Community Change Award Nominations

2010 Community Change Project: The 28th annual New Jersey Black Issues Leadership Convention will take place on October 7-9, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick NJ. The theme is Strengthening Families & Building Communities: Change We Can Believe In. A new component of this years conference is the Community Change Forum Awards & Brunch - an initiative to highlight programs and activities that promote positive change in our communities.

The NJBIC Board seeks to identify organizations that have developed innovative and effective programs that aim to reduce disparities, should be more widely supported, and which can be replicated by others. NJBIC believes that positive community change can be achieved by reducing or eliminating existing disparities in these four specific areas:

 

  • Economic Security and Opportunity
  • Education
  • Health & Human Services
  • Law,Justice & Public Safety

 

In support of your innovative ideas, submitted programs will be showcased throughout the convention and compiled into a resource guide for distribution. We welcome participation by a variety of organizations and encourage your support at the Community Change Forum Awards & Brunch on Saturday, October 9, 2010, when a number of projects will be selected for special recognition. Project criteria and a Community Change Project form are posted at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

NJBIC Community Change Project Criteria

Premise: There are many organizations doing important and effective work that should be supported and can be replicated. NJBIC seeks to highlight programs and practices that have a positive impact on reducing disparities and challenges that persist in the following four categories:

 

  • Economic Security and Opportunity
  • Education
  • Health & Human Services
  • Law,Justice & Public Safety

 

The activity (program or practice) may be an advocacy, direct service or education activity organized or sponsored by community or faith-based institutions; government agencies, appointed or elected officials; arts and cultural, advocacy, educational, activist, or service organizations; direct service agencies or private sector businesses.

 

 

Assessment:

The activity (program or practice) should excel in one or more of the following areas:

  • Identify, examine, and address approaches to overcome cultrual, economic, and/or social disparities
  • Identify, Potential to replicate positive and lasting results
  • Enhance participants ability to meet individual challenges they face
  • Encourage new ways of collabortive thinking
  • Demonstrate postive future outcomes for and beyond the target audience
  • Engage cross - disciplinary partnerships to affect positive outcomes
  • Empower particpants to affect positive outcomes beyond the activity
  • Improve efficient utilization of available but scarce resources

 

General

The general membership of NJBIC shall be comprised of organizations whose membership is sufficiently diverse with African-Americans; and which maintain two (2) or more local affiliates located in two (2) or more counties of the State, or a statewide perspective and program of action accruing to the benefit of African-Americans throughout the state, as determined by the NJBIC Board of Directors.  General member-organizations can vote and hold elective office.

Special

By special resolution of the Board of Directors, an individual may have bestowed upon him or her, the designation of Honorary, Emeritus or Founding Member or Chair.  Such designation shall be as a non-voting member of NJBIC and may be displayed on literature and letterhead.

Affiliate

Affiliate members are non-profit organizations that are issue-oriented with a strong interest in advancing NJBICs mission, objectives and goals.  They are committed to promoting the development and deployment of strategies and services to promote positive change in the community.  Affiliate members cannot vote or hold elective office.

Associate

Associate membership is open to all public and professional associations, companies, organizations and institutions that subscribe to or support the goals and objectives of NJBIC.  Associate members cannot vote or hold elective office.