Tools & Resources
Industrial Areas Foundation
This organization (Industrial Areas Foundation) is a network of local faith and community-based organizations. They work at the local level to build broad-based organizing projects, which create new capacity in a community for leadership development, citizen-led action and relationships across the lines that often divide our communities. It can be found in the...
Stakeholder Mapping Tool
This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) will help you identify the internal and external stakeholders involved in your focus area, understand their interests and concerns, and create strategies on how to get their support.
Social Identity Mapping
This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) is often used as a group activity to engage in deeper dialogue about who the group members are and to move beyond typical introductions and ice-breakers.
Team Blueprint
This tool (from Center for Creative Leadership) clarifies your partnership’s goals, project scope, meeting processes, and how you will work together; it also identifies roles and responsibilities.
Meta Messaging
This article (from Berkely Media Studies Group) discusses the importance of framing to create strong meta-messages that can reinforce the important values that drive health issues.
Walkability Checklist
This tool (from U. S. Department of Transportation) provides a checklist for assessing the walkability of your community. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Bikability Checklist
This tool (from U. S. Department of Transportation) provides a checklist for assessing the bikability of your community. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
National Center for Safe Routes to School
This tool (from The National Center for Safe Routes to School) is a resource to identify strategies and funding to increase access to healthy foods in your community, including linkages to funding strategies. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Food Financing Initiative
This tool (from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) is a financing strategy to support healthy food access. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...
Healthy Food Access Portal
This tool (from Policy Link) is a resource to identify strategies and funding to increase access to healthy foods in your community, including linkages to funding strategies. It can be found in the Community Development guide under...