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Program #411Jericho Road Roxbury: unique neighborhood, unique partnership
Jericho Road Roxbury (JR Rox) creates a bridge between the UU Urban Ministry’s Greater Boston congregations and the nonprofits serving Roxbury by matching skilled volunteers with the needs of community based organizations. Participants will learn about exciting projects underway, participate in a hands‐on workshop around cultural competence, and understand how they and their congregations can get more involved.
www.jrroxbury.org
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Welcome & Introductions
Rev. Catherine Senghas, Executive Director UU Urban Ministry, Roxbury, MA
Gail Schoenbrunn, Chair and Jericho Road Volunteer, JR Rox Steering Committee
Karla Baehr, Member and Jericho Road Volunteer, JR Rox Steering Committee
Tony Ibañez, Member First Church Boston UU and JRRox Volunteer
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Intended Outcomes for this Morning
Know more about the mission of Jericho Road Roxbury (JRRox) and how we organize for successLearn a bit about what we’ve done so farUnderstand how cultural competence plays a part in how successful we can beKnow how you can get involvedGet to know three other participants better
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How we’re organized
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Jericho Road UU Urban Ministry
JR Lowell Renewal House
Bethany House
Jericho Road Roxbury
RYP(Roxbury Youth Programs)
JR Worcester
JR Pasadena…
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The Jericho Road Vision
GoalEnhanced quality of life for underserved cities and citizens
StrategyBuild communities of higher‐performing nonprofits
ApproachBridge skilled volunteers with the needs of nonprofits
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The Jericho Road History
2003 Lowell2005 Lawrence2009 Worcester 2010 Lynn2012 Pasadena (CA)
2012 Roxbury *2014 Dallas
*First site launched by a three‐church collaboration*First embedded site in an existing nonprofit (UUUM)
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An Introduction to Roxbury
Roxbury was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During the massive migration from the South to northern cities in the 1940s and 1950s, Roxbury was called “the heart of black culture in Boston”; today it’s a vibrant mix of Caribbean, Hispanic and black culturesThe area declined during social upheaval and urban renewal programs of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Grassroots efforts by residents and a vibrant nonprofit community have led to Roxbury’s revitalization, but it remains a “work in progress”
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Our Promise to the Nonprofits of Roxbury
The nonprofits serving greater Roxbury are experts in their respective fields but are often under‐resourced. Jericho Road Roxbury recruits volunteers with specific professional skills to tackle or complete projects that help nonprofits build capacity and improve their impact on the community. As a program of the UUUM, which has been in Roxbury for over 30 years, we tap volunteers from Boston area UU congregations and their surrounding communities. There are no deadlines for application, no costs and no bureaucracy. There is one application and one mission: to help nonprofits help our neighbors here in vibrant Roxbury.
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We’re all in the bridge building business
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At home with the UU Urban Ministry
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Jericho Road Roxbury is bridging our UU community with our neighbors in Roxbury by matching the professional talents of volunteers with the needs of community‐based nonprofit organizations serving the greater Roxbury community to promote community development, strengthen social services and put our faith in action.
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How we do it
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A Sampling of Projects
A plan for leadership transition for Project Hip Hop
A data migration project for The City School
Financial templates for the Mission Hill Youth Collaborative
A new Policies & Procedures manual for Diamond Girls
Grant research/writing for La Alianza Hispana & Discover Roxbury
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A satisfied partner
WAITT House is an adult literacy program designed to empoweradult learners with the English and analytical fluency that will helpthem realize their potential and improve their lives.
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The Outcome?
The project? Build a robust, easy‐to‐navigate website for all users: donors, grant writers, students & partners.
A satisfied partner
Before After
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A satisfied partner
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A satisfied partner
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The Family Van provides free preventive health services, health education, and referrals to individuals in under‐served neighborhoods.
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The Project? A feasibility study to help The Family Van decide whether or not to expand into the Corporate Wellness market. JR Rox volunteers interviewed Family Van advisors, reviewed operations and financing, and investigated the market opportunity to provide services to the local Corporate Wellness market.
The Outcome? The Family Van has a feasible model to improve sustainability and more effectively meet program goals.
“We needed an in depth analysis of this market opportunity and did not have the internal capacity to do it….We can now moveforward based on a clearer understanding of both thecosts and benefits to our organization.”
A satisfied partner
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The Food Project is a youth development and urban agriculture program based in Roxbury. Its new Executive Director had secured interest from a Harvard program that lends expertise to nonprofits, but needed to revise its vision and mission to be eligible. Under pressure to act quickly, the Food Pantry sought out the help of Jericho Road Roxbury.
