Building Connection and Community
CSNDC seeks to create supportive spaces for sharing experiences, promoting personal and professional development, and fostering a sense of community.
Men of Color/Male Engagement Network
CSNDC engages men of color in our service area to work towards positive outcomes in three main focus areas:
- Financial Health
- Housing Stability
- Mental Health and Well-Being.
We employ an asset-based approach to engage with men in the community to co-create a movement through which men of color can come together to receive and give support, learn and teach, and heal and be healed as we proactively address our quality of life – mentally, physically, emotionally and financially.
Our mission is to build pathways to success for men of color by identifying resources and removing barriers to success. Much of this work is performed through our monthly “The Collective” forum at which a multi-generational cohort of men convene to craft a collective agenda for both meetings and actions/activities that take place between meetings.
Beloved Women Collective
As part of our ongoing commitment to programming by and for women of color, CSNDC convenes women in the community through the Beloved Women Collective.
There is power in women coming together. The Beloved Women Collective is a community engagement peer-support group for women ages 18 and up meets regularly to empower women to learn how to organize, access resources, make changes, and be the voice for their own community.
The following goals shall be accomplished throughout the year.
- Community Building Events
- Resident Leadership
- Increase Awareness of Services and Accessibility
