Category Archives: Community Building
GOOD on Better Neighborhoods
April 21, 2010Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate If you’re not familiar with GOOD (the magazine, the website, their events & videos), they are worth checking out. They show us how to collaborate – individuals, businesses and nonprofits – and move forward on … Continue reading
When I Put On These Shoes…
March 17, 2010By Wendy Liscow, Program Officer When I put on these shoes this morning I knew they were going to be painful, and that I was in for a tough day. The end of the day delivered. I was at my … Continue reading
NeighborGoods
October 21, 2009Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate On my block, there are four houses across the street from us. One of the houses is unoccupied, and the other three each have giant trampolines in their backyards. My husband and I had the … Continue reading
Cranford: My Great Green Town
May 11, 2009Lisa Bregman, Program Associate Known at the turn of the century as the Venice of New Jersey, the Union County Township of Cranford grew up around the meandering Rahway River. The River has always been a source of joy and … Continue reading
Thinking About Philanthropy: Part 3
May 6, 2009David Grant, President and CEO Let me make an abstract idea from the last entry more concrete through some examples. In the previous parts of this series, I used Jim O’Toole’s “Executive’s Compass” (below) to postulate that “The Good Society” … Continue reading
