The Neighborhood Institute
May
24
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5/24/2011 7:33 PM
Center For Neighborhoods (CFN) is a non-profit organization located at 4th and Chestnut Street in downtown Louisville. CFN supports a resident-engaged democratic process that fosters participatory decision- making and improves the neighborhood’s quality of life. The 7th Street PAL Coalition is a program of CFN funded through the federal Drug Free Community grants.
This Neighborhood Institute will focus on educational achievement and educational equity.
It will be designed with the flexibility to meet the unique goals of the class participants.
Issues of greatest concern and interest to perspective participants will be used to develop the curriculum through core topics that reflect these areas of concern. Advice of professional educators, parents and research on best practices will be woven into this core training.
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS WELCOME
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
June 2, 2011 - August 11, 2011
Graduation and Party, August 18, 2011
Each Thursday Night
University of Louisville Cultural Center
120 E. Brandeis Street
Louisville, KY 40208
The Neighborhood Institute
The Neighborhood Institute is a leadership education program that started in 1987. The purpose of the program is to equip neighborhood leaders with skills and resources needed to initiate positive change in the community through effective engagement.
Attendance is encouraged and expected at ALL sessions due to the variety
of the following topics covered on a weekly basis.
•Implement your project ideas
•Twelve weeks of fun with peers
•Dialogue with JCPS
•Parental information exchange
•Networking
•Experiential learning
•Group problem solving
•Conflict resolution
Food is provided! and membership is FREE
The Mission
To create a healthier and safer community with strong families that have the necessary opportunities, relationships, networks and supports to raise their children successfully.
The Vision
To reduce the incidence of substance abuse by young people residing in the 7th Street Corridor of Central Louisville through a collaborative coalition that coordinates resources through public policy, laws, revenue and strategy development.
Purpose of Neighborhood Institute
• Explore roles of parents/guardians as advocates in the school system
• Parents partner with other parents for encouragement and leadership
• Community, school, and parent partnerships
• Review student achievement data and information
• Cultural sensitivity dialogues
• Build individual and community assets
• Consensus-building and problem solving
• Passions developed through projects
Neighborhood Projects
Part of the Neighborhood Institute curriculum includes a self-directed project in the community. Through the class projects, people become engaged in the community as they branch out and apply the information and knowledge from the class to real life situations.
Issues Covered
A group of residents consisting of parents and/or guardians who would like to provide leadership in parent-school-community partnerships will share in the process of understanding advocacy for their students and JCPS. Our aim is to bring parents and schools together, create family-friendly schools, and have the participants design and implement a project addressing the issues of relevance
for the participants. This class will be fun, interactive, and you will meet friends sharing similar concerns.
Financial support is generously provided by Making Connections and the 7th Street PAL Coalition
610 S. 4th Street, Suite 701
Louisville, KY 40202
p: 502.589.0343
f: 502.589.0616
www.centerforneighborhoods.org