Civic Engagement Resources

The following are resources highlighted during the workshop on Civic Engagement as well as other sessions in the Design Lab.

Resources

• Creating Spaces for Change: Work towards a story of now in Civic Engagement
• Community Rhythms: Five Stages of Community Life
• The Organization First-Approach Report: How Programs Crowd Out People
• Envision Prince George's (Web site)
• Interview: Green Activist Majora Carter (Video); An Interview with Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx (Article)
• The Turn: A Fable (Video)
• The Harwood Institute
• National Issues Forum (Video)

Presentations

• The State of Place Matters: Brian Smedley
• Introduction to Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Jonathan Heller, Health Impact Partners
• Civic Engagement Workshop Slides: Dr. Margaret Holt and Peggy Sparks, Kettering Foundation
• The Future of Civic Engagement: Mildred Thompson, PolicyLink

Workshop Handouts

• Civic Engagement Workshop PowerPoint Presentation (coming soon)
• Shared Meanings
• Listening Guide
• Where is Your Community?
• Organization First-Approach Report Discussion Guide
• Local Radio Interview: A Realistic Preview
• A Community's Challenges
• Weighing the Options
• Place Mat (Think About Your Table/Weighing the Options:Who Can We Encourage Health Weights Among Our Youth?)
• Place Matters Policy Guide