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CCI in Conversation: Fulcrum Fellows and Field Catalysts Discuss Federal COVID-19 Recovery Funding

Zev Alexander Aug 12, 2021

How should community leaders manage the opportunity to spend trillions of dollars of federal funding on economic recovery in ways that begin to realize the promise of racial justice? In a July 9 roundtable of CCI staff and fellows, one answer to this question rose above all the others: ask the right questions.

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AIHC Stories: Crafting Shared Priorities Through Arts Engagement in San Bernardino

Center for Community Investment Aug 12, 2021

Through the support of CommonSpirit and Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities, Uplift San Bernardino has partnered with Arts Connection and the San Bernardino Neighborhood Associations to create a long-term project called Blocks of Care.

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Strong Leadership for Successful Community Investment: Insights from Hospital CEOs

Center for Community Investment Jun 30, 2021

In order for health systems to take up community investment as a way to fulfill their mission of promoting health, senior health system leaders need to make visible commitments and follow through by dedicating appropriate resources and staff and engaging partners.

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Learning from Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities

Center for Community Investment Jun 30, 2021

In June, after three and a half years, participants in CCI’s Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities (AIHC) initiative celebrated their accomplishments as the initiative came to an end.

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Getting Started with Community Investment: How CCI’s First Sprints Helped Communities Prepare for Recovery Funds

Omar Carrillo Tinajero May 20, 2021

Over the last year, all of us have gone through many stages of adapting and responding as we faced the pandemic

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Advancing the Social Determinants of Health as the Pathway to Recovery for Black People

Center for Community Investment Feb 25, 2021

Romi Hall ties together our four-part series in this final installment with a holistic vision for effective community development in Black communities.

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Our First Course: Toward a Just Recovery

Center for Community Investment Dec 7, 2020

In addition to our efforts to support partnerships across the country in 2021, the Center for Community Investment at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is proud to announce a new offering for leaders preparing to act boldly and step into their work with conviction.

Elevating the Voices of People of Color on the Frontlines of Change

Gabriel Charles Tyler Jul 30, 2020

At this moment when we as a country are confronting our history of racism, we're highlighting some of our Fulcrum Fellows of color who are attending to the needs of their communities in ways that position them for equitable long-term recovery, rethinking, and rebuilding.

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Reimagining Strategy in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: A Triage Tool

Marian Urquilla Mar 31, 2020

Marian Urquilla, Principal of Strategy Lift and Co-Founder of CCI, shares a tool she created to help leaders guide their organizations through the COVID-19 crisis.