Newark seeks community input to revise its Master Plan
Planning for the future of Newark and its neighborhoods involves all of us – residents, government, nonprofits, and business. Newark’s Master Plan will be the official document that helps to guide the decisions we make about land uses, investments, preservation, and improvement – now and over the next 20 years. It’s your city and your future. The City of Newark, along with several community-based organizations, invites you to come out for the second round of community workshops!
Please check out the Master Plan website for more details and to find a listing of all workshops: http://www.newarkmasterplan.com/. See photos on our Facebook page, and local coverage of the first round of workshops at Patch.com.
News Bulletin
Click here to read our latest news bulletin, with information about this summer’s Community Youth Mapping, job opportunities at the Center and our partner organizations, upcoming workshops for the Newark Master Plan revision, and opportunities to get involved with Newark’s community court project.
Community Youth Mapping
Youth from the ages of 14-21 spent this past summer giving to their community by observing conditions in targeted neighborhoods throughout the city and giving input on how and where they would like to see change happen. See the Youth Mappers in action in this short video.
In just 8 weeks, the Youth Mappers charted the condition of 10,700 lots. The following maps plot the locations of abandoned and vacant properties in three target neighborhoods, which the City of Newark can use to plan neighborhood improvements with our Strong Healthy Communities Initiative and Master Plan partners.
Newark seeks community input to revise its Master Plan
Planning for the future of Newark and its neighborhoods involves all of us – residents, government, nonprofits, and business. Newark’s Master Plan will be the official document that helps to guide the decisions we make about land uses, investments, preservation, and improvement – now and over the next 20 years. It’s your city and your future. The City of Newark, along with several community-based organizations, invites you to come out for a community workshop! Please check out the Master Plan website for more details and to find a listing of all workshops: http://www.newarkmasterplan.com/. See photos on our Facebook page, and local coverage of the workshops at Patch.com.
Newark Launches the State’s first Community Court
With partners the City of Newark, the Newark Municipal Court, the Center for Court Innovation and the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, the Center for Collaborative Change helped to launch Newark Community Solutions. The opening ceremony took place on June 16, 2011 in the municipal council chambers. Click here to see the Press Release for more details on how this ambitious community justice initiative will combat crime and improve public confidence in justice.
The Center featured in Brick City!
Check out this clip from Brick City, Season 2 (episode 4) that features the Center’s work in community-police relations!
Report: PENewark Forum on Barriers to Educational Success
On Dec. 15, 2010, the Center for Collaborative Change co-hosted a PENewark forum, along with co-sponsors Newark Now, 13th Avenue School, Essex County College–College Yes, New Jersey Community Capital, Jewish Renaissance Medical Center, and Lotus in Action. The forum was held at Thirteenth Avenue School in Newark, New Jersey, and was attended by a diverse group of participants, including Newark parents, students, educators, City officials, and members of the nonprofit, philanthropic, and business communities. Part of PENewark’s citywide community engagement campaign around education in Newark, the forum examined barriers to educational success in the community with a focus on health and healthcare, neighborhood conditions, public safety, and food access. The purpose of the forum was to draw out connections between neighborhood conditions and student educational success to be incorporated into the ongoing PENewark campaign and inform research and reforms going forward. You can download the Center’s forum report here.
Newark wins national $15M award to eliminate barriers to health and achievement for children and families.
“We are honored to be only of one of five cities across the nation to receive this prestigious award,” said Newark Mayor Cory Booker. “Thanks to the leadership of the Center for Collaborative Change and Prudential, this philanthropic investment will strengthen Newark’s Strong Healthy Communities Initiative which will empower our most vulnerable residents by providing them with the resources they need to overcome significant challenges. Together with our community partners, the neighborhood revitalization we achieve as a result of this initiative will help us continue to build a stronger, safer, and prouder Newark.”
More Information about the Strong Healthy Communities Initiative
Curious what the Center has been up to lately? One big focus of ours lately has been on developing the Strong Healthy Communities Initiative with a long list of partners from key institutions across the City… Read more by clicking here!
Great Celebration, Great Success
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making Wednesday’s Anniversary celebration a great success. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and your company, and are grateful for the support of so many that will enable us to continue the work we have begun into Year Two… For more information about the event and the Center, please read our Press Release.
A Year & Change – July 21st
Less than a week before the Center’s first anniversary celebration, we are starting to make headlines: Glocally Newark, NJ Monthly, Newark Pulse, and Newark Speaks... And see the new feature on the Wesleyan Lawyers’ Association website on our executive director!
Save the Date!
The Integration Initiative:
Newark was recently selected as one of just ten finalists, five of which will receive $15M in blended capital over the next three years for a novel, integrated, multi-sector initiative of our collective design. In partnership with the Prudential Foundation, The Center for Collaborative Change has been selected as the lead coordinator and applicant for the initiative on behalf of the Newark team. Click here to learn more!
Surveys, fall and winter.
In October, we surveyed over 500 Newark residents as part of our preliminary needs assessment. The results of the community survey are now available here.
A subsequent survey of similar design – open-ended questions designed to gather residents’ own words about their experiences and priorities, conducted person-to-person by other Newark residents – was on community-police relations. The first round results are here.
Would you please help us to disseminate the second round survey to your networks of Newark community members? Our goal is to get at least 2,000 responses to this survey, which asks for input on the biggest concerns that the first round highlighted.
In a nutshell…
What does the Center for Collaborative Change do? What are the range of activities and initiatives the Center have going on? Check out these 2 one-pagers and let us know if they are effective at getting the message across: What We Do & 2010 Focus Areas.
New Video!
Thank you to Coimbra Costa of Costa Video, and Donald Richardson of Denotes Entertainment, the Center has a great new video that captures, in 8 minutes, a snapshot of who we are and what we do.
Mid-January Bulletin
Click here for an update on our recent and upcoming activities…
Tax Exempt Status!
The Center received word from the IRS that we have been approved for tax exempt status (501(c)(3)). Hooray! A big thank you to Newark Now and the Community Foundation of New Jersey for their support during the period while our application was in review. And to Porzio Bromberg & Newman P.C. for assisting us with the application.
2009 Newsletter
Check out a copy of our first ever newsletter. Also, as we dive further into our community needs assessment, we would love your input on our online survey, which you can feel free to circulate so we can gather as much input from as many perspectives as possible.
The Center for Collaborative Change in the News
Check out this article about the Center in New Jersey & Company.
Glocally Newark featured the Center right before and after our launch event.
An Evening with the Center for Collaborative Change: Official Launch Party
The Center for Collaborative Change team, board, and event committee, are sincerely grateful to everyone who supported and attended our launch on September 30th. The positive energy, good humor, and spirit of collaboration at the event contributed to what we consider a smashing success for our first official event, and we look forward to continuing these partnerships and more in upcoming weeks and months. Click here to read the press release.
Many of the event photos are up on our Picasa and Facebook pages.
