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Photo Credit: Ryan Wilcox
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Looking to the Sky
~by Michael Wilcox
Assistant Director and Program Leader for Community Development / Purdue Extension Associate Director / North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
In 2012, I served as president-elect of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP). In that role, my primary duty was assisting with the annual conference in Park City, Utah. As it turns out, a partial solar eclipse was to take place on May 20, in the afternoon, during the first day of the conference.
We already had the agenda set. The Utah State President was Stan Albrecht and was scheduled to speak as the eclipse would occur. So, I did what any conference organizer would do, and I asked the university president if he would build seeing the eclipse into his remarks. He was more than happy to oblige, and everyone that brought an academic poster was willing to convert their poster tubes into pinhole cameras, so attendees could observe the eclipse safely. We even had solar eclipse glasses donated to the conference! People who attended that conference, still remark how we were smart to ‘mind our surroundings.’
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Digital Ready Business Workshops
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Purdue Extension Community Development wants to help your business be digitally savvy. Register for one of these virtual workshops to take advantage of digital tools to grow your business.
Sessions are held virtually from 1-2pm CST / 2-3pm EST
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An Extra Bill and a Half in State Revenue
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~by Larry DeBoer
April 26, 2023
On April 19, 2023, in the Indiana Statehouse in the city of Indianapolis, one-point-five billion dollars appeared out of thin air. The state revenue forecast upped its prediction of revenues for the rest of this fiscal year and the coming biennium, 2023-25, by $1.5 billion over the prediction from last December.
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Community Coaching Learning Circle
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Do you find yourself guiding or coaching community groups? If so, consider registering for the Community Coaching Learning Circle. Purdue Extension Community Development is offering a professional development opportunity for individuals interested in honing their community coaching skills.
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Beginners Guide to Grant Writing
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 May 17 and June 21, 2023 - Porter County
The two-day, in-person Beginner's Guide to Grant Writing program is a great skill builder for the beginner to intermediate grant writer. Whatever your skill level, come with an idea and be ready to write. At the end of Day One, you will have a proposal outline and all of the resources you need to expand your outline into a full proposal.
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Michigan State Extension will be offering Advanced Facilitative Leadership—Navigating Your Way Through Conflict June 27-29, 2023 at Okemos Conference Center in Okemos, Michigan.
This 3-day workshop is focused on developing comfort with high-heat situations. This course was developed in response to requests from participants in our other programs (Facilitative Leadership; Communicating through Conflict; Conflict, Collaboration & Consensus) for a next-level facilitation training and will will focus on leading groups that are faced with difficult situations that impede progress and even threaten the existence of the group.
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Thank you to all the donors that participated in the Purdue Day of Giving on April 26! Your contributions to Purdue Extension Community Development allow us to continue to support communities with research-based resources, programming and processes.
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Since 2005, Community Development Extension Professionals have been gathering at the annual meeting of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP). In 2022, Purdue Extension Community Development was proud to host the 18th NACDEP Annual Meeting. This year, Purdue University (Purdue Extension, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD), Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD), and Purdue School of Nursing) had one of the largest contingents with almost twenty participants.
The Purdue team contributed to the conference as sponsors, committee chairs, board members, presenters, facilitators, and volunteers. And, members of our Purdue team (in BOLD) were presented with a well-deserved award!
- North Central Regional Winner and National Runner-up Cross Program Award: Financial Literacy Needs and Access Barriers of Latinx Community Members
- Melinda Grismer, Naomi Bechtold, Lupe Valtierra, Kris Parker, Esmeralda Cruz, Jennifer Stefancik, Kara Hammes, Luis Santiago, Ryan Muluchnik, Molly Marshall, Chelsea Brewer, Emily Witters, Elisa Worland, and Jessica Martini
Here are some examples of our work (Purdue team members in BOLD):
Sessions
- Taking Action to Address Substance Use in Communities: A New Approach to Fostering Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care
- Michael Wilcox, Nicole Adams, Anne Silvis, Elisa Worland, Ken Martin, Courtney Cuthbertson
- Sustainable Living Series Builds Community Resilience
- Linda Seals, Ramona Madhosingh-Hector, Steve Yoder, Dan Walker, Bethany Prykucki, Mari Ruemenapp, Andrew Northrop
Posters
- Mixing it Up: Combining Ripple Effects Mapping with Quantitative Metrics
- Melinda Grismer, Lori Higgins, Debra Hansen, Maria Wiltse
- Building Support for Addressing Homelessness and Housing Instability in Rural Areas
- Future Opportunities for Rural Workforce and Rural Development (FORWARD): Workforce Development Program developed for Extension Educators by Extension Educators , (Website)
- Shelia Martin, Michael Wilcox, Tanya Hall, Mark White, Jeff Sherman-Duncan, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, Paul Hill, Hunter Goodman, Terrie James, Tabatha Duvall, and Kari Ure
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Daviess County Recognized
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The City of Washington, Indiana was recently recognized as the 2023 Indiana Uplands Community on the Rise by the Regional Opportunity Initiatives. Purdue Extension Daviess County Community Development Educator, Cindy Barber, attended the annual ROI report to the region in French Lick. Additionally, the Daviess Advances Recovery Access Consortium in which Cindy and Purdue Extension have been active collaborators, received the Regional Collaboration Award.
Learn more about the Indiana Uplands Regional Innovation Awards and the deserving people, organizations, and projects that were recognized.
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This virtual forum will feature speakers from Purdue, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Purdue Extension and IL-IN Sea Grant, as well as White River Alliance as they discuss water resources, climate change resilience and local action in Indiana.
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