COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – SOCIAL JUSTICE

 

–      AguaClara – Sustainable small-scale water treatment

http://eswserver.cee.cornell.edu/aguaclara/

Faculty coordinator: Monroe Weber-Shirk mw24@cornell.edu

Student Leader: Nicole Ceci  ngc4@cornell.edu

 

–      Cornell Organization for Labor Action (COLA)

http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/search.php?igroup=177&year=organizations

 

–      Stone Soup: Parenting Education

Anna Steinkraus, Parenting Education Program Coordinator, Cornell Cooperative Extension     272-2292, ext 145   ams69@cornell.edu

Stone Soup: Stone Soup provides opportunities for parents and professionals to attend educational programs focused on parenting socially / emotionally challenged children.

á      Create a resource brochure

á      Create a generic brochure for Stone Soup programming

á      Community Needs Assessment 

á      Design programming for parents/families

á      Create contact process for program

á      Website improvements

á      Marketing

á      And maybe more!

 

–      4-H Youth Program

Brenda Carpenter, 4-H Youth Program Manager, Cornell Cooperative Extension

272-2292, ext 142   btc6@cornell.edu

4-H Program: Purpose is to help young people acquire a positive self-concept and become creative, productive citizens. 4-H lays a foundation for continuing education and helps youth acquire a zest for life long learning.

á      Focal Point publication/ monthly newsletter

á      Volunteer and enrollment data management

–      Natural Leaders Initiative

Margo Hittleman, Cornell Cooperative Extension

272-2292, ext 167   mjh17@cornell.edu

Natural Leaders Initiative: The Natural Leaders Initiative was started in January 2007 to: provide training and support to people to grow as community leaders (focusing on those from groups under-represented in formal public leadership positions); provide training and support to community organizations, boards and committees who want to increase their capacity to foster diverse participation and leadership; Help collaborating organizations increase their staffÕs capacity to integrate leadership development activities into their ongoing programs.

á      For a student with graphic design skills/training: Help NLI develop a logo

 

–      Whole Community Project

Shira Adriance, Project Coordinator, Cornell Cooperative Extension

272-2292, ext 157    sma38@cornell.edu

The Whole Community Project (WCP) is a collaborative effort of organizations and individuals in Tompkins County for childhood obesity prevention.  We bring together the collective experience of community members to support existing and new initiatives that celebrate food and movement in our community. Childhood overweight and obesity is an increasing concern for our community—locally and nationally— especially because both can lead to long-term health problems, poor body image, and low self-esteem.  By supporting our children in healthy eating and active living, we promote positive development for all.

 

á      School Garden collaboration

á      Healthy School Food partnership

á      Mapping healthy food and physical activity resources in Tompkins County

á      Policy change for healthier food and physical activity choices in Tompkins County

á      Monthly newsletter

á      Website

 

–      Roosevelt Institution - sometimes addresses sustainability issues

http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/search.php?igroup=281&year=organizations

http://rooseveltinstitution.org

 

–      Building the Local Sustainability Movement

Elan Shapiro   es239@cornell.edu   275-0249
Assist Sustainable Tompkins (www.sustainabletompkins.org) in strengthening its organizational capacity to build the local sustainability movement. This would involve administrative and other kinds of support of efforts to improve fundraising, public outreach, website, assessment tools, etc. as appropriate to your skill set and passions. This position requires taking quite a bit of initiative yet also collaborating closely with a team.