Abstract
The Problem: Traditional capacity-building approaches tend to be organizationally focused ignoring the fact that communitybased organizations learn and take action in a larger network working to promote positive community change.
Purpose: The specific aim of this paper was to outline a vision for a Third Sector Alliance to build organizational, network, and sector capacity for community well-being in Miami.
Key Points: Building a foundation for social impact requires a strategy for organizational, network, and sector capacity building. Organizational, network, and sector capacity building can best be achieved through a cooperative network approach driven by a solid community–university partnership.
Conclusion: Although a Third Sector Alliance for Community Well-being does not yet exist in Miami, Catalyst Miami and the University of Miami (UM) have partnered closely to articulate a vision of what could be and have been working to make that vision a reality.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 225-231 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Capacity building
- Collective impact
- Communities of practice
- Networks
- Organizational capacity
- Third sector
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Education
- Sociology and Political Science
- Medicine(all)