Welcome to Gathering Ground’s Blog! Here’s where we share our insights, news, and the ideas with you. Many of these posts have also appeared in our prior guest spot on The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Blog. A number of our collaborators and participants will appear in these pages, as well, and we are grateful for the insights, wisdom and resources they share with us!
10th Anniversary Celebration Book
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COVID-19 Briefing #10 (6.10.20) – Racial Justice
Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #10 – June 10, 2020 Topic: Racial
COVID-19 Briefing #9 (6.3.20) – Building Urban Resiliency (Local Response)
https://youtu.be/exEVCCYtqVo Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #9 – June 3, 2020 Topic:
COVID-19 Briefing #8 (5.20.20) – Food Security and Access
https://youtu.be/GcnW7VFU6XU Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #8 – May 20, 2020 Topic:
COVID-19 Briefing #7 (5.13.20) – Resilient Senior Living
https://youtu.be/GLNHCotViHI Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #7 – May 13, 2020 Topic:
COVID-19 Briefing #6 (5.6.20) – Accessibility in the Pandemic
https://youtu.be/QdBkRV39IOU Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #6 – May 6, 2020 —
COVID-19 Briefing #5 (4.29.20) – Protecting Mental Health
https://youtu.be/BNRDM1w2oAw Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #5 – April 29, 2020 Topic:
COVID-19 Briefing #4 (4.22.20) – State of Education
https://youtu.be/ndXMhy1Ljc0 Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #4 – April 22, 2020 Topic:
COVID-19 Briefing #3 (4.15.20) – Journalism & Informing Communities
https://youtu.be/Jtah08vU-GE Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #3 – April 15, 2020 Topic:
COVID-19 Briefing #2 (4.8.20) – Relief Funds
https://youtu.be/EEfqpgQUWRw Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #2 – April 8, 2020 Topics:
COVID-19 Briefing #1 (4.1.20) – Nonprofit update
https://youtu.be/U3RShsfbhQI Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response Call #1 – April 1, 2020 Topic:
Supporting Small Business
LIVE.WORK.AC, a branding and small business development initiative in Atlantic City, was an immediate outcome
Arts Corridor Partnership
The two county-wide Monmouth Calls to Collaboration facilitate the launch of a cross-sector initiative designed
Advancing Arts Education
Strategic community-wide conversations regarding arts education helped enhance the readiness of Orange to welcome a
Raising Diabetes Awareness
A cross-sector partnership between community development, business and industry, health and wellness and the arts
Cultivating Community Journalism
A community journalism project in Atlantic City, led by Free Press and Media Mobilizing Project,
Restorative Arts & Enterprise
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University maximizes connections and hosts R.E.P.E.N.T.’s sound engineering and business
Launching an Online Community Hub
Cross-sector community leaders in Hammonton join forces to launch Hammonton.com— an online hub for community
Honoring Hometown Heroes
Launch of a town-wide campaign in Rahway to recast the story of the community and
