Networks - Overview

In 2008 the Foundation for Change began to organize our grant cycles around “focus funds,” mobilizing dollars around specific issues of concern – like justice in the wake of natural disaster (Fires Fund 2007), immigrant workers (Worker Health Justice, 2009),  and civic participation (Census 2010).  In each of these instances, we retained our strategic focus on immigrant and border communities and began to build extensive relationships and networks in these communities.

To catch a glimpse of the work we are now doing “beyond” the grant, please see the short video on our website’s homepage, chronicling our recent training offered to over 250 leaders from immigrant and border communities being trained as census advocates at Hoover High School.

MAKE YOURSELF COUNT / HAGASE CONTAR
A training program and organizing campaign for organizations and advocates serving San Diego’s hard-to-reach populations

The Spring of 2010 has brought two developments with lasting impact on San Diego’s under-served populations:  the 2010 Census and the passage of healthcare reform legislation. In response the San Diego-based Foundation for Change, in partnership with a host of collaborators,  has launched a six-month program of training and mobilization to organizations serving marginalized communities within the greater San Diego region. 

As part of this program, the Foundation for Change convened a major training and mobilization on Saturday, February 20, 2010. Over 250 participants learned how to advocate effectively for participation in the 2010 census and how to prepare their communities for the changes that healthcare reform legislation will bring. Training were provided by experts from organizations working these issues statewide, including the National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights and the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network and the California Immigrant Policy Center, as well as Partnership Specialists from the U.S. Census.

As a follow-up to this campaign, the Foundation for Change will a FREE session of TRAINING AND EVALUATION for leaders from organizations connected to communities of color in San Diego on Saturday, August 7, 2010. More information about this event will be forthcoming, but in the meantime:

Registrations for the AUGUST 7 TRAINING AND EVALUATION can be made by contacting Jill Holsin at jill@foundation4change.org or 619-692-0527.