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1.23.19 / Post
ValleyCreates: The CoCreator
…Rooted in the belief that investments in arts and creativity build thriving communities, Creative Commonwealth aims to promote the vital leadership role community foundations can play to advance the arts. …
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Bringing the Outside In: Engaging Communities in Priority Setting and Planning
…is essential that organizations take time to engage with their community to best understand its value and needs. This webinar will build on the topics introduced in webinar 1 and…
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How Nonprofits Can Break Through the Virtual World of Fundraising and Communications
…online presence even through social distancing brought on by COVID-19. Topics will include how to practice more inclusive communications, how to engage your audiences virtually, and how to pivot fundraising…
9.23.22 / Post
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Reflections from Northampton Filmmaker Patricia Montoya
…living near the U.S./Mexico border. With a Project Evolution Grant in hand from the Community Foundation’s ValleyCreates program, Montoya is producing a new short film, “HORSE.” Look for it at…
11.1.18 / Post
New Professional Staff Join Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
…Health Institute, leading the Springfield Healthy Homes Collaborative. He was the Program Director for the City of Springfield’s Office of Housing and Community Development where he developed successful community initiatives….
8.9.23 / Post
A Creative Delivery of the History of Race and Racism
…the spring of 2024 centered around delivering content, critical thinking, and telling these important stories. It will also be this conduit for community connection, community extension, and community building work….
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Establish a Scholarship Fund
Thanks to the generosity of the donors in our region, the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts administers, through one centralized application process, scholarship and interest-free loan funds. Last year alone,…
1.31.20 / Post
ValleyCreates: Kicked off 2020 with new funding and trainings
We can’t believe it’s been two years since the launch of Creative Commonwealth and ValleyCreates! ValleyCreates 2020 began with two new happenings: Community Engaged Artist Training Yara Liceaga-Rojas, workshop leader…
7.10.20 / Post
A Safe, Warm Welcome for Refugees
…designed so that the medical workers administering coronavirus tests needn’t continuously change masks and gowns between patients. “We can test more, with greater safety,” says Barber. “Many refugees have come…
7.19.21 / Post
All Out Adventures Reimagines Work to Navigate Through Pandemic
… Watch us chat trailside with Karen as she talks about the organization’s mission, trials endured, and the ways All Out Adventures was able to weather the changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIAehRIZOuM&t=105s…