Community Development
CNRED Community Development work seeks to enable individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to effect change in their own communities. Our work instills a set of values and practices which plays a special role in overcoming poverty and disadvantage, by knitting society together at the grass roots and deepening democracy. CNRED enabling efforts create the process of developing active and sustainable communities based on social justice and mutual respect. We also teach how to create power to influence power structures to remove the barriers that prevent people from participating in the issues that affect their lives. We currently offer the following services in this area:
Organizational Development
- Board and Organizational Assessments
- Board Development
- Strategic Planning
- Staff Development
- Scenario Planning
- Program Development and Evaluation
- Logic Model Training
Leadership Development
- Community Organizing
- Facilitated Dialogue
- Community Leadership Program
Local Governance
- Local Government and Finance Education
- Facilitated Public Participation Processes
- Data Gathering and Research for Public Officials
- Public Issue Education and Facilitation
Civil/Equal Rights & Diversity
- Civic Engagement Planning
- Cultural Relations Training
- Equal Access and Opportunity Compliance Examination
