C06 Session: Seeds of Change

Seeds of Change: Capacity Building Work with & amongst Distinctive Social Identities

Thursday, August 3, 11:00am - 12:30pm

Track:  Cultural Competency

Presenters

Diane J. Johnson and Steve Lew, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Description

Over the past several years, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services has designed and implemented several innovative projects that focus specifically on enhancing the capacity of individuals and/or community-based organizations of color, women leaders and various social identity groups.  This highly interactive workshop will focus on sharing CompassPoint’s learning on the process of executing dynamic and effective capacity building work.  Using the work of the Johnson & Johnson funded Generations project working with women and transgendered women with HIV & AIDS; the W.K. Kellogg and Haas Jr. Fund funded Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color; and the Women Executive Directors of Color network (funded by UPS) as a backdrop, participants will discuss core philosophies, critical assumptions and design implications for working with these particular social identity groups.

About the Presenters

Diane Johnson, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Diane J. Johnson, Ph.D., Chief Programs Director has been focused on the dynamics and dimensions of collaboration for nearly a decade, in addition to working in the field of nonprofit capacity building for almost 25 years. Diane did her doctoral work at Tufts University where she specifically examined and analyzed the dimensions of cross-sectoral collaboration of four statewide workforce development projects in Massachusetts. Prior to joining CompassPoint she was President of Mmapeu "Woman Who Carries Ideas" Consulting, a national management consulting firm based in Western Massachusetts. She has worked with such organizations as NeighborWorks America, C.S. Mott Foundation, HUD, Massachusetts Department of Education, The Corporation for National and Community Service and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She is a former board member of ARNOVA, CareerGear, Dance New England, and volunteers for several local and national non-profits. Dr. Johnson has, literarily, delivered hundreds of workshops, conference presentations, keynote speeches and lectures and is constantly referred to as one of the most dynamic presenters in the arenas she participates in.

Steve Lew, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Steve Lew, Senior Projects Director has extensive experience and expertise as a workshop leader, His previous positions have included Executive Director of the Living Well Project, Interim Executive Director of the Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, and Development Director of the Mission Cultural Center. Steve has consulted for numerous HIV and AIDS service organizations, planning, and policy bodies. conference presenter and facilitator.