Course Details

TThis advanced, workshop-based course will offer students the tools needed to incorporate creative and culturally relevant elements into a holistic and responsive community organizing and development practice. Participants will practice developing key insights regarding their communities, identifying oppressive conditions that have caused harm in their communities, imagine new ideas for nourishing programs and physical changes, and implement programs, collective decision-making, and accountable governance. This course builds on content learned in NR190 and NR290; participants may also decide to join if they are well-versed in integrating creative strategies into equitable and creative community development without prior NeighborWorks coursework. This work honors and is possible because of a long history of culturally responsive and creative community organizing and development work, including indigenous placekeeping, cultural equity movements, Black-led movements for civil rights, trauma-informed community building, and more.

NR190vc and NR290WK are encouraged prerequisites for this course and make up the Creative Community Development certification.

This faculty-led online course includes self-paced online assignments and the use of peer discussion forums. The course is presented in four weekly lessons. A live online session is held weekly with the faculty and participants. Participants should expect to spend approximately four hours per week on course related reading and assignments.

Course Length: 2 Days

Tuition: $545.0

Course counts toward a professional certificate (PCP): Yes