More than 600 resident leaders nationwide at three-day training course in Baltimore
Eight residents of properties in Quincy and Brockton owned by NeighborWorks Housing Solutions (NHS), the leading housing service provider in southern Massachusetts, were among some 600 resident leaders from across the country to recently attend the Community Leadership Institute (CLI) in Baltimore, Maryland.
The three-day training program is designed for participants to “meet, grow, learn, and change.” It is aimed at developing and sharing solutions to a variety of local challenges in an effort to foster greater opportunity. The theme for this year’s CLI was “Diversity to Harmony: Blending Perspectives for Common Goals.”
Participants attended workshops led by experienced practitioners, networked with other resident leaders from around the country, joined tours that highlighted Baltimore’s resident-led efforts, and were made aware of grant funding to carry out resident-led projects back home in their local communities. The three-day program ultimately provided attendees with the tools, knowledge, and resources needed to enhance their neighborhoods as places of opportunity and positive growth. Each CLI team will develop and implement a local neighborhood project initiative. “The NeighborWorks CLI Team will focus on ‘Arts in the Community,’” said Antoinette Pabon-Green, Resident Board Member of NeighborWorks Housing Solutions.
NeighborWorks residents attending this year’s CLI were: Pat Gibson; Nicole Luczynski; Kerry Nelson; Kelly Amado; Ivone Casey; Sonia Cardoso; and Board of Directors member Antoinette Pabon-Green.
“Community-based leadership is a key to the success of our economic and housing development strategy, and we are so grateful to the residents who have stepped up to help lead this program for their neighborhoods,” said Robert Corley, CEO of NeighborWorks Housing Solutions.
“This exceptional program emphasizes the significance of inclusivity, celebrates and embraces diversity, and encourages the acknowledgment of shared objectives,” said Veronica Truell, CLI Team Leader from NeighborWorks Housing Solutions, noting “we are so proud and excited about all they learned and will accomplish in our Quincy and Brockton neighborhoods in the coming year.”
About NeighborWorks® Housing Solutions
NeighborWorks® Housing Solutions is the leading housing service provider in southern Massachusetts. NHS has more than 70 years of combined experience in the community development field and provides services to more than 20,000 households in over 75 cities and towns across the region. In addition to building and managing nearly 800 units of housing for veterans, homeless families and others in need, the agency offers a wide range of housing services, including foreclosure prevention counseling, home rehabilitation loans and grants, financial coaching and first-time homebuyer workshops. For more information, contact call 617-770-5217 or visit www.nhsmass.org.
