• CivicCon: Civic Conversations and Quality of Life in Pensacola, Florida

    https://youtu.be/NrVdteZM8y4   Great cities begin with great dialogue. Today Pensacola is engaged in civic conversations about how to improve the community. Started in 2017, CivicCon is a partnership with the Studer Community Institute, and the Pensacola News Journal. CivicCon hosts civic and community conversations with some of the nation's leading thinkers and experts on a…

  • Counting on the Census: Civic Infrastructure and the Role of Philanthropy

    The Census is the backbone of civic engagement and civic infrastructure. Every 10 years, the U.S. Census generates a critical snapshot of America used to allocate political power and federal funding. Florida's population of 21.07 million residents, was under-counted in 2020 by nearly 3.5%, (750,600) costing 1 congressional seat. Throughout the coming decade, Floridians can…

  • Building Trust and Partnerships from within Community- Overtown Common Good Initiative

    Building Trust and Partnerships from within Community: Allegany Franciscan Ministries Common Good Initiative" Thursday, October 20, 2022, 12-1 pm Download the Webinar Flyer Co-hosted by Allegany Franciscan Ministries and the Florida Civic Advance Click here to watch the webinar replay This Zoom replay requires the following passcode: iF2Q^f7E

  • The Nature of Volunteerism in Florida: A New University of Florida Survey on Volunteering in the Sunshine State

    Florida Civic Advance FL, United States

      https://youtu.be/SbSD1vi4nJA Thursday, November 17, 2022, 12-1 pm, Co-hosted by Volunteer Florida and the Florida Civic Advance Volunteering as an effective, enduring mainspring of civic life, connecting neighbors and is a powerful force for the maintenance of civic health in communities. Volunteer Florida is invested in promoting the culture of volunteerism statewide. The new 2022 survey…

  • Taking the Civic Health Pulse of the Whole Community in St.Petersburg: Lessons Learned from a 2020 Civic Health Study by the League of Women Voters in Greater St. Petersburg

    The League of Women Voters, supported by the Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg worked with many community organizations and stakeholders to gather qualitative and quantitative data on civic health in 2019 and share with the community.  The study findings underscored how its residents engage in civic and public spaces can differ greatly by race,…

  • A Civic Virus Wreaking Havoc on our Nation’s Health: Polarization is the Wrong Diagnosis. A Conversation with Rich Harwood, President and Founder of the Harwood Institute

    https://youtu.be/vuuk3uJRcAw This 2022 report by Rich Harwood reveals that Americans don’t feel polarized or antagonistic toward one another. They feel isolated and disoriented, like they are trapped in a house of mirrors with no way out. They are in the grips of a perilous fight or flight response. In a society that is breaking apart,…

  • Civic Scholarship meets Civic Practice

    Dr. Robin Bachin presents the civic Scholarship on affordable housing, climate gentrification, and equity in development in Florida, former UM student Alec Chao, now at HUD, offers a student perspective on civic scholarship, and Jim Murley, Chief Resiliency Officer for Miami Dade County speaks to civic scholarship impacts on practice.

  • Civity Workshop- From Us vs. Them to We All Belong

    Palma Strand Malka Kopell This interactive Workshop, led by Malka Kopell and Palma Strand, co-founders of Civity, a national award-winning nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a culture where we all belong. The workshop will include topics such as deepening conversations, establishing authenticity through storytelling and active listening, and  “putting difference on the table."   Webinar slides: FCA 3rd Thursday Webinar-4-18-23…

  • Collaboratory: Reimagining a Community Foundation as a Problem Solver

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY-ENS0AryI “To solve every problem in our region in eighteen years” On this FCA Webinar, learn in conversation with Sarah Owen Collaboratory’s President & CEO, based in Ft. Myers, with Collaborator Board member Patricia Dobbins and Jessica  how this grand initiative will seek to overcome the challenges to successful collaboration and meet this audacious goal.…