In the heart of Chicago’s South Side lies Auburn Gresham. The community is shaped by resilience, a rich historical past, and a place that is bursting with untapped potential. And […]
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Finding Common Ground: Little Village Navigates New Arrivals and Community Change through BECOME’s Catalytic Evaluation
This report delves into the dynamic social landscape of Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, exploring resident perspectives on the influx of new neighbors seeking asylum. Utilizing BECOME‘s unique approach to evaluation, […]
Becoming Change Makers: Healing and Wholeness
Welcome to the Becoming Change Makers Newsletter! To recap the previous newsletter, “Becoming Change Makers: The Exquisite Path to Leadership and Liberation for Women of Color” is a transformational guide to […]
Building Community Power: Our 2020 Annual Report
While the trauma we experienced in 2020 wrenched our work into new channels, it also sharpened our vision. The violence and disease we experienced, and continue to experience, showed up […]
Maximizing Impact means listening to those most affected
As professional evaluators whose work is based in community psychology, we believe understanding a community’s needs starts with listening to voices of those who live in that community. Our Maximizing […]
Maximizing Impact: Our response to the pandemic + systemic racism crises
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JSTA-hXqDcI In March we shared the first responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from community leaders and other partners we convened via Zoom. It’s now clear–with the unjust and tragic killing […]
Pandemic next steps: ‘everyone in, nobody out’ solutions
Zoom call on April 2 We’re grateful to the more than 40 community leaders from across the Chicago region and beyond who came together over six hours in three phone […]
Serving our community Call 1 of 3: No one should fall through the cracks during the COVID-19 crisis
This post recaps the first of 3 calls with BECOME colleagues, partners and clients from service, policy and advocacy groups. Our next Zoom meeting is April 8th at 2:30PM. If […]
Prioritizing What Matters In Evaluation
Founder Dr. Dominica McBride speaks at a plenary session at last years American Evaluation Association conference in Minneapolis.
Time, Treasure, Talent & Testimony: Giving by Women of Color
The role of women of color donors is coming to the fore. For example, a cover story in the March issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy asks “How to Connect […]
