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Nearly 3/4 of the paid Making Connections staff in Denver are current or former residents of the neighborhood being served.
Garland Yates went from a 17-year-old high-school dropout with few prospects to a respected community leader at 25. In this report, Yates provides a firsthand account of his observations on engaging community, developed through his experience as a senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, working with the Making Connections community in Denver. This report is part of “The Diarist Project” series of stories and reflections about the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Making Connections Initiative.
Creating meaningful, transformative community change requires that residents are engaged both in identifying problems and developing realistic solutions. Effective resident engagement means:
