civic engagement through a community’s visioning process
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A Rural Community College Initiative North Florida Community College Project. Civic Engagement Through A Community’s Visioning Process. Mr. Morris Steen, President, North Florida Community College Dr. Theophilos Mantzanas, Community Initiatives Coordinator, North Florida Community College. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Civic Engagement Through A Community’s Visioning Process
Mr. Morris Steen, President, North Florida Community College
Dr. Theophilos Mantzanas, Community Initiatives Coordinator, North Florida Community College
A Rural Community College Initiative
North Florida Community College Project
Madison County Development Council – North Florida Community College
MCDC–NFCC Partnership for Civic Engagement: a synergistic and opportunistic relationship: MCDC’ Vision 2010 NFCC’s RCCI focus on Civic Engagement
Madison County Development Council – North Florida Community College
Vision 2010: Madison County and the NFCC Visioning Process for the Future Community-wide meetings to establish a
“renewed” Vision 2010 Identification of strengths, resources and barriers
Creation of committees to address key barriers while relying on strengths and resources
Focus on cultural and social capital Strategies to maintain momentum and progress
Madison County Development Council – North Florida Community College
Vision 2010: Madison County and the NFCC Visioning Process for the Future Community-wide meetings to establish a
“renewed” Vision 2010 What to add, preserve, and change Identification of strengths, resources and
barriers
Madison County Development Council – North Florida Community College
Vision 2010: Madison County and the NFCC Visioning Process for the Future Community-wide meetings to establish a
“renewed” Vision 2010 Creation of committees to address key
barriers while relying on strengths and resources
Madison County Development Council – North Florida Community College
Vision 2010: Madison County and the NFCC Visioning Process for the Future Community-wide meetings to establish a
“renewed” Vision 2010 Focus on cultural and social capital
Social networks (involving reciprocity and trust)
Personal empowerment and participation
Vision 2010 Committees
Strategies to maintain momentum and progress Monthly MCDC meetings and reports on committees Committee reports distributed to all committees Focus on milestones Media Visibility: Newspaper articles and radio
interviews Joint-Committee meetings to address mutual areas Interventions by RCCI Core Team Additional Community-wide meetings to report
progress of committees and to recruit new members and resources
Linkages beyond the “Community”
Partnerships with other organizations: Housing Committee: Habitat for Humanity
alliance with another community Health Committee: Medicare Part D
application workshops in another community Environment Committee: Membership in
surrounding counties with identical issues (wetlands management, mercury pollution)
Education Committee: Best practices between school systems
Monitoring and Evaluating
Monitoring Procedures Indicators of progress Accountability and intervention strategy
Evaluation Focusing on the specific accomplishments
of the Vision 2010 Plan Distinctions between outputs and
outcomes
Q & A
Point of Contact:Dr. Theophilos MantzanasNorth Florida Community CollegeRCCI Project Team [email protected]