community research lab workshops_2014_and 2015

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Silvia Paz

Research Analyst, Community Research Lab

spaz@advanceproj.org

Community Research Lab Workshop Series

(goes Statewide!)

Friday, September 19th

11:00am-12:00pm

Taisha Bonilla

Training and Communications Coordinator

tbonilla@advanceproj.org

Presenters

Healthy City is a program of

Advancement Project is a public policy change organization rooted in the

civil rights movement. We engineer large-scale systems change to remedy

inequality, expand opportunity and open paths to upward mobility. Our goal

is that members of all communities have the safety, opportunity and health

they need to thrive.

Integrity * Innovation * Capacity-Building * Collaboration * Audacity * Equity *

What We Do

DIRECT TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE:

Work ON-THE-GROUND

to develop targeted

research/policy

strategies and web

tools.

COMMUNITY

RESEARCH LAB

Engages, trains, and

provides tools for

community groups to lead

and sustain action-

oriented research

ONLINE MAPPING

TECHNOLOGY

www.HealthyCity.org

The Community Research Lab

TOOLBOX

•Online Guide to Using HealthyCity.org for

Community Research and Engagement

•Short Guide to CBPAR

•Community Research Toolkit

•Participatory Asset Mapping Toolkit (Eng./Span.)

•Hyperlocal Communications Toolkit (Eng./Span.)

•Maps for Community Organizing Toolkit

(Eng./Span.)

WORKSHOPS

1. Community Assets on a Map:

Facilitating a Community-Engaged

Mapping Session

2. Visualizing Your Community:

Creating Maps That Tell Your

Community’s Story

3. Hyperlocal Communications:

Sharing Your Maps and Research

supports capacity building through community engagement, workshops,

and tools for using maps in community-based research and action.

Why attend the Workshop

Series?

Learn online tools for creating maps that

analyze your community’s issues and

conditions

Gain skills for engaging community members in

research that strengthens community led action

Explore ways to use social networks to share

your community research and knowledge

Workshop #1: Community Assets on a Map:

Facilitating a Community-Engaged Mapping Session

In this workshop you will learn:

1. What Community-Engaged Mapping is and how it can be used to

map community assets

2. How to create a “WikiMap” to map community assets.

3. How to plan and facilitate a Community-Engaged Mapping activity

with your community

4. About CBPAR and different ways to involve community members in

the research process

5. How community organizations have used maps and data in their

work

Workshop #2: Visualizing Your Community:

Creating Maps That Tell Your Community’s Story

In this workshop you will learn:

1. How to use the Healthy City website to create different types of

maps for community analysis

2. Key elements of creating effective maps to tell your community’s

story

3. Ways to make this map-making process participatory

4. About CBPAR and different ways to involve community members in

the research process

5. How community organizations have used maps and data in their

work

Workshop #3: Hyperlocal Communication:

Sharing Your Maps and Research

In this workshop you will learn:

1. About social networking tools that can be used for research and

action

2. How to use social media tools to make sharing and dissemination a

participatory process

3. About CBPAR and different ways to share maps and research with

community members

4. How community organizations have shared maps and data in their

work.

The Community Research

Lab Workshop Series

Three workshops total spanning 2.5 days

FREE!

Capacity for 30 people per workshop session

Loads of resources and materials

Bring your own laptop/tablet!

1 workshop a day, with an hour lunch break

Dates and Regions:

Orange County: TBD (Week of December 8th or Week of Feb 9th or 16th)

San Diego: November 5-7th 2014

Ventura/Santa Barbara: January 13th-17th 2015

Application Process

How to Apply:

November 5th – 7th (Wednesday- Friday)

San Diego: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FALL_SANDIEGO

Last Day to register: Friday, October 17th

**

January 14th-17th (Wednesday – Friday)

Santa Barbara: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VENT_SB

Last Day to register: Friday, January 2nd

**

TBD

Orange County: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OC_FALL

Questions?

Thank You!

For questions regarding the workshops and applications, please contact:

Taisha Bonilla

Training and Communications Coordinator, Healthy City

tbonilla@advanceproj.org