VOICES FROM THE FIELD: RURAL ORGANIZERS ON WHAT THEY NEED FROM FUNDERS
As a first step in establishing a framework and priorities, the Integrated Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work. From this scan, the group has gained literacy in the organizing work already taking place and further defined the group’s role and intended impact in the landscape of rural organizing. Capturing the voices of organizers on the ground, the scan identified the following priorities: infrastructure and capacity, strategizing for impact, and anti-racist organizing.

BEYOND GREEN: THE ARTS AS A CATALYST FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The report from the latest session in the Culture, Arts and Society series examines how the creative sector is playing an increasingly significant role in raising awareness of climate change and encouraging sustainable social, economic, and environmental practices worldwide. The February 2016 session examined the arts’ role in advancing sustainability at international, national and local levels.

CREATIVE COMMUNITY BUILDERS
Training is offered in community organizing, speaking, facilitation, curriculum development, and planning leading to widely owned community efforts to build civic engagement, cultural bridges, equitable local economic development, and a vibrant public realm. These fee-based services are fully customizable, offered remotely, and in person across the United States and internationally.

NACEDA
A network of state and regional associations partner with NACEDA to offer creative placemaking community development introduction material using examples of ‘on the ground’ work. In late 2019, they will begin offering training on creative placemaking public policy as it relates to community development. NACEDA’s fee-based training can be customized and is offered remotely and in person in Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Ohio and New Jersey.

NAS
NAS supports individuals in the areas of leading change, partnerships, strategy and leading teams. Programs provide access to academia and opportunities, mixing skillsets and mindsets, broadening perspectives and networks, removing silos and opening doors, pushing boundaries and what’s possible. This fee-based training is customizable and offered across the US as well as remotely.

NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
NCCP's spectrum of learning opportunities for individuals includes webinars, workshops, Leadership Summits, a Certificate in Creative Placemaking. Our place-based educational offerings are one-day Strategy Labs and 6-9-month Community Coaching. Some training is free, some fee based. The on-site portions of the Certificate are held in Manchester and northern New Jersey and workshops are held in Orange, NJ and Philadelphia. Webinars are also available.

NATURALL OCCURRING CULTURAL DISTRICTS NY
Regular learning exchanges about multiple themes such as working with government and strengthening cultural hubs and networks. Co-sponsor of an annual cultural organizing workshop. They will work one on one with groups doing community based placemaking. Most training opportunities are open to all based in NYC as well as remotely, are free and fee-based and are customizable.  

SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS
Springboard offers free toolkits, consulting services, workshops and trainings, working directly with over 35,000 artists and community members in the region each year with 80 communities nationwide replicating their programs. Find artist-led community development programs and practices, with programs specifically for artists, and programs designed for non-arts professionals. All training is customizable and offered in person and remotely.

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
From ‘what is placemaking to how to implement projects, manage public spaces, engage community members, work with stakeholders. Topics also include transportation, public market design planning and operations, gentrification impacts, how to measure outcomes and evaluate impacts. Based in New York City and offering customizable training and technical assistance all over the world in person and remotely.

SUSTAINABLE NATIVE COMMUNITIES COLLABORATIVE
Focused on community development and capacity building within tribal, especially developing that capacity through an indigenous creative placemaking lens- and how the arts, community, and place influences how we work in the community development space. Training is offered in New Mexico, Arizona, Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, California, Oregon. This free and fee-based training is customizable and offered in person and remotely.