children and families, advance equity, and align systems of care and education in early childhood. We would like to learn from those who have used the tool and your experience so far. Please share your feedback in this brief survey! | | |
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Learning on the NOW Innovation Forum |
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| | Are you interested in joining a small group of community champions from across the country to share stories and identify solutions? NOW Peer Learning Clusters are a great way to unpack blocks, share strategies, and connect with leaders. | | |
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| | - Season 1 of In The Arena with NOW: Tune in to the entire Season 1 of In The Arena with NOW using any major podcast platform including Spotify, Apple Podcast, and IHeartRadio.
- Family Focused Organizing Training Manuals, by COFI: Developed as part of Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) Center for Action and Learning training series, these manuals include curriculum and activities to build parent leadership development and organizing experience over time.
Co-Design: A Necessary Skill Set for Community-Led Development, by Lisa Attygalle, The Tamarack Institute: Learn more about this approach to bringing diverse members of your community together to develop creative new ideas, design innovative approaches to persistent problems, and build alignment and momentum for action.
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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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