Resources Category: Reports

With Nexus’ expertise and guidance, Urban Homeworks changed the way it worked, integrating community engagement into their organizational culture and ensuring residents had decision-making power, 2015.

NACDI used community engagement strategies to build American Indian political, cultural, and economic power on the South Side of Minneapolis.

This story details Hope Community’s approach to deep community engagement, an organic model shaped by input from partners, residents, and other stakeholders for the past 20 years.

Learn about how The Cultural Wellness Center increased parent engagement in a Saint Paul Public School using a community engagement strategy grounded in cultural connection.

A 2015 report on Casa de Esperanza’s 10 year community engagement journey that not only resulted in a new community-led initiative, but a transformed organization.

This report includes recommendations for institutional staff to understand the foundational work that must happen to ensure Community Advisory Committees can be a meaningful vehicle for infusing community voice into critically important decisions.

A 2018 report detailing five lessons learned from this unique partnership between a private foundation, an intermediary organization, and a coalition of grassroots community organizations.