The Real Threat to Democracy | Community Matters
05/17/2012(Community Matters) responding to a political posting about the threat of government: I believe the threat is increasingly non-entrepreneurial, multinational corporations which manipulate governments and buy politicians, ensuring their lowest ...
Stewardship: Achieving Visions and Plans
05/16/2012Note: This post is section two of a five-part series highlighting excerpts from the study Stewarding the Future of Our Communities by Steven C. Ames, the Foundation’s 2012 Craig Byrne Fellow. This paper addresses the challenges of stewarding local community engagement and planning in order to...
Stewardship: Sustaining Citizen Engagement
05/14/2012Note: This post is section one of a five-part series highlighting excerpts from the study Stewarding the Future of Our Communities by Steven C. Ames, the Foundation’s 2012 Craig Byrne Fellow. This paper addresses the challenges of stewarding local community engagement and planning in order to...
“Infinite Vulnerability” (for Maurice Sendak)
05/10/2012The death of Maurice Sendak this week has gotten me thinking about why his books have made such an impact, and why as a nation we are registering his passing as a significant cultural loss. I think, in large part, it’s because his books are not about a world in which there is obvious good or...
Pres Obama and Marriage Equality | Community Matters
05/10/2012(Community Matters) President Obama coming out for marriage equality is the cherry on top of his support for LGBT equality. He's already done more for LGBT equality than every other president combined . . . times 2. This is beyond unifying, ...
COGS Funds Non-Profit Social Services | The Martinborough Star
05/05/2012... wages and electricity. The average COGS grant is around $3000. Applications for the COGS 2012/13 funding round opens on 1 June and close on 25 July. More information can be found on the COGS website at communitymatters.govt.nz.
Green Up Your Neighborhood: Join a Call on Local Environmental ...
05/03/2012Comments (2). May 03, 2012. envirojb said... Did you mean May 12??? Thank you. May 04, 2012. CommunityMatters said... Good catch! We actually meant Thursday, May 10. Thanks for checking!
Honoring Local Values
05/02/2012Note: This post is a brief excerpt from the study Stewarding the Future of Our Communities by Steven C. Ames, the Foundation’s 2012 Craig Byrne Fellow How does a community remain connected to its core values, those widely shared beliefs and ideals that define the community, who it...
Ted Strauss Civic Internship Awards | Community Matters
04/26/2012If your nonprofit or business has interns who are University of Texas undergraduate students, encourage them to look into The Ted Strauss Civic Internship Award ($2000) to supplement their paid or unpaid summer internship in the fields of ...
Community Character 201: A Lesson from Italy
04/25/2012When I go traveling to another country, I always take a book that helps me get in the right mindset. Oftentimes I choose fiction that takes place in that particular country. But this time as I packed for Italy, I made room in my suitcase for a fabulous collection of Paul Bowles collected writings...
