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Ed Schwartz, Institute for the Study of Civic Values
Philadelphia, Pa. Manager of Build-Com
Organization works with neighborhood groups to use szocial
contracts as a framework for building community and creating opportunity for low income neighborhood residents. Also manages "neighborhoods-online" web site. Coordinates an economic opportunity coalition
in Philadelphia called JOIN Jobs and Opportunity to Improves Neighborhoods and sponsors a Community Conservation Corps for welfare recipients, as well as neighborhood literacy program.
Miles Fidelman, Director, Center for Civic Networking,
Newton, Massachusetts.
Sponsors programs that help citizen groups, community organizations, and
local governments use the Internet to promote civic engagement and sustainable community development. Manages several email lists devoted to civic engagement.
Cy Yoakam, Editor
Urban Quality Indicators
Kaye Risser
Little Rock AR
Editor of NUSA Newsletter
Am interested in reporting on positive solutions being found across the nation insofar as
neighborhoods in order to share with our readers. Everyone who attended the conference last week will automatically be added to the mailing list as part of their membership in NUSA.
Name=Michael O. Patterson
email = Michael_O._Patterson@hud.gov
descrip1 = US Department of Housing and Urban Development
mission statement "Helping People Build Communities of Opportunity"
<Mary McDonough, Fannie Mae Foundation
MMcDonough@fanniemaefoundation.org>
Name____Cheryl Wittke______________________
City, State_____Madison, WI_______________________ Organization__NUSA '99 Conference_________________________
Main Activities of Group____Coordinated NUSA's 1999 conference in Madison, WI May 26-29, 1999_______________________
Putnam Barber, Director, The Evergreen Society. Organization supports non-profit management and development in Washington and throughout the country, as well as edits "Front Steps," a newsletter encouraging community self-help programs at the neighborhood level.
Harold Simon, Editor, Shelterforce,As the editor of Shelterforce, I am tangentially involved in neighborhood revitalization. It is the filter through which we
pass all article ideas.
Winton Pitcoff, Associate Editor, Shelterforce
I work for a number of housing and community development organizations (including The National
Low Income Housing Coalition, The National Alliance to End Homelessness, and Planners Network), developing and maintaining their websites. I'm also Associate Editor of Shelterforce Magazine, a national trade
publication for the housing and community development fields.
Name____Amy Bonn_______________________________ Organization___Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation
City, State Washington, DC 200006
Basic
Goals and Activities_________low income housing and economic development, some child care and welfare to work issues_____
Bill Potapchuk
Hi! I'm in Washington, DC at the Program for Community Problem Solving which is a division of the National Civic League. We often
work at the interface between neighborhoods and local government, providing assistance and conducting research.
name = Tom Schlesinger
descrip1 = The Financial Markets Center is an independent, nonprofit institute that provides research and education resources to grassroots groups, unions,
policy-makers and journalists interested in the Federal Reserve System and financial markets. Through its work, the Center seeks to promote democratic values, accountable public institutions and improved living standards for ordinary citizens.
name = maura donnelly
descrip1 = The Adult Literacy Media Alliance is headquartered in New York but is a nation effort. ALMA's mission is to
provide tools and materials to communities to expand their capacity to provides literacy. At the moment, ALMA has created TV411 a video series with accompanying printed material geared toward the pre-GED adult
learner. We are piloting this project in four cities, New York, El Paso, Seattle and Pittsburgh and two states, North and South Carolina.
name = Leslie Pine
descrip1 = The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) is based in Boston. We work with funders throughout the United States and
beyond, on issues of interest and development of philanthropic strategies to address those interests.
name = Father Dingle
descrip1 = trying through Lupus disease support groups using the church facilities for outreach.http://www.lupusfatherdingle.org to help in the lupus awareness health education in grassroots (communities) Father Dingle
name = Pamela Mokler,MS
email = GeroPam@aol.com
descrip1 = Quality Aging Solutions is a project-based consulting group working with developers, owners, and managing agents of affordable housing to create service-enriched
housing communities of the future.
name = Richard Schultze
mail = rschultz@gis.net
I am working on a book on housing-based neighborhood economic development.
name = Jim Buie
email = jimbuie@us.net
I'm a writer in Takoma Park, MD, in the Washington, DC metro area. I wrote a piece for The Washington Post about online networks that
enhance real community. You can find my piece and other links at >>http//www.us.net/indc/buildcom/
Dennis Raphael
University of Toronto, Metro Toronto, Canadian Mental Health
We have developed a community quality of life approach that incorporates
recent developments in health and health promotion, participatory research, and a new model of quality of life. At our www site http://www.utoronto.ca/qol there is information about the approach, free copies of our community reports, and information about obtaining our "How to Carry Out a Community Quality of Life" manual. The project was a collaboration of the University of Toronto, two community health centres, two public health departments, the Metro Toronto District Health Council, and the Canadian Mental Health Association.
name = frank frigon
descrip1 = Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood Association Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5T 1Y5
Activities include advocacy for neighourhood
improvement, critique planning proposals and/or decisions of various levels of government; Act as a forum for airing of concerns and grievances;
Lori Leach
I am in Fredericton, New Brunswick and working for "Connect NB"
which is a gov agency whose mandate is to provide and promote community through access to the internet and www via the development of Community Access Centres (CAC). CAC's are located primarily in rural locations throughout NB and in fact throughout Canada (as this is a Federal initiative). I am working on sustainability of the centers. Helping communities help themselves and the CAC to survive. Additionallly, I am very interested in organic farming, horses (I compete in Eventing) and self-sustained living (i.e. solar/wind energy, garden...).Would love to network with others of like minds.
descrip1 = Kim Loutzenhiser, Ph.D.
Director St. Margaret Housing Corporation
Housing and Community Development
Attracting businesses
Community based planning
Safety Action Plan
Renaissance 4000
Sustainable community 2000
David Lloyd
>> Organization___Pioneer Health Centre
City__Calne________________________ State__Wiltshire, England__
>> Basic Goals/Activities__Enable communities to maintain and develop__their health through integrated social, leisure food and arts links.
We are involved in the creation of a network of 'healthy living centres or schemes' across the UK_to be funded by National Lottery money.
name = Natalya Minkova
email = nminkova@ftf.tsu.ru
descrip1 = I teach at the Tomsk State University (Russia)
I has been in Philadelphia in 1996 for several months as a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple
University. I am interested in intergovernmental relations, state and local governments, solving problems of municipal financial crisis (like PICA cxse)
name = Jim Doyle
email = jldoyle@turboweb.net.au
Magic Moments Newcastle Australia is an organisation dedicated to making a more caring community by getting people more involved in the community
Tamara Mulherin
I work for the Brimbank City Council, a large muncipal council in the State of Victoria, Australia. I am the Community
Development Officer and part of a team called Community Planning & Development. We are currently developing a community plan, establishing a young people's consultative committee, health action plans, disability
action plans, access & equity plans
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