Our trio of leaders serving in the Havre community and surrounding areas of the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy Reservations have collaboratively come up with a plan to encourage local community leaders to take on more ownership of the programs initiated by the Campus Corps program. The three of them joined forces in their sustainability efforts to create a plan of action that will support all three of their campus communities in sustaining volunteer programming. Grace Milanowski of MSU-Norther, Micheael Yegerlehner of Stone Child College, and Ali Graham of Aaniiih Nakoda College have each identified members of their respective communities that are especially dedicated to service and/or have leadership positions with organizations that support such work. They have recruited this targeted group of people to be a part of a community council that will provide a venue for members to network with each other, to form partnerships, to create collaborative projects, and to raise community awareness of each of their individual initiatives. While local AmeriCorps members are playing a key role in organizing this initiative, they are doing so in a way that ensures that the council will sustain well beyond their individual terms of service. Their role is limited to making initial connections, gaining community investment in the initiative, and helping to identify the key players that will take on leadership roles within the council.So far, the council's first few meetings have been successful, and our leaders have been very pleased with the enthusiasm that community members have shown in response to the idea. At their next meeting, they hope to decide on a name for the council and anticipate that things will quickly move forward from there!
Friday, June 15, 2012
An important component of the Campus Corps program is to make our programs sustainable: to work with local communities from the get-go to develop programs that the community is invested in and takes ownership of. Developing a program by means of this community-driven method ensures that the services that the Campus Corps has made possible will continue far into the future regardless of our involvement. With Campus Corps leaders transitioning out of their positions in just a few short months, this task of transitioning has become a central focus for many of them.
Our trio of leaders serving in the Havre community and surrounding areas of the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy Reservations have collaboratively come up with a plan to encourage local community leaders to take on more ownership of the programs initiated by the Campus Corps program. The three of them joined forces in their sustainability efforts to create a plan of action that will support all three of their campus communities in sustaining volunteer programming. Grace Milanowski of MSU-Norther, Micheael Yegerlehner of Stone Child College, and Ali Graham of Aaniiih Nakoda College have each identified members of their respective communities that are especially dedicated to service and/or have leadership positions with organizations that support such work. They have recruited this targeted group of people to be a part of a community council that will provide a venue for members to network with each other, to form partnerships, to create collaborative projects, and to raise community awareness of each of their individual initiatives. While local AmeriCorps members are playing a key role in organizing this initiative, they are doing so in a way that ensures that the council will sustain well beyond their individual terms of service. Their role is limited to making initial connections, gaining community investment in the initiative, and helping to identify the key players that will take on leadership roles within the council.So far, the council's first few meetings have been successful, and our leaders have been very pleased with the enthusiasm that community members have shown in response to the idea. At their next meeting, they hope to decide on a name for the council and anticipate that things will quickly move forward from there!
Our trio of leaders serving in the Havre community and surrounding areas of the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy Reservations have collaboratively come up with a plan to encourage local community leaders to take on more ownership of the programs initiated by the Campus Corps program. The three of them joined forces in their sustainability efforts to create a plan of action that will support all three of their campus communities in sustaining volunteer programming. Grace Milanowski of MSU-Norther, Micheael Yegerlehner of Stone Child College, and Ali Graham of Aaniiih Nakoda College have each identified members of their respective communities that are especially dedicated to service and/or have leadership positions with organizations that support such work. They have recruited this targeted group of people to be a part of a community council that will provide a venue for members to network with each other, to form partnerships, to create collaborative projects, and to raise community awareness of each of their individual initiatives. While local AmeriCorps members are playing a key role in organizing this initiative, they are doing so in a way that ensures that the council will sustain well beyond their individual terms of service. Their role is limited to making initial connections, gaining community investment in the initiative, and helping to identify the key players that will take on leadership roles within the council.So far, the council's first few meetings have been successful, and our leaders have been very pleased with the enthusiasm that community members have shown in response to the idea. At their next meeting, they hope to decide on a name for the council and anticipate that things will quickly move forward from there!
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