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Presented at the 2010 Aging in America Conference. In 2009, the Detroit Griot Collaborative recorded and disseminated stories of “Volunteering in Detroit: Seniors Make the Motor City Run” through radio and community listening parties. Simultaneously, older adults took leadership roles in neighborhood-based change and livable community initiatives on Detroit’s near-east side. Learn the implementation processes the respective collaboratives utilized and examine the roles older adults play in creating social change and maintaining the cultural fabric of Detroit. Narrative reflection and multigenerational relationships will also be discussed.TRANSCRIPT
Recognizing the Impact Civically Engaged
Older Adults Make on our Communities
Detroit Griot Collaborative:Rachel Hewitt, Hannan Foundation
Donald Vest, Arts League of Michigan
Pointers Sustained and Villages Neighbor to Neighbor:Sharon Maier, Services for Older Citizens
Natalie Zappella, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Agenda • Introductions
• What is civic engagement?
• Two civic engagement programs
• Detroit Griot Collaborative, “Volunteering in Detroit” Process
• Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Pointers Sustained & VillagesN2N Process
• Listening PARTY! & Reflection
• Evaluation
Civic Engagement Defined • “Dear Detroit”
• What is Civic Engagement?
• What older adult civic engagement projects do you work with?
• What do you want to get out of this workshop?
Volunteering in Detroit:
Partners
• Detroit Griot Collaborativeo Arts League of Michigano Charles H. Wright African American Museumo Detroit Renaissance Lyons Clubo Fred Hart Williams Geneological Societyo Luella Hannan Memorial Foundationo Walter Reuther Libraryo WDET
People aged 65 and over make up 12 percent of the
population in Southeast Michigan.
By 2035 this will be 1 in 4 people Community Foundation for Southeast
Michigan
Volunteering in Detroit Objectives
• Identify and record 50 older Detroiters who have made service to community an integral part of their lives.
• Examine and discuss meaning behind historic and ongoing commitment volunteers make to civic institutions in Detroit.
• Define and validate roles older adults play in the community through project activities, thereby decreasing the perception of personal development declining in later years.
• Disseminate stories to broader community through multiple media types.
• Preserve collection in Walter Reuther Archives.
Process• Development of Detroit Griot
Partners• Defining “Service to Community”• Creating Questions• Recruitment
o Interviewerso Interviewees
• Recording• Coding and Editing• Dissemination
o Gifto Listening Partieso WDETo Exhibit Panels
• Evaluation
Service DefinedService to community is a widely
inclusive definition of volunteering and includes:
o Informal and formal volunteeringo Neighborhood, block group and
community service worko Labor unionso Church committeeso Work with traditional civic
organizationso Activismo Caregiving within and outside of the
familyo Other similar effortso Note: volunteering and “service to
community” are used interchangeably.
Volunteering in Detroit:
Results
Pre and Post Surveyso 7 Questions regarding feelings
on volunteerismo Surveys tabulated for subset:
“Speaking our Stories”
Positive Change Regarding Roles o I am satisfied with my level of community
involvement over my lifetime. Pre: SA and A = 22% Post: SA and A = 100%
o I am satisfied with the success I have achieved as a volunteer. Pre: A = 67%; D = 33% Post: SA = 35%: A = 65%
o I “made a difference” as a volunteer. Pre: SA = 56%; A = 33% Post: SA = 100%
People aged 65 and over make up 12 percent of the
population in Southeast Michigan.
By 2035 this will be 1 in 4 people Community Foundation for Southeast
Michigan
Volunteering in Detroit Objectives
• Why use the narrative reflection format?
• Quality of Life
• Role Definition
• Programming
• Management
• Public Attitudes
• Other?
PointersSustained
Partners
With support from
CEP Goal Increase opportunities for the growing number of people over 60 who seek to devote time and energy to communityimprovement and social change.
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Community Foundation Goal Utilize community assets, including
the talents of older adults, to create affordable, desirable places for all
persons to age and live healthy, empowered and productive lives
where whatever one has to contribute makes a difference.
Detroit Neighborhood Fund
People aged 65 and over make up 12 percent of the
population in Southeast Michigan.
By 2035 this will be 1 in 4 people Community Foundation for Southeast
Michigan
DNF Community Partners
Objectives• Identify 10-14 community residents to participate in
a planning committee for 4-6 months
• Co-develop Community-Based Participatory Research process
• Co-learn about innovative community-based approaches to aging in place
• Provide technical assistance and support to 2 planning teams through an empowerment framework
• Assess the feasibility and provide recommendations for a home and community based support system sensitive to the community
• Host a community forum and develop short report
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Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Defined
Alters researcher-community relationships
• Collaborative & Equitable Partnership
• Reciprocal Appreciation
• Builds community capacity
• Bridges knowledge and practice gap
• Action and social change = fundamental
CBPR is NOT:
• Basic research
• Community-placed research
• Sporadic or symbolic community inclusion
Kathy Beltaire, West VillageDiane Van Buren, Indian VillageSheu-Jane Gallagher, Gold CoastSharon Garret, West VillageTamika Hamilton, Church of the MessiahJerry Springs, Adult Well-Being ServicesShanetta Stanley, Greater Christ Baptist ChurchRev. Barry Randolph, Church of the MessiahVeronica Randolph, Church of the MessiahKenyetta Walker, Community At LargeSheree Walton, Islandview, Mustard Tree Coop
Beverly BurnsSusan ChapmanBridget ChristianBetsy CreedonSharon DeHaven David Dieter, Christ Church Grosse PointeSharon Maier, Services for Older CitizensAnita Salustro
PointersSustained
9 Focus Groups
Initial Planning & Exploration
and Nominations
CBSS Roundtable
CBSS Process, Phase 1
Develop Survey
Create Joint Ownership
and Conduct Survey Outreach
Research, Analysis and Co-learning
CBSS Process, Phase 2
Design Research & Planning Process
Hold Community ForumsVisioning, Planning
Develop Report
CBSS Process, Phase 2 (cont.)
and Additional Outreach
Collective Reflection, Evaluation And Defining of History
CBSS Process, Phase 2 (cont.)
Implications of Narrative Reflection
• Quality of Life
• Surfaces:• Role and Personal Meaning• Social importance • Impact on the community• Skills and capacities used or gained
• Power accrues to those who are able to:• Create knowledge • Access systems of knowledge that name the problem, • Organize people and resources around the problem, • Mobilize solutions.
• Public attitudes • About older volunteers• Value of program, volunteers
• Programming and Management• Evaluation
Listening PARTY! & Reflection
“I thought, well, I can make a phone call while I’m having my coffee about the potholes in the street.” - Patricia Carter
“The neighborhood we came from we thought was different, but maybe it was not.”
- Suesetta McCree
Pointers Sustained & Villages Neighbor to Neighbor
CBSS Process, Phase 2 (cont.)
Collective Reflection, Evaluation And Defining of History
Contact Information
Rachel Hewitt, LLMSWCommunity Social WorkerLuella Hannan Memorial Foundation4750 Woodward AvenueDetroit, MI 48201 313.833.1300, [email protected]
Natalie Zappella, MSW, MUPProgram Associate, Community InvestmentCommunity Foundation for Southeast Michigan333 W. Fort St., Suite 2010Detroit, MI [email protected]
Sharon Maier, C.F.R.E
(Certified Fund Raising Executive)
Executive Director
Services for Older Citizens
17150 Waterloo, Grosse Pointe, MI
(313) 882-9600
Donald Vest, BADetroit Griot Collaborative
Chairman Emeritus, Arts League of
Michigan
7700 2nd Avenue
Detroit, MI 50613