Community Association Support and Leadership Training
CPHA cultivates direct relationships with community associations in order to provide the technical support and leadership training necessary to build strong neighborhoods. CPHA…
- Does GIS mapping and neighborhood planning to solve neighborhood challenges
- Creates and distributes tip sheets to explain best practices of community organizing and leadership
- Hosts Activate Your Inner Citizen workshops to train the next generation of community leaders
- Prints community newsletters for member community organizations
- Directs community associations to available government and non-profit resources
“CPHA’s most enduring contribution to the quality of life in Baltimore is the training CPHA offers to its volunteers and its service as an incubator for community leaders.”
Frances Morton Froelicher
founder of CPHA and its Executive Director for over 25 years
Past AYIC: University Course Titles Included:
- Panel: Getting the Word Out: How to Effectively Communicate Your Organizations Ideas and Actions (Presented by several Baltimore City community leaders)
- The Importance of a Dynamic Community Newsletter (Presented by Kelley Ray, a writing and design consultant and community volunteer)
- Addressing Neighborhood Nuisances: Legal Tools for Your Community (Presented by Robin Jacobs & Christina Schoppert of the Community Law Center)
- How to Lead and Volunteer Management (Presented by Maureen Eccleston of Volunteer Maryland)
- Special Community Events and Permits (Presented by Fran Spero of the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks)
- Leadership Roles, Boards and Leader Succession (Presented by Kenneth Morgan of Coppin State University)
- Get Engaged: How to Organize, Make Connections and Encourage Volunteerism in Your Community (Presented by Lane Victorson of the Maryland School of Social Work)
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Meetings (Presented by Lisa Bleich of Resolution Works)
- Strengthen Your Neighborhood Through Community History (Presented by Eli Pousson of Baltimore Heritage)
- Your Vote, Your Voice (Presented by Kim Haven of the Maryland Democracy Project)
- The 5 R’s of Teen Councils: Roots, Recruitment, Results, Reasons, Reaching Forward (Presented by the South Baltimore Teen Council)
- NeighborSpace of Baltimore County: Protecting Land to Improve Communities (Presented by Barbara Hopkins and Eric Rockel of NeighborSpace)
- Small Grant Writing: Funding Your Community Efforts (Presented by Abby Cocke of Baltimore City’s Office of Sustainability)
- Your Community Green Space: How to Start and Hold on to a Community Open Space (Presented by Miriam Avins of Baltimore Green Space)
