--- title: "WEBINAR | Bridging the Gap: Repairing Relationships for Stronger Community Engagement" description: Lisa Attygalle and Liz Weaver discuss how to reach communities that are hesitant or resistant to community engagement, and provide practical tools and resources for building trust image: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Webinar%20Bridging%20the%20Gap%20Thumbnail.jpg --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # Resource Library ![Webinar Bridging the Gap Thumbnail](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Webinar%20Bridging%20the%20Gap%20Thumbnail.jpg?width=2120&name=Webinar%20Bridging%20the%20Gap%20Thumbnail.jpg "Webinar Bridging the Gap Thumbnail") [![Watch the Webinar](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/4807526d-af30-45a9-8306-c15594976916.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/4807526d-af30-45a9-8306-c15594976916) # WEBINAR | Bridging the Gap: Repairing Relationships for Stronger Community Engagement [Community Engagement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/community-engagement), [Webinars and Videos](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/webinars-and-videos), [Community Change](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/community-change), [Community Change Festival](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/topic/community-change-festival) Most of us recognize the need for and importance of engaging the communities we serve. Working to uphold the slogan, “nothing about us without us”, we might try to engage communities as much as possible. But engagement is a two-way street, and people who work in institutions and organizations sometimes find that the communities they hope to engage are hesitant or even resistant to engage. This can often be true when the relationship between institutions and communities is damaged, or where there is a lack of trust in the organization’s ability to engage in an open and honest way. With that in mind, what might those of us who work in institutions and organizations do? Through this webinar Lisa Attygalle and Liz Weaver explore their thoughts on this issue, drawing upon their experiences in supporting community engagement across North America. After this webinar, you will be able to: - Ask questions of yourself and others that help to understand why your community is hesitant to engage - Reflect on your own desire to engage and how that might be viewed by the community - Develop your own next steps to build equitable relationships with the communities your work impacts **Take Your Learning Further:** - **Invest in your Community Engagement practice** at the upcoming [Community Change Festival](https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/community-change-festival?hsLang=en-us), taking place September 30 - October 3 in Vancouver, BC - **Read** about why [Community Engagement is a foundational part of Community Change](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/paper-community-engagement-a-foundational-practice-of-community-change?hsLang=en-us) - **Learn ** how to [engage and empower Context Experts ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/the-context-experts?hsLang=en-us) - **Apply **the [Community Engagement spectrum tool ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/iap2s-public-participation-spectrum?hsLang=en-us) - **Learn **how to [build Turf and Trust](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/turf-trust-co-creation-collective-impact?hsLang=en-us)  - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Screen_Shot_2016-05-26_at_4.54.16_PM.png) ### By [the Tamarack Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/tamarack-institute) The Tamarack Institute is a connected force of more than 40,000 engaged practitioners and policymakers who work collaboratively to advance positive community change. 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