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The Center for Community Builders (CCB) is the joint effort of six community building organizations to improve outcomes for residents of low-income communities by:
The CCB will work to strengthen practitioners' capacities for peer-to-peer support through:
For a brief overview of the CCB, see our brochure. For more detailed description of the CCB and its three Institutes, see the Executive Summary of our concept paper. New and Important
Building Powerful Neighborhood Organizations-The Detroit Blueprint. The Center for Community Builders (CCB) is unveiling Building Powerful Neighborhood Organizations: The Detroit Blueprint as the first in a series of tools that are designed to share information and resources that have been “field-tested,” refined, and improved over years of experience. It is the CCB’s belief that sharing these tools and these experiences gives community builders a chance to learn from one another, and apply lessons learned in one neighborhood to other areas, strengthening the community building field as a whole. Cover and table of contents available here. For purchasing, please contact the administration assistant at admindesk at urbanstrategies.org or (510) 893-2404. Individual books are $20 each plus shipping and handling. $12 each for orders of 10 or more. More InformationPractitioner Tools Development InstituteThe CCB is preparing three toolkits that will provide information, models and tools on a range of topics critical to community building practitioners. The toolkits will help to guide practitioners through event planning, developing mini-grant programs and organizing block clubs in their neighborhoods. For more information, click here to see a brief summary of the project. Community Building Assessment and Evaluation Tools ProjectThis project will develop community-friendly assessment and evaluation training materials for community residents, organizers, and the staff of community-based organizations. For more information, click here for a PowerPoint overview of the concept paper and here to see a brief summary of the project. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 672 13th Street, Oakland CA, 94612
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