Giving Tuesday is a year-long movement culminating in a day of radical generosity benefitting community organizations and non-profits.
To celebrate this day of giving coming up on December 1st, we are exploring what the collaboration between Tamarack, community voice, and philanthropic partners can achieve.
Deep Community Engagement in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Tamarack consulting director Lisa Attygalle was engaged to develop a co-design process with local community organizations in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, which has resulted in early successes such as a community-led budgeting collaborative, a participatory housing fund, and increased childcare funding for low-income families.
20 Years of Impact: The Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction
Over the past 20 years, the Tamarack Institute has supported the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction in transforming Hamilton into a national and international leader in poverty reduction policy and innovation.
Learn more about how the roundtable championed community voice to transform Hamilton’s poverty reduction strategy.
What We’re Hearing: Community Members Have the Heart for Changemaking
Last year, we launched the Changemaker Self-Assessment, a reflection tool to build awareness ofthe five interconnected skillsneededto make community and systems change. The short quiz allows you to see where your strengths and opportunities lie within the interconnected skills. One year later, we’ve heard from over 200 people. What does the collective data say? Read on to find out.
We invite you to take theself-assessment, build a learning plan individually and across your team, and be sure to check out ourMembership Optionsfor ongoing support from our team.
Virtual Workshop: Intentional Collaboration with Lived Expertise - Power, Bias, and Systems Change
Type: Virtual Workshop
Date: November 18, 1 – 4:30pm ET
This workshop helps participants learn effective, best practices for collaborating intentionally with people who bring lived and living experience to their work. Instead of treating lived expertise as a checkbox, we focus on equitable partnership, centring power sharing, removing systemic barriers, noticing bias, and using futuring principles to guide systems change that’s grounded, accountable, and sustainable.
The Tamarack Team including Lisa, Sylvia, Jorge, Justin, Yas, and Steph spent three days in Toronto facilitating the Community Change Summit with changemakers from across Canada and beyond. Attendees reported that one of their favourite parts was the tours of community organizations across Toronto.
Daren is finishing a year-long strategy planning project with Kin Canada, an organisation of volunteers working to support the greatest needs in their communities.
Yas and Christiana worked with the Enchanté network, a supporter of 2SLGBTQ+ groups across Canada to deliver a workshop on Human Resources for small non-profits.
Tamarack partnered with the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) to explore how our network members are understanding and applying community finance approaches. Read the paper to discover real-world examples from Alberni Clayoquot Region, Richmond, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Southern Georgian Bay.
Over the last year, the Tamarack Institute and the Foundation of Greater Montreal (FGM) hosted a Community of Practice exploring key skills for change - from collective leadership to impact evaluation. This article contains insights from the grassroots groups and social movements who participated.
We at the Tamarack Institute recognize that the majority of our work occurs on the ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples including the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. We recognize the contributions of Indigenous people and support their ongoing struggle for self-determination and sovereignty. We work to understand the history of the lands upon which we are guests and to contribute to justice for all Indigenous Peoples.
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