Guestbook Entries

I am a social work student and a family wellness worker, who is looking into doing a support group.

I read about the support group and it helped us plan what to do next. Amazing site and resources, thanks so much!

I've studied many things.,..i'm a.class of 77,graduate of mt. view ,HS in OK,....class of 83 graduate,...of plumbers and pipe fitters tech collage, okc ,.....a family man ,I've raised 2 healthy n happy kids ,40 n 35...my wife cents HS ,past away of cancer....we have been involved in the church.,many years,.....i've been a business owner....entertainer ,....teacher ..leader ,...concealer,......among many other things ........at age 18 i read my first self help book now 59 i've read hundreds of books been to many short classes seminars retreats........i've had a life long passion to learn,...self educated mostly around human behavior,....i've worked with many family's ,...over many years .....the last nine years i've at my one expense acted as volunteer to the Lawton and surrounding area.......in the streets , parks ,..missions ,and from my home, ....I've personalty helped over 300 people and counting ......I've become disable ,.and i'm on a fixed income .,.....6 months, ago i lost my to be wife to suicide....she was living on the street she suffered from schizo-typal personality disorder. and major depression........the grief of loosing her is deep ,..she od on her talefero med ,......i still work with people as they need and as i find them ..... my acquired skill as a friendly honest counsel and social worker is as effective as ever ....by chance i stumbled in to the dhs site and found the tool box ....thank you for all you do ......Cody Dorrell .

Im Thadei Msumanje the president and director of Tanzania Rural Empowerment Organization, TAREO, founded in 2002. personally and with our foundations we brings many years of operations experience working in rural villages and towns in the Tanzania.
We have brought education, information and communication technologies to more than 1million people of Tanzania.

I am the director of programs and artist services for what is considered one of the most densely diverse communities in the United States, Southeast Queens, NYC. I have lived and worked with artists and scholars from across the globe my whole life. I am embarking on creating a process in partnership with immigrant and indigenous cultural communities for Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) that would create cultural competency practices for all the constituents engaged in producing and viewing arts and culture in such a hugely diverse community.

I have initiated conversations with my cultural communities and am including it in a capacity building grant as a tool to use with partners to build policy and a collective understanding of producing cultural events and supporting the growth of the arts.

Vice Chair, Anderson Foundation, Chemung County NY
Washougal, WA City Council Member since April 2007.
Unite: Washougal Leadership Team since its founding in 2012 (Unite is a Community Prevention (Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco) Coalition. Building a community, creating environmental change is the bedrock of modern Prevention Science.)
Founder of the Unite Washougal Foundation

I'm the Associate Minister at University Congregational Church in Wichita, Kansas where I've served since 1995 in a variety of positions. I am fiercely committed to social justice and being an advocate/ally for those who have been shoved to the margins. I try to be a good neighbor in all I do.

I'm Yahya Bulle Mohamed. I'm 46yrs of Age. I'm a Kenyan by birth and currently in North Eastern region of Kenya. I'm the currently the Managing director of Pastrol resources management and educational development organization (PAREMEDO) ,a community based organization working for the Maginilized Community of Wajir North Subcounty of Wajir County, NE region of Kenya.

I have recently found the community tool box recently and found it as a very useful tool to use. It's very relevant and reliable in deed.

I am a teaching professor and an active community member. I like to demystify Program planning and evaluation for my university students as well as help community groups and members see how they can create and support the solutions that best fit them and their communities. Most of my teaching in the School of Public Health at University of Waterloo is around health inequities; the CTB is perfect for much of what I do.

For a few years, I have use the CTB for my Health Program Planning and Evaluation course; this year, it's the primary textbook. Accessible while still being a serious and evidence based information source. Fantastic resource that I use personally in community work.

I a Community Developer and trainer and my main core functions are to capacitate emerging organisations, build community connections and also to train them of basic requirements for operating their organisations,

It has helped to create a template to be able to identify key stakeholders to be able to co-ordinate community coalitions

I am one of seven elected commissioners, first elected in November 2017 for a four-year term from a field of five. Three other commissioners are up for election this November. I have had a long career in consumer services and products in both large and small companies on an international level. My wife is the intermediate school principal in our town and certified to be a district superintendent as well. We have two adult children - both living in Denver.

