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| Building better communities through training and professional development |
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Join NeighborWorks in Washington, DC, for our final training institute of the year. Participants will learn how to develop skills to better serve communities and enhance career prospects. The five-day training also includes the culmination of our four-part “Creating Economic Opportunity” symposia series. We will build on what we’ve learned over the last year and focus on taking action to create economic opportunity in communities throughout the country. Featured symposium speakers include David Simon, journalist and producer of TV series such as “The Wire” and “Show Me a Hero”; Matthew Desmond, author of The New York Times bestseller “Evicted”; and Eldar Shafir, co-writer of the provocative book, “Scarcity.” |
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| Stories with impact must tell ‘inconvenient truths’ |
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| David Simon, longtime journalist and producer of the wildly popular “The Wire,” is a master of telling stories that society needs to hear but tries to avoid. He will share some of his secrets at the Dec. 14 symposium during the NeighborWorks Training Institute, and provides a preview in our latest blog post. |
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| The scarcity mindset: A new way of thinking about clients |
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| When people struggle with making payments on time or keeping a budget, more education is not necessarily the answer. That's the proposition of the provocative book, “Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much.” Co-author Eldar Shafir will speak at the Dec. 14 symposium at the NeighborWorks Training Institute, but you can read a review of the book on IdeaWorks. |
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| Courses help build your skills and improve your career options |
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| Next month, we will feature more than 100 courses (including 33 new offerings) during the Washington, DC, training institute. Courses include “Understanding Underwriting: Successful Loans for Nonprofit Developers,” “Reaching Your Community and Getting the Media on Your Side,” “Senior Services for Housing Counselors” and “Using Tales of the Zombie Apocalypse to Inform and Influence Your Economic Development Strategies.” The online registration deadline is Nov. 21. |
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| 'Race Matters' event brings one community together |
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When residents experience, witness or hear about instances of race-influenced discrimination, abuse and other injustices, they need a safe place to express their frustrations, seek support and share their ideas for change. In Utah, several groups—including the local NeighborWorks member—came together to offer just that, an annual spoken-word event called “Race Matters.”
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