12/05/2007
Quick Connections # 98
• Community Research Team attends evaluation conference
• Exciting new website launches: Piton and Social Networks
• SCHIP Action Alert
• New format for Quick Connections in January
• Data Points 2nd Edition Focuses on Family Economic Success
• December Denver Workforce Training Schedule
• Job Openings
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS
• Upcoming Events & Meetings
Community Research Team Attends American Evaluation Conference in Baltimore
Community Research Team member Rosella Palacios learned a lot about a model called Organization Collaboration that she can apply to her work at MC-D. She learned that in order for groups or organizations to be successful, they need to have a common understanding about roles, purpose and vision. Groups or organizations go through four distinct phases: 1) Assemble and form, 2) storm and order, 3) norm and perform, 4) transform and adjourn. Rosella sees how this applies to MC-D and our work and will use the model to guide the evolution of the new Community Data Volunteer group she manages. For more information contact Rosella Palacios at 720-891-4915 or rpalacios@mcdenver.org.
Exciting new website launches & updates: Piton, Social Networks, MC-D
•Check out the newly redesigned, easy to use Piton website at www.piton.org. Here you can find community and school facts or create a map with a new interactive mapping tool and much more!
•Check out the brand new Denver Social Networks website http://sndenver.wordpress.com/
•Check out the updated MC-D website at www.makingconnectionsdenver.org
SCHIP Reauthorization Needs Our Support
The States Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that covers nearly 55,000 uninsured children in Colorado needs our support to ensure passage in Congress. Reauthorization and increased funding would insure that 12,000 additional children, who are eligible but not currently covered, would be insured. Please call or write your congressperson. See below to download the Metro Organizations for People newsletter that gives more information on SCHIP as well as contact information for congress members.
New format for Quick Connections in January, 2008
Look for a new and improved format for Quick Connections in January, 2008 that will include:
•Links to website & e-mail addresses
•Links that will allow you to jump down to a particular story
•Downloads in the middle of a story
Data Points for Community Change Second Edition
The second edition of Data Points focuses on family economic success. The format, which includes graphs, stories, pictures and data, helps to paint a picture of the economic well being of residents in the four MC-D neighborhoods. Look for it in your mailbox in early January.
Denver Work Force Development Training Schedule
Denver Work Force Development (DWD) offers various workshops at five Workforce Centers and three Community Resource Centers in the Denver City area. The King Trimble Building, MC-D office at 2980 Curtis Street, is one of the training sites. Training is offered in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, interviewing and resume writing, as well as other topics. All classes are offered on a first come, first serve basis and are free. Please feel free to visit our website at: http://www.milehigh.com/employment to view additional information about the Denver Division of Workforce Development’s technical computer and career development classes.
Job Opening: FRESC seeks a half-time administrative assistant to provide support to the organization’s management team, coordinate logistics for meetings and events, help maintain office systems such as a member database, and to perform other administrative duties as assigned. Fax resumes to Steven Moss at 303-477-6123 or email smoss@fresc.org. See below for a downloadable job description.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from all of us at Making Connections-Denver!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
FRESC Five Year Anniversary & Awards Celebration
The Front Range Economic Stratety Center celebrates its 5th Anniversary on Thursday, December 6, 5:30—8:00pm, St. Cajetan’s Center, Auraria Campus, 1100—9th Street. Tickets are $60.00. For more information or to RSVP call Nora Bashir at 303-477-6111, Ext 21.
Baker Historic Neighborhood Association (BHNA) Holiday Party, Tuesday, December 11th, 6:30-8:30pm at 1st Ave. Presbyterian Church at 1st and Acoma.
Credit Yourself Financial Fitness Class at the Sister Mary Lucy Neighborhood Center on Thursday, December 13, 5-7pm. For more information please call 303-298-1934.
Free General Admission at the Denver Art Museum for the Our Lady of Guadalupe exhibit December 12, 2007 through January 6, 2008. For more information call 720-913-0169 or go to www.denverartmuseum.org. See below for downloadable bilingual flyer.
Please hold the date! Education Reform in DPS, Public Meeting with DPS Superintendent Michael Bennet & School Board members, January 15, 6 pm, Location: To Be Determined. For more information contact Patty Lawless at 720-297-7091 (cell) or email
patty@mopdenver.org