Guestbook Entries

Submitted:
First Name: Crystal
Last Name: Thrall
City/Town: Tucson
State/Province: Arizona
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a grad nursing student, completing Rural Theory and Health Policy.I
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have not used it yet.
Submitted:
First Name: Margo
Last Name: Dawson
City/Town: Raleigh
State/Province: NC
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I’m the executive director of Train Them Up for Success CDC & the current evaluation manager of a national health equity nonprofit
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I’ve used it as a resource tool
Submitted:
First Name: Cristi
Last Name: Franks
City/Town: Iuka
State/Province: Mississippi
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am Mother of four adults and one child that is 12. I was widowed at 41 to the love of my life and my youngest child's father. He was a firefighter and we were working together to create a safe space for abused women and children where we could educate families on how to break the cycle of abuse. My first husband abused me for 18 years and I am a 13 year survivor of domestic violence. I have a passion to helping those who are still victims to stop the cycle of sexual and physical abuse. I am abused no more. I want to be a difference to help those recover from grief, abuse and childhood trauma.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
No This is brand new to me . I am very interested in how I can use this community to make a difference.
Submitted:
First Name: Emet
Last Name: Ma'ayan
City/Town: Las Vegas (and Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, and Farmington)
State/Province: New Mexico
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I teach Bachelor and Master level Social Work students. My career has been in the nonprofits and arrived teaching with a dislike for textbooks and academic writing. I discovered your ToolBox when looking for material for an assignment and was instantly engaged. After using material for the one assignment and I asked for permission. I was impressed by the quick reply, invitation, no fees and openness to sharing -- a huge match for social work! Thank you.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I teach social workers and our students in New Mexico are primarily first time college students who also work, support their extended families (hispanic, native american, and immigrant families). Your Tool box is engaging, applicable and we are grateful. If you are ever in New Mexico -- please look us up! Enjoy and thank you!!!
Submitted:
First Name: Karen
Last Name: Zupanic
City/Town: Dayton
State/Province: Ohio
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
As a Doctoral student (Leadership for Organizations), I found your website to be one of the most helpful and comprehensive regarding community engagement strategies and evaluation.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am currently in a Communications and Community Engagement doctoral course and as we create large-scale community plans for change, I've reference the material on your website for guidance. Great information. Thanks for sharing under the Creative Commons Share license. Really appreciate it.
Submitted:
First Name: Matty
Last Name: Sula
City/Town:
State/Province:
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I was born out of New Jersey and my child hood troublesome because of being away from my parents and being raised by a step mother, having step siblings dropping out of school and overcoming these and living a humble life.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Currently mentoring youths in crime and drugs addiction. thanks for this great community
Submitted:
First Name: Tammie
Last Name: Jackson
City/Town: columbus
State/Province: ohio
Country: united states
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am and outreach HIV Prevention specalist.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
This is new to me . I have not used it as of yet.
Submitted:
First Name: Juan
Last Name: Mejia
City/Town: Roanoke
State/Province: Virginia
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
We are a group of professionals and social workers, located currently in Roanoke, VA. Previously established in Venezuela and now advocating for Hispanics and minorities in the USA. We have multiples training initiatives and we are currently promoting and using the community tool box for.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am using chapter 27 section 7 for a free cultural diversity course for service providers and social workers from VA.
Submitted:
First Name: Xolisile
Last Name: Ngumbela
City/Town: Johannesburg
State/Province: Gauteng
Country: South Africa
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
AM a researcher
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
yes made a difference
Submitted:
First Name: Emily
Last Name: Rutledge
City/Town: Waterloo
State/Province: ON
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a student participating in a university course that listed this community toolbox as a required lecture.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am using the toolbox to evaluate programs implemented in communities as part of public health practice.
Submitted:
First Name: Don
Last Name: Lamont
City/Town: Springtown
State/Province: Texas
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a member leader with EO or Entrepreneurs’ Organization. I serve as a member leader on the governance committee. I also am an entrepreneur and run and operate five different businesses. I have been a story you want to be around my whole life and love giving back to the entrepreneurial community. I have been involved in several entrepreneurial programs training and speaking with young entrepreneurs. TCU and Texas Tech or two of the schools I have worked with.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have been involved in several entrepreneurial programs training and speaking with young entrepreneurs. TCU and Texas Tech or two of the schools I have worked with.
The toolbox contain amazing information about conflict resolution. I believe in our society today we need more tools available to us like this. It is our hope that we use this tool to help entrepreneurs over come conflicts.
Submitted:
First Name: Shawn
Last Name: Craig
City/Town: East Orange
State/Province: NJ
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Explorer.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Recently introduced to Community Tool Box.
Submitted:
First Name: Stephen
Last Name: Ojiambo Wandera
City/Town: Kampala
State/Province:
Country: Uganda
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Lecturer at Makerere University, College of Business and Management Sciences, School of Statistics and Planning, Department of Population Studies.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I used the toolkit - chapter 17 and section 4 to facilitate a Doctoral Supervisors' workshop in Lilongwe Malawi funded by CARTA.
Submitted:
First Name: Oliver
Last Name: Mangena
City/Town: Harare
State/Province: Harare
Country: Zimbabwe
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I understand the need to work with the community and all other stakeholders in development issues, because I learnt and acquired an NGO, diploma. Also saved a number of community development with communities.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
That is a great Tool, I have hope in increasing the capacity on helping community development. It enlightened me further.
Submitted:
First Name: Suzeth
Last Name: Dunn Alvarado
City/Town: Dedham
State/Province: Massachusetts
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a community development social worker.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Absolutely
Submitted:
First Name: Ncobile
Last Name: Malinga
City/Town: Manzini
State/Province: State
Country: Eswatini
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
My name is Ncobile Faye Malinga from Swaziland, i am a Psycho-social support officer// community facilitator, i love working in community project that allows me to help people living in adversity, i am currently studying Public health at Brigham Young University Idaho.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
The Community Tool Box is an amazing tool, i have mostly used it in my school assignments because i have recently found out about it and i look forward to apply what i have learned in my daily work with people in my community.
Submitted:
First Name: Cabdulahi
Last Name: Sharif
City/Town: Muqdisho
State/Province: Benadir region
Country: Somalia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
My name is cabdulahi sharif,and I am student. My major is social work .

For the coming years i want to be community leader
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I asked this website all the questions that I want to get.
Submitted:
First Name: Elizabeth
Last Name: Pietralczyk
City/Town: Anchorage
State/Province: AK
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Family Medicine/Obstetrician and full time faculty at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency in Anchorage, AK. I am the lead for our advocacy curriculum. I will complete my MPH through George Washington University in June 2022.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am utilizing the Community Tool Box to create a standard curriculum for advocacy work that will be completed by all of our residents.
Submitted:
First Name: Stephanie
Last Name: Miller
City/Town: Chicago
State/Province: IL
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a graduate nursing student interested in serving in underserved areas in urban communities and through volunteer organizations I am a part of.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am just finding this as part of my community health class but look forward to utilizing the resources here. I also look forward to learning how I can do more in my community of Chicago.
Submitted:
First Name: Janet
Last Name: Mazur
City/Town: Elk Grove
State/Province: California
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a School Nurse for Elk Grove Unified School District. I work with preschool, elementary school, and middle school children and their families. We are one community within the community of Elk Grove.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am just beginning to familiarize myself with the tool kit. I hope that the Community Tool Box will provide me with information to support my students and their families, and to make changes working in collaboration with others for the improvement of the school district community and the Elk Grove community at large.