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Hi, My name is Chris Zurowski and I am currently a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology. I am currently working with a group focussed on designing a program meant to function as a bulwark against massive technological change. We found your community toolbox to be a very useful toolbox and we were looking to potentially add to it with you. With your help, we are looking to ideate on how to lay the groundwork for a Handmade section of the toolbox. This would be a resource where people who have recently lost their jobs (say to McDonalds replacing them with robots) can learn a handmade skill (Woodworking, Knitting, Metalsmithing, etc) to generate a source of income for themselves while looking for a new job, or simply learn a new skill. Is this something you would be interested in talking to us more about, and if so, how would we need to document the information in a way that could be easily transferable to the toolbox?

My window faces children and young boys using drugs. It's a community room.Playing for Change works there.
I want to help those kids, but don't know how.
Thank you for your time.

I am a member of my university's task force on civic engagement, the work of which is based on principles in the Campus Compact 30th Anniversary document. My background is in clinical psychology, although I've gravitated toward critical and community psychology in recent years. My focus within the task force is on relationships with community partners, and I've organized a discussion group of campus and community members to talk about how the university has been doing at civic engagement and how we might improve. I found the tool box by way of teaching community psychology (for the first time this semester) using Kagan et al.'s (2011) textbook. I'd like to make as much use as possible of the task force efforts in improving my university's civic engagement, and am interesting in knowing which parts of the tool box might be most helpful in this regard. Any advice you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

what can be done if a neighbor is preventing a disabled person from exiting an apartment building?
I know of a friend who was not able to exit because a neighbor blocked a door to go outside.

Do you have any knowledge of a program similar to yours located in Illinois? I am familiar with CEED project, but they are too far from me. I live in Ogle County. I would like to start a program like yours but with a rural area prospective and for low income.
Presently, I am a low income working woman. I have been trying to work with SBDC, economic development offices, rural development, etc for the past four-five years to get started.
Not much movement. I think I don't know the talk to present the idea and make connections to move ahead.

Any sources, connections, or general advice would be appreciated.
I am also looking at Iowa, too

I am in the process of try to form a plan/program for cleaning up my town/community. How would I go about starting.

Hello

Would you please send me the pdf version of this tool, so that I can get it printed as the place where I am working have low connectivity issue?

I plaesured to have this chance to access Ask an Advisor on your page! I am a practicing community-based organization leader and volunteer. I have the following questions to you, Team members;
1. what are the job descriptions of a CBO Partnership Manager/Coordinator and Program Manager?
2. How do you initiate an assessment you plan to undertake on a situational/problem ground or area in your community?
3. what best is to be done for publicity purposes to make a CBO known to the community and how do you plan it?
4. What are the relevant points to note when developing a program?
Your answers to my questions above shall help me improve the running of our community owned orgnaization.
Thanks!

our community lack resources to carry out like refuce collection,leadership and financial support on capacity building workshop

How do new board members sign up to take HUD classes for training? Can they go online or are there training sessions at a location?