Wednesday, June 22, 2016

The Partnership for Equity and Civic Engagement

Ten years ago, the consulting business www.communityrenaissance.biz/index.html introduced the Partnership for Equity and Civic Engagement (PECE, pronounced "peace").  PECE is Community Renaissance's organizational branch that offers pro bono programs and services.




Within PECE, a group of us started Just Communities Inc. (JCI) which is now conceptually housed at the Southwest Fair Housing Council www.swfhc.com.  Also as PECE programs, we initiated Do Happy Today in 2014, followed by BuildUP^ Tucson & Beyond in April, 2016.



As we update and redesign our website, we are also revisiting what programs PECE will continue and which ones will be changing.  We hope you share ideas with us about how to continue to serve our communities in Southern Arizona and beyond.

Please send your suggestions to info@communityrenaissance.biz   Thanks!!


Monday, June 20, 2016

A reality check for the FREE ebook BetterforUs

It's been several months since I took serious steps for the ebook and I will tell you why:  life gets in the way...other tasks, particularly with the post International Day of Happiness events (March 20th) and beginning of an offshoot from that effort: BuildUP^ Tucson and Beyond (April 20th).


This gathering at Startup Tucson led to establishing a BuildUP^ Tucson google group and generating a social networking group that meets monthly at La Cocina Restaurant.


From those action steps, Community Renaissance is setting up a new website www.communityrenaissance.biz/index.html and preparing a Summer Newsletter for the the 300 folks now part of  our email network.  Attention to planning for a second TENWEST event (October) in Tucson is taking quite a bit of effort and we're doing this because the TENWEST Connected Communities track will feature Do Happy Today-related sessions on happiness and well-being  www.tenwest.co

I did try out some ebook software (didn't like it) and sent a request to fivrr (no response) for assistance with cover design for the ebook, so those elements are stuck for now. There are many other resources to check out for ebooks, but most of them are for publishers and authors who want to sell ebooks.  That's not the case with BetterforUs...it's a "give away".  
So, the new Community Renaissance website will have a PDF of the book when it is finished for readers to download at no cost, i.e. it will be a FREE ebook.

If you are interested, contact info@communityrenaissance.biz and we will add you to the list to receive the book.  

In the meantime, we invite you to connect with us to our activities via Facebook page: www.facebook.com/communityrenaissance 


Sharing fundraising info to other NPOs

As a new member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, I wrote up these notes for the Tucson Women's Chorus (TWC) http://www.t...