Center for Democracy Innovation
Workshops
View these pre-recorded workshops throughout the virtual event, or save them for future viewing.
Housing as a Platform: HACLA’s Work to Lift Up the Whole Child
Co-hosted by CGLR and the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA), this is the first in a four-part webinar series to lift up the myriad ways that affordable housing serves as a platform for supporting early school success and equitable learning recovery. The webinar showcases the efforts of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) to support children and families in public housing through cultivation of partnerships with a diverse set of public, private, and nonprofit agencies and organizations. Watch below and find additional details here.
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Leveraging Public Housing and Public Library Collaboration
This is the second session of a four-part webinar series to lift up the myriad ways that affordable housing can serve as a platform for supporting early school success and equitable learning recovery. The webinar, “Leveraging Public Housing and Public Library Collaboration,” features the efforts of the Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura to support children and families in public housing through a robust partnership with the Ventura Public Library. Watch below and find additional details here.
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The Power of Public Housing and Public School Partnerships - Spotlight on Boston
This is the third session of a four-part webinar series to life up the myriad ways that affordable housing can serve as a platform for supporting early school success and equitable learning recovery. The webinar features the collaboration between the Boston Housing Authority, Boston Public Schools (BPS) and FamilyAid Boston to house BPS families and children facing homelessness and at risk of displacement. Featured speakers include David Gleich, Chief Officer of Leased Housing & Admissions, Boston Housing Authority (BHA); Brian Marques, Senior Director of Opportunity Youth, Boston Public Schools; and Larry Seamans, President, FamilyAid Boston. Watch below and find additional details here.
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Parents as Critical Partners: Featuring the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
This final session of a four-part webinar series lifting up the myriad ways that affordable housing can serve as a platform for supporting early school success and equitable learning recovery, features the multiple ways in which the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) engages and supports parents and young children at AMHA housing developments, with a spotlight on the Parents as Teachers (PAT) model. Featured speakers include Constance Gully, President & CEO of PAT; Tiffany Pizzino, Educational Initiatives Program Coordinator at AMHA; and Jill Spillman, AMHA Educational Initiatives Supervisor. Watch below and find additional details here.
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Community Approaches to Inclusive Healthy Housing
The National Civic League was joined by the Mid Iowa Health Foundation, BUILD Health Challenge and Tampa Housing Authority to discuss how they are bringing healthy housing to communities across the country.
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Elevating Libraries as Civic Spaces
During this webinar, attendees learned about the American Library Association’s initiative, “Libraries Transforming Communities,” which has provided libraries opportunities to learn the skills of facilitating community conversations with help from the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation. We then heard about North Liberty Library’s community conversation series, Lighthouse in the Library.
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