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4Tucson Social Services Domain mobilized members of the Amphi Neighborhood working group in monthly meetings developing and preserving already established relationships and starting new ones.
4Tucson Social Service Domain Mobilized a Market on the Move with partner organizations 3000 Club and Newlife Community Church of the Nazarene in the Amphi Neighborhood. Volunteers from several organizations and Amphi residents handed out more than 40 boxes of fresh produce creating strong partnerships and providing Amphi residents the opportunity to take an active part in the improvement of their neighborhood.
4Tucson Social Service Domain Mobilized representatives from CarePortal Southwest Region, Mentoring Tucson’s Kids and Southern AZ Mentoring Coalition to initiate the development of TEIR II of CarePortal that will provide children in need of mentors to be served through these partnering organizations.
Economic Opportunity & Development Taskforce
In January 2021, 4Tucson engaged 50 participants with the completed Economic Opportunity and Development research report at the 2021 Movement Day Tucson event leading to the creation of 4Tucson’s second taskforce: Economic Opportunity and Development.
4Tucson’s Economic Opportunity and Development research report was utilized by the Dean of Grand Canyon University College of Business as research for the “Faith and Finance” course.
April of 2021, 4Tucson hired the Economic Opportunity and Development Taskforce Director, Tracelyn Sutton, who will engage this city focus area using the research report for direction.
Poverty Reduction Taskforce
4Tucson Poverty Reduction Taskforce and Social Services Domain Mobilized members of a working group in discussion to clarify the purposes of joining Economic Opportunity and Development and Poverty Reduction Taskforces and creating a “Connections Café” that meets once a month. “Connections Café” provides a place where non-profits, businesses and organization can share their needs and seek out collaborators. The impact of this discussion was progression from having one group with unclear purpose to having three groups with a very clear focus.
Amphi Neighborhood Project
4Tucson engaged with the Amphi Coalition to initiate the Amphi Neighborhood Project utilizing the Poverty Reduction research report. Upon hearing 4Tucson’s strategy, the Amphi High School Principal to say “That’s exactly what we’re trying to do! Brookings does a lot of social research. They are a good reference.”
4Tucson engaged 20 Amphi residents and organizations in an Empathy Mapping exercise that captured many different perspectives and created a robust empathy map that was presented in the “This Is Amphi” video revealed at Movement Day Tucson 2021 and launched the Amphi Neighborhood Project.
At Movement Day Tucson in January of 2021, over 20 organizations were represented and engaged in creating 7 different possible prototypes that could be implemented in the Amphi Neighborhood project.
4Tucson united with two organizations located in Amphi neighborhood to write and distribute surveys to residents, collecting valuable information regarding the community’s concerns, talents, and strengths and quantified the results into a presentation that was shared with residents, staff and other outside organizations.
In partnership with two Amphi organizations; one Christian and one non-Christian, 4Tucson mobilized 2 rounds of surveys within residents which strengthened