Morris County - Morristown - Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood? Community Asset Mapping
Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood? Community Asset Mapping
A half day workshop that will be presented by NJ Volunteer Organizations Active After a Disaster (NJVOAD) for NJCAR. Many community organizations focus on the needs or deficits of the community. Every community has needs and deficits that nonprofit organizations should attend to. Nevertheless, it is also possible to focus on assets and strengths -- emphasizing what the community does have, not what it does not. Those assets and strengths can be used to meet those same community needs; they can improve community life. To draw upon a community's assets, we first have to find out what they are. So in this workshop, we will focus on identifying community assets and resources. We will also show how they can be harnessed to meet community needs and to strengthen the community as a whole.
We will be hosting this event in two locations:
March 3, 2020- Morris Museum: 6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960
March 4, 2020- Monmouth County Library: 125 Symmes Dr, Manalapan Township, NJ 07726
Cost: $15 covers continental breakfast
About NJCAR:
The New Jersey Cultural Alliance for Response (NJCAR) empowers New Jersey’s cultural communities to preserve their valuable assets and sustain operations before, during, and after disasters strike. This new Alliance is comprised of a network of organizations, associations, agencies, and individuals dedicated to safeguarding the State’s cultural heritage. NJCAR is affiliated with the national group — Heritage Preservation’s Alliance for Response.
What is New Jersey’s cultural community?
Libraries
Museums and galleries
Performing arts venues
Archives and manuscript repositories
Historic districts, sites, and parks
Artists
Historical societies
Arboretums and botanical gardens
Archaeological sites
Affiliated persons, agencies and organizations
Keith Adams, Executive Director at New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NJVOAD)
NJVOAD is one of a network of member agencies, such as the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Methodist Committee on Relief, Team Rubicon, Episcopal Relief and Development, NECHAMA, United Muslim Relief, Catholic Charities, Save the Children, and more than 30 others who help people and communities; in preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation of disasters. VOAD improves outcomes for people and communities affected by disasters by facilitating cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration among nonprofit organizations, community-based groups, government agencies and for-profit companies. Our mission is to lead and support New Jersey’s National, State, and local organization’s efforts to build disaster-resilient communities.
If you have any questions or comments please contact Nayomi Torres-Velez at ntorresvelez@njstatelib.org
