{"id":5716,"date":"2024-02-01T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccc-home.local\/?post_type=eventopportunities&p=5716"},"modified":"2024-10-21T15:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:17:37","slug":"call-for-proposals-community-conversation-boston","status":"publish","type":"eventopportunities","link":"https:\/\/www.ccc.mit.edu\/eventopportunities\/call-for-proposals-community-conversation-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: Community Conversations in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div style=\"background-color: #FFFFFF\" id=\"Overview\" data-acf-block=\"Overview\">\n\n <div class=\"container-custom-reverse\">\n\n <!-- <hr> element conditional --> \n <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"> <\/hr>\n \n <div class=\"row\">\n\n <!-- Left title and whitespace --> \n <div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12\"> \n <h4 class=eventopp-block-title >Overview<\/h4>\n <\/div>\n\n <!-- Right body section --> \n <div class = \"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n <p><strong>An opportunity to create a thriving ecosystem for community listening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite members of community-based organizations, media, local municipal agencies, and educational\/youth organizations to join us as a cohort in building a new civic infrastructure for community-powered understanding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MIT Center for Constructive Communication, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will design, launch, and help grow a network of local key stakeholders that will invite members of their diverse communities to engage in public conversations, share their experiences, and develop a shared understanding as a way of building up our civic muscles of democracy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What’s in it for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training and certification in constructive communication skills, including conversation design, facilitation, and sensemaking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to technology and prototype tools designed by the MIT Center for Constructive Communication\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local networking opportunities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Front-page visibility in audio-rich, interactive, and publicly accessible portals that will serve as living and growing repositories of your hosted community dialogues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to $3,000 of financial support for your organization<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility & To-Do List:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be affiliated with a community-based organization, media, educational\/youth organization, or a local municipal agency that is able to organize and host conversations and is able to accept funds<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 10 organizations will be chosen!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commit one staff member for up to 40 hours of training-related activities in April and May 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Host up to five small-group conversations, each with 4-6 participants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Record and share your conversations on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fora.io\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fora<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> platform developed by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cortico.ai\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cortico<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze your facilitated conversations and surface themes and patterns that emerge<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div> \n\n <div style=\"width: 100%; height: 60px;\"><\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div> \n\n<\/div> \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color: #FFFFFF\" id=\"FAQs\" data-acf-block=\"FAQs\">\n\n <div class=\"container-custom-reverse\">\n\n <!-- <hr> element conditional --> \n <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"> <\/hr>\n \n <div class=\"row\">\n\n <!-- Left title and whitespace --> \n <div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-6 col-sm-12\"> \n <h4 class=eventopp-block-title >FAQs<\/h4>\n <\/div>\n\n <!-- Right body section --> \n <div class = \"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12\">\n <p><strong>Who can apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone affiliated with a community-based organization, a media, an educational\/youth organization (including but not limited to schools), or a local municipal agency. You are expected to have prior experience or active interest in community engagement and have the ability to form trusted relationships with community members in local neighborhoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I have to be attached to an organization to apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Although we will work with individual applicants, you need to be affiliated with a community-based organization, a media organization, an educational\/youth organization, or a local municipal agency that is able to organize and host conversations and is able to accept funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Does the organization need to be based in Boston?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. For this first round, we will work with organizations that are based in the city of Boston. Depending on future funding and interest, we may expand our work beyond Boston.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How many organizations will be included?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are planning to provide financial support to up to 10 organizations in 2024. Depending on additional funding and interest, we may be able to offer additional support in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the application process look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The application is online and can be completed in as little as 20 minutes. You will explain how you intend to use the funds, but you don\u2019t need to submit a formal budget. As a part of this application, we require a letter of support from your organization and a letter of recommendation from a community member to show that you are known and currently active in your community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the mentorship and professional development components of the program?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll be invited to join two full-day workshops at MIT to learn and practice how to use our tools and methods to advance and deepen your work with communities. We will explore together how to work as a team, facilitate and make sense of conversations, and understand how to use insights from these conversations in your change work. Our goal is to learn with and from each other!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll also have many opportunities to meet and chat with MIT CCC faculty, researchers, students, and staff. We will also create an environment for participants to organize skill shares with other members of this cohort and MIT CCC team members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the program, you\u2019ll receive a certification recognizing the skills you have acquired in organizing, hosting, and analyzing conversations and the impact you have demonstrated in your local community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What am I expected to do if my application is accepted?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the workshops you are expected to join as described above, you are expected to host up to five small-group recorded one-hour conversations with 4\u20136 people in your communities to explore their hopes and concerns about living in their neighborhood and analyze these conversations. Read and watch more about our technology <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cortico.ai\/platform\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the time commitment for the program?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should allocate up to 20 hours for the duration of the program for onboarding, training, and meeting needs, up to 10 hours for organizing and facilitating conversations, and up to 10 hours for analyzing the conversations you hosted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do constructive conversations look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our framework supports conversations that invite people to share their life experiences, create a shared understanding among participants, and encourage authentic and deep listening. Conversations will be hosted using a conversation guide that you\u2019ll design together with the other workshop participants and in collaboration with MIT CCC team members. Conversations with community members are expected to be around one hour each.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What kind of expenses does the financial support cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The financial support from MIT CCC will cover your community outreach efforts, organizing and facilitating conversations, and analyzing them using our technology. You\u2019ll have the flexibility to allocate a part of the financial support to compensate community members who will join the conversations in any way you see fit, such as offering a free meal, organizing a community gathering, or covering expenses of participants\u2019 travel\/childcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I apply and what\u2019s the deadline?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed applications with recommendations must be submitted by March 18, 2024 using this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSchdvwrHd1WmIbXCkwRocKUXV3bTpQ6r8dD2KJHSkVK2XokSQ\/viewform\">link<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What happens after I submit my application?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIT CCC will review and select individuals to receive the financial support. You will be notified of the status of your application by March 30. In the meantime, please check our website to stay connected, hear about our upcoming events, and learn about our ongoing projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the timeline for this effort?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll do our best to accommodate different schedules and time commitments but you can find a tentative timeline below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 30: Notification of Awardees\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April-May: Training\/workshops part 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May-June: Facilitated conversations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June-July: Training\/workshops part 2<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July-September: Sensemaking & narrative development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What if my application is not accepted?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone who applies or is simply interested can still join as a conversation participant and help us grow our network of conversations across the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have additional questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Marina Rakhilin, Program Manager, MIT Center for Constructive Communication at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:mrna@media.mit.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mrna@media.mit.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for this program was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 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