In 2017, Appleseed partnered with an organization called Princeton AlumniCorps to collaborate on the Bold Idea, a two-year initiative to promote network-based collaboration on immigration and forced migration issues. AlumniCorps shares a similar origin story to Appleseed, having been founded by Princeton alumni in 1989 with a mission to mobilize people, organizations, and networks for the public good (not unlike Appleseed’s founding by a group of Harvard Law alumni).
The objectives of our joint project were fourfold: (1) to convene, connect, and empower public interest and nonprofit organizations who use or are considering a network-based approach to address critical social issues; (2) to deepen collaborations seeking to welcome and protect immigrants in an era of increasing hostility and mobilize our specific networks toward this end; (3) to promote and expand Appleseed and AlumniCorps as effective models for this approach; and (4) to educate and mobilize philanthropic partners to fund networks and collaboratives.
Over the last two years, Appleseed and AlumniCorps have harnessed the knowledge, expertise, and resources of our respective networks to host convenings and panels featuring experts on immigration issues; produced and disseminated a wide variety of resources and materials; led a three-part webinar series; and fostered connections and knowledge sharing among Appleseed Center staff, direct service providers, foundation officers, volunteers, and others interested in immigration issues.
Appleseed has also been able to use this project to build and strengthen the network of Appleseed Centers around the US and Mexico and demonstrate that diverse, high functioning networks can have a significant impact in addressing critical social issues. We have worked with an expert consultant to assess our network, develop best practices, and implement her recommendations to increase our effectiveness as a Network. That effectiveness was on display at the Bold Idea Symposium, the final event in our two-year partnership with AlumniCorps that took place on May 14, 2019 at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in Midtown Manhattan.
You can learn more by reading about the Symposium below, reviewing the recordings of our webinars (listed below), or checking out the directory of resources compiled throughout this project.
The objectives of our joint project were fourfold: (1) to convene, connect, and empower public interest and nonprofit organizations who use or are considering a network-based approach to address critical social issues; (2) to deepen collaborations seeking to welcome and protect immigrants in an era of increasing hostility and mobilize our specific networks toward this end; (3) to promote and expand Appleseed and AlumniCorps as effective models for this approach; and (4) to educate and mobilize philanthropic partners to fund networks and collaboratives.
Over the last two years, Appleseed and AlumniCorps have harnessed the knowledge, expertise, and resources of our respective networks to host convenings and panels featuring experts on immigration issues; produced and disseminated a wide variety of resources and materials; led a three-part webinar series; and fostered connections and knowledge sharing among Appleseed Center staff, direct service providers, foundation officers, volunteers, and others interested in immigration issues.
Appleseed has also been able to use this project to build and strengthen the network of Appleseed Centers around the US and Mexico and demonstrate that diverse, high functioning networks can have a significant impact in addressing critical social issues. We have worked with an expert consultant to assess our network, develop best practices, and implement her recommendations to increase our effectiveness as a Network. That effectiveness was on display at the Bold Idea Symposium, the final event in our two-year partnership with AlumniCorps that took place on May 14, 2019 at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in Midtown Manhattan.
You can learn more by reading about the Symposium below, reviewing the recordings of our webinars (listed below), or checking out the directory of resources compiled throughout this project.
The Bold Idea Symposium
The Symposium featured local, state, national and international experts on critical immigration issues providing the latest updates in the field, funders sharing their work on immigration and networked organizations, and specialists in network development and growth sharing research on how to best leverage networked organizations. It provided an opportunity for over 80 attendees (including several from Appleseed Centers) to network and build relationships with each other, learn about using networks and coalitions to advance social justice, and gain insights on pushing for systemic change on immigration and forced migration issues.
To read more about the Symposium, download our latest newsletter!
To read more about the Symposium, download our latest newsletter!
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