Resources Investing in Grassroots Advocacy: A Funder’s Guide Many foundations focused on equity have increased their support for Grassroots Advocacy Organizations (GRAOs) in recent years. The Connecticut Health Foundation, with a mission focused on improving health outcomes for people of color and ensuring that all Connecticut residents have access to affordable and high-quality care, commissioned TCC Group to…
Resources Pathways to Policy Durability: Insights for Advocates and their Funders For over a century, American policymakers have worked to implement policies that conserve natural resources and protect the environment, from Theodore Roosevelt’s efforts to establish national parks and the measures enacted in the wake of the Dust Bowl all the way to the efforts of the late twentieth and early…
Events ComNet 2022 Collaboratively Creating a Sex-Positive Narrative About HIV That Centers Black Women Learn how and why we’re changing the narrative about HIV with and for Black women Jessie Landerman, Senior Consultant with Integrated Initiatives, shares a poster presentation exploring our Narrative Creation process and lessons learned from disseminating the narrative within the…
Events South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association 8th Biennial Conference The SAMEA 2022 conference recognizes the importance of monitoring, evaluation and evidence use systems as playing a key role in local, national and global levels. The challenges of collecting evidence, sharing information and interpreting information in the context of uncertainty caused by constant change and the need for rapid response…
Events Evaluation 2022- American Evaluation Association (AEA) Annual Conference Concepts, Design Strategies, and Methods for Evaluating Advocacy and Policy Change Initiatives Tuesday, November 8 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Several factors have fueled the need for skilled evaluators that can design appropriate advocacy and policy change (APC) evaluations to meet diverse stakeholder needs: increased foundation interest in supporting…
Resources Here As I Am: A Listening Initiative with Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men Affected by HIV The project is a key element of ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action for Latinx Men initiative that supports Latinx-led solutions, safe spaces and trusted networks for Latinx gay, bisexual and trans men to mobilize communities and engage men in care. We would like to thank all of the men who opened…
Events American Evaluation Association: LGBTQ+ Evaluation: Building a Liberatory Praxis Together – eStudy 123 This two-day, six-hour, participatory eStudy fills a gap in LGBTQ+ Evaluation training by taking an inquiry-based approach in which attendees develop practical skills in LGBTQ+ Evaluation while reflecting on the question, “How can our work as evaluators help to advance LGBTQ+ peoples liberation?” Resources: CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance…
Events Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Change Leadership Initiative Evaluation Series TCC Group has led the initiative-level evaluation of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Change Leadership Initiative since the programs’ inception in 2015. While each NPC has its own evaluator that assesses program-specific experiences and outcomes, TCC’s evaluation focuses on cross-initiative learnings based on experiences and outcomes tracked across all four programs.…
Resources From Risk to Reasons: A Guide for Communicating and Connecting with Black Women about HIV ViiV Healthcare’s Risk to Reasons initiative is designed to reframe and refocus HIV prevention and care for Black women. Guided by advocates across the country, Risk to Reasons sets out to develop new messages, new messengers and new methods to increase awareness and action around HIV prevention and care to…
Events Fall 2022 CCAT Facilitator Training Program Want to add expert interpretation of TCC Group’s CCAT to your consulting toolkit? TCC Group has trained hundreds of nonprofit consultants around the world in using the CCAT to lead change in organizations. Certified CCAT Facilitators provide expert guidance to nonprofit leaders to translate assessment results into meaningful organizational improvement.…