How effectively is your organization centering community? Use this tool with the Community Bill of Rights to guide conversations around what is or isn't being done to center community in your organization.
As you begin your centering community journey, the Centering Community Assessment helps organizations and communities evaluate and set a baseline for effective community partnership and genuine collaboration. There are two parts to it, the organizational self-assessment and a community member survey. Use this resource in conjunction with the Community Bill of Rights to create internal alignment and it can surface differences. A critical early implementation step is to resolve those differences before involving community so that they are not solved at community’s expense.
This resource was created in partnership with community leaders who coauthored the Community Bill of Rights.
FFI Board Member, Jose Faus, speaks about what it means to center community.
Full Frame Initiative partnered with community leaders to develop the Community Bill of Rights. This resource serves as a guide for government systems, philanthropy and nonprofits to center community, shift power and heal systemic harms.
This slide highlights the differences between traditional community engagement and centering community.