Another satisfied partner
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The Food ProjectYouth. Food. Community
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The project? A JR Rox volunteer team led four planning sessions in four weeks for a team of Board, staff and youth.
The outcome? Through dialogue and analysis, the team achieved a consensus on a promising vision statement, established a team committed to making the hard choices required to achieve it, and laid the foundation for putting the vision into practice.
Another satisfied partner
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Support for Volunteers
Expectations for JR Rox Volunteers
Listen first.Be your most culturally aware self.Respect the nonprofit as the expert in what it does.Don’t think you have all the answers.Present options, not prescriptions.Be prepared to do problem solving WITH the nonprofit lead, not try to hand him/her answers.
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Effective partnership requires intentional relationships
Because intentional relationships require cultural competence,JR Rox works to support its volunteers with workshops to build
competence and confidence
1. Reading culture: our own and others’
2. Questions that build relationship, trust & capacity
3. Culturally responsive listening
4. Representing JR Rox with integrity and commitment
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Workshop Activity #1: What’s in a name?
1. Please pair up with someone you do not know.
1. Introduce yourselves by briefly describing your congregation’s social justice /social action work, and then explaining the origin of your own name and what your name means to you.
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Reading culture: people
Culture is everything we believe and do that identifies us as part of a group and
distinguishes us from other groups. Many people think of culture as their race
or ethnicity, but we are much more complex than that. Most people belong to
several groups and identify strongly with two or three. So when we talk about
our culture, we consider all the groups we identify with strongly or from which
we derive our identity.
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Reading culture: organizations
Organizations have cultures, too. Each member knows what behaviors are
expected and affirmed within it. By understanding the culture of the organization
in which we volunteer, we will be better able to communicate, build trust and
manage any tension and conflict with the staff of the nonprofit.
*Distinguish between the nonprofit lead’s personal culture and theorganization’s culture (they aren’t necessarily the same!)
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Reading culture: some sources of difference
Organizational foundation: corporate, government, education or
nonprofit
Primary language
Social/economic background & status
Level of formal education & training
Generation
Gender identity & sexual orientation
Race & ethnicity
Place of residence
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Building intentional relationships
Building intentional relationships requires that each of us RECOGNIZES:
…Entitlements, especially those due to age, gender, race, experience, training and education…Our own and others’ tendency to over‐generalize from a single or small number of examples or experiences…The value of cultural “congruence”
Is what I say and do respectful of the other’s culture AND authentic to myself?
…Limitations created by our own cultural perspectives…The importance of offering carefully considered opinions as options, not prescriptions
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Workshop Activity #2: Questions that build relationship, trust & capacity
Choose your question type(s) carefully
OPEN questions cause people to talk
CLOSED questions can be answered by yes/no, and are useful to confirm a
fact or understanding
FACT FINDING questions focus on what is measurable or observable
OPINION questions ask the person’s opinions; they ask about attitudes and
reactions
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Will you help us build this bridge?
We need your support:
DonationsVolunteeringRecruiting other volunteers for usServing as your congregation’s JR Rox key contactIntroducing us to nonprofits who might benefit from our supportHelping launch a new site (!)
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Matching Interests & Skills
Top 10 nonprofit interests Top 10 Volunteer Skills
1. Board development2. Event planning3. Graphic design4. Marketing & communication5. Photography6. Strategic planning7. Assessment & evaluations8. Fundraising9. Grant writing10. IT11.12.13.
1. Board development2. Event planning3. Copy, Edit & Graphics4. Marketing & Presentation5. Photography6. Strategic planning7.8.9.10.11. Coaching & facilitating12. Presentation & speeches13. Training & Instruction
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Stay Connected with JR RoxPostcards
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The JR Rox “Ride” #1
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The JR Rox “Ride” #2
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The JR Rox “Ride” #3
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Stay connected!
Sign up for email updatesApply to volunteerInvite a JRRox team to:present from the pulpitdo a Q&A with your social justice/social action committeelead a presentation and discussion at or after coffee hour
Ask Tony Ibañez to come to your church for one of his JR Rox“Sunday rides”
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Questions?Suggestions?Wonderings?
How to reach us:[email protected]
www.uuum.orgwww.jerichoroadproject.org
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www.jerichoroadproject.org
One day, the whole Jericho Road must be transformed so that men and women will not be beaten and robbed as they make their journey through life. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it understands that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
‐ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the speech Beyond Vietnam (April 1967)