Driving Real Community Impact
Join us for a powerful full-day summit bringing together cross-sector leaders, residents, and change-makers to drive real community impact!
📅 April 16, 2025 | 🕘 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Lunch will be provided
📍 USI | Carter Hall | UC West | 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712
Who should come?
- Neighborhood Residents – Come have your voice heard and meet your community advocates
- Community Partner Organizations and Leaders – If you represent a neighborhood, we encourage you to bring a resident from that neighborhood **Neighborhood residents will need to register themselves
- Anyone interested in making our neighborhoods better
What to Expect:
- Public Release of Community Development Ecosystem Mapping – See how our community is connected and where we can collaborate more effectively
- Resident-Led Panel – Hear firsthand experiences and insights from community members shaping neighborhood solutions
- Engaging Work Sessions – Work alongside local leaders to tackle real challenges and create actionable strategies
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Danielle Varda, Founder/CEO of Visible Network Labs
“Thinking like a Network Scientist: Strengthening Community Collaboration”
Registration Required for both neighborhood residents and community partner organizations (see below)
- You will be asked to choose your top 3 work sessions of interest:
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- Building Stronger Neighborhoods: Resident-led solutions for lasting change
- Working Together for a Better Future: How Nonprofits, Businesses, Residents, Philanthropists, & Government can collaborate
- Using Data to Make a Difference: Gathering, understanding, and using information for community benefit
- Breaking Barriers to Housing: Strategies for affordable, stable housing
- Growing Local Economies: Creative strategies for financial stability and business development
- Going Digital: Making resources easy to access
- Turning Advocacy into Action: Understanding policies and driving change
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Cost:
- Neighborhood Residents are FREE. (under “Registration Type” click “Neighborhood Resident” and you will not be charged for your registration
- Community Partner Organizations are asked to pay a nominal fee of $25 for each organization member attending. The fee covers 1 person from the org and 1 neighborhood resident The resident you invite will also need to register under “Neighborhood Resident”
Questions? Contact Merrick Korach at merrick.korach@echohousing.org
“Thinking like a Network Scientist: Strengthening Community Collaboration”
– Dr. Danielle Varda, Founder/CEO of Visible Network Labs
The Collective Action Network (CAN) is a cross-sector group of community leaders who come together to create change. Using the collective impact model, this approach unites multiple organizations to tackle systemic challenges through shared goals, data-driven strategies, and coordinated efforts. Together, we strive to enhance community outcomes and build a stronger support system for vulnerable populations.
Expanding our focus through CAN allows us to serve all neighborhoods in need, rather than being limited to specific areas defined years ago. Our initiatives now span three key areas: Physical, Social, and Economic Development.
