Using the Community Tool Box to Take Action for Compassionate Cities Stephen Fawcett, Christina Holt, and Jerry Schultz Webinar for Charter for Compassion, Compassionate Cities Project May 13, 2014

Our Vision: People – locally and globally– taking action together to change conditions that affect their lives

Growing Global Reach of the CTB 5 million+ unique users from 230 countries

Free, online guidance for hundreds of community building topics, including: Assessing community needs and resources Building leadership Increasing membership and participation Writing a grant application Becoming an advocate Interacting with elected officials Evaluating your program Fostering collaborative efforts Sustaining your project

Some opportunities for collaboration Use of materials to support action & co-learning Submission of tools, examples, success stories Cultural adaptation/translation Content mashups on partners’ websites

Mashups with partners to support their change efforts

Core Values and Assumptions Using the Community Tool Box to take action for Compassionate Cities

DIALOGUE: Taking Action for Compassionate Cities 1) What will members of your group need to be able to do? (see CTB Toolkits) 2) What kinds of problems do you anticipate, and how will you prepare to address them? (see CTB Troubleshooting Guide)