Workshop: Trust for Public Land

Building Communities of Belonging in Public Spaces 

What it is: An interactive workshop that will explore best practices in community engagement in public spaces (parks, libraries, or other community gathering places) where democracy can thrive and bring people together across lines of difference. We'll also explore how to effectively measure the social and civic impacts of public space programming. 

What you’ll learn:

• Identify best practices for engaging communities in public spaces, and explore the resources and support needed to apply them.  
• Hear about the key barriers to effective social capital design and measurement faced by public space nonprofits, such as funding constraints, staff capacity, and trust-building, and explore ways to address these challenges.
• Strengthen grantmaking strategies by incorporating social impact measurement, supporting grantees in building evaluation capacity, and providing comprehensive resources before requiring new assessments. 

Facilitators: Kate Gannon, Associate Director of Capacity Building, Trust for Public Land; Cary Simmons, Director of Community Strategies, Trust for Public Land; Nichole Argo, PhD, Executive Director, TogetherUp Institute; Daniela Paz Peterson, Director of Welcoming Places, Trust for Public Land

About Trust for Public Land: Trust for Public Land believes everyone should have access to the outdoors. We create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come.