I am an organizational development practitioner, working as a Monitoring & Evaluation officer for a charity organization that looks after 3500 (more than) vulnerable children.

By accessing guidelines on how to develop and implement new and effective programs for these children so as to raise responsible and productive citizens. Community Tool Box offers applicable advise and appropriate tools for results.

I am a non-profit professional, former Graduate student ('14) and a part-time college professor.

I have used the Community Tool Box in a variety of ways in recent years - as a professional, student and professor.

Aside from using the website for my own learning & development and project problem-solving; I used the "Out of the Box" contest while teaching a 3-semester-long Community Development and Change college course. Students, in the midst of their community development research projects, were asked to review the finalists for the Community Tool Box "Out of the Box." They reviewed the projects to answer: community need, community involvement, potential concerns/problems, estimated costs, implementation needs, etc.

The project allowed the students to take pieces they were using in the classroom and apply them in the real world. Students were able to visualize each of the community change elements in action and in sequence. Which made both the classroom experience and their projects that much stronger.

Students were encouraged to consider voting, which all did. They also championed their favorite projects among their classmates and cheered those that won. It was an amazing experience on all levels.

I am using eight modules of the Community Tool Box in my Social Change course. Half the course covers theories of social change and the other half consists of group projects in which students implement strategies to affect change in the community. The Tool Box provides the necessary background, skill-building, concepts, and activities for students to pursue their change project systematically. It is a valuable guide for anyone interested in understanding how to pursue work that impacts one's local community.

Utilizing tools such as the "Conditions favoring more or less formality in organizational structures" table to convey information to organizations interested in cross-jurisdictional sharing.

My name is Ray Sano. I am a project manager of a small local NGO called Farmer Livelihood Development--FLD based in Cambodia. My team and I are responsible for the implementation of Nutrition and Food Security Project based in Siem Reap province.

I write to express my sincere thanks to you for making resource on Facilitation Skills available online from which I could download and use for my own and team learning. We work closely with government Health Center (HC), local authorities and the community in 30 target villages. It is very kind of you indeed to make this useful resource publicly available on your website.

Yours sincerely.

I am the program coordinator for the Center for Youth Political Participation at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

We recently found the Community Tool Box after one of our students came across it the other day. We are very impressed with the resource and are considering directing students to it for times when they want to turn their passions into action. Keep up the good work!

I have been influenced by studies of whole-system design-planning, perception psychology and mysticism, as well as my experience as a hospice volunteer, chemical dependency counselor, public school and college teacher, Oregon Coordinator of the campaign for a US Department of Peace and member of the board of The Peace Alliance. I’m an advocate for Eugene citizens to identify themselves as a Peace Team and a Compassionate Action Network.

I have just re-discovered you after several years, and am very interested in your page "1. Creating and Maintaining Partnerships." There are many excellent social justice organizations here in Eugene, and I have heard several times that they wish to know what others are doing. I think the time is right to link resources to each other. (I've already subscribed to your newsletter.)

We found a need for low to medium income housing,and to teach craft skills
But having a very hard time getting funding.

I am starting a new role as the Volunteer Coordinator and was looking for good resource material

Ran across your site and love the information. I am preparing our plan and will be incorporating some of your information in the development.

thank you so much
Bruce

Hi,

I am a person with a will to improve the quality of life for people who have been left out from the mainstream progress of a region.

While I was searching for an idea I came across your website and started skimming through it, I could not leave the site without leaving a note of appreciation. Wonderful structured work, an excellent resource for just anyone wanting to bring about a positive change within a community.

I wish you all the best and my God bless you for your efforts.

Regards.

Seema

Just found it on the internet, not started using it yet. But certainly I will see if and how can I adopt the same for my own society. I am amazed and happy that such good work has been done and is available for general awareness.

Keep up the good work!