Marshall Vanderburg, Director of Operations at Joining Vision and Action In December, Joining Vision and Action completed its move from Sheridan Boulevard to West Colfax Avenue. Whether deliberate or by fate, JVA has for most of its years been located close to Sloan’s Lake Park. Originally at West 29th Avenue and Yates Street a few [...]
By Sandy Wiegand, Copyeditor and Writer at Joining Vision and Action If you happened to peruse the Joining Vision and Action Team page lately, you probably noticed a new, smiling face. Katalin Wishart joined the JVA grantwriting team in November. She brings the meticulousness of an attorney and the dedication of an avid volunteer [...]
By Sarah Hidey, Joining Vision and Action I’m thrilled to introduce a good friend of mine (a Denver native) as our latest Changemaker—BC Serna. If there are two words I would use to describe BC, it’s storyteller and connector. He lives to tell stories of GOOD and of positive impact through photography and video—highlighting [...]
By Sarah Hidey, Co-Managing Director Yesterday afternoon I gathered with 200 other nonprofit and foundation professionals in Colorado for the third annual State of the Sector event held at the Studios at Overland Crossing, hosted by the Colorado Association of Funders and the Community Resource Center. This event brings together stakeholders to celebrate the sector [...]
By Sandy Wiegand, Copyeditor and Writer at Joining Vision and Action Did you know that about 26 percent of post-secondary students across the country have children of their own? That’s not the portrayal of the American college student I’m used to. As they juggle school, work and childcare, these students have much tougher questions on their [...]
Dear friends, It’s hard to believe that a year ago, many of us in the social change sector were getting together and talking about: Now what? What would a change in administration and policies mean for those working in community and social change? And most important for our constituents—often the most vulnerable in our society—what would [...]
Sandy Wiegand, Copyeditor/Writer at Joining Vision and Action When I worked at a small Texas newspaper near the start of my journalism career about 20 years ago, one of my fellow copyeditors brought a cartoon to work. It showed an arm extending from a dark manhole, the hand holding an empty coffee cup. A small [...]
On July 12, #changemakers from around the Denver area met at the Joining Vision and Action offices for the monthly Conversations That Matter salon and networking event. This month featured Adam Brock, director of social enterprise at Joining Vision and Action and recent author of the new book, Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal [...]
This week, we speak with Angela Bomgaars, executive director of Extreme Community Makeover (ECM). ECM is based out of the Westwood neighborhood of Denver and has been serving Denver communities since 2008. 1. Tell us about you and your organization and the social change you are trying to achieve. “Extreme Community Makeover (ECM) is [...]
This word cloud represents those non-monetary areas mentioned most frequently by respondents in Joining Vision and Action’s Total Rewards survey (larger words indicate concepts mentioned more frequently). Each need serious attention by anyone in the C-suite responsible for furthering their organization’s mission though an engaged workforce The Engagement Equation “It’s one of your biggest challenges: [...]
