Community Based Programs
The Capital Region Partnerships Council
The Institute for Cultural Partnerships has formed the "Capital
Region Partnerships Council" to bring together individuals
and communities across difference. With the involvement of leaders
reflecting many racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, the Partnerships
Council creates educational program opportunities for communities,
schools and workplaces. ICP welcomes the participation of community
leaders from all racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.
Staff contact: Fredrika
McKain, President/CEO
Community Building Initiatives
ICP has been awarded a five-year demonstration grant to model
a community-building project for refugee communities in Harrisburg
and Erie, Pennsylvania. Included in the project are recently
arrived Bosnian, African, Russian, Iraqi, Kurdish and Cuban
refugees.
This project encourages refugee communities to participate
in collaborative efforts and create a shared, multi-ethnic
vision for immigrant communities whose numbers are too small
in any given location to sustain independent community organization.
ICP's partners for this project include Tressler Lutheran
Services and the Hispanic Council of Erie.
ICP currently is supporting two emerging refugee
community projects in Central Pennsylvania. These include
the African Immigrant Community Project and the Bosnian Immigrant
Community Project. Both of these community projects are emerging
as a unifying force for refugees from these communities.
Staff contact:
Fredrika
McKain, President/CEO
Community Health and Diversity Initiative
ICP's Community Health and Diversity Initiative helps bring
cultural expertise to address the poor health outcomes that disproportionately
impact communities of color. ICP's work in this area is linked to
the efforts of the area's hospitals and medical systems to effectively
reach all populations. ICP is currently an active partner in the
Collaborative for a Healthier Harrisburg.
Staff Contact Fredrika
McKain, President/CEO
Arts & Heritage
Programs
The Institute for
Cultural Partnerships works with community-based organizations
to develop programs and initiatives that assist in the preservation,
practice and presentation of the community's culture.
Through a partnership
with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ICP provides technical
assistance and
grants to organizations wishing to increase their capacity
to develop arts programming for their community. ICP helps
organizations to identify needs and opportunities, potential
partners, and human and financial resources, as well as to
develop a strategy that helps them meet their programmatic
goals.
ICP also helps organizations
teach others about the culture and heritage they represent.
ICP works with groups in the production of oral
and visual histories. Through publications, media presentations,
exhibits, and video and audio recordings, ICP can help organizations
educate members of their community and the general public
about the history of the group and the practices that make
it what it is today.
Staff contact: Amy
Skillman, Director of Arts and Heritage Programs
Diversity Training and Inter-Group Relations
An important ingredient in an organization's ability to be
a vital member of the community at large is its ability to relate
to, understand, and interact peacefully with all of the cultures
which are represented in an area. ICP can offer the community-based
organization with training and consultations
which can increase the groups knowledge about diversity, conflict
resolution and similar issues. This knowledge will enable an increased
interaction and higher levels of effectiveness for the organization.
In our quest to increase peaceful inter-group relations, ICP can
additionally offer community-based inter-group
relations programs which work to create an atmosphere of open
dialogue between different groups.
Staff Contact Fredrika
McKain, President/CEO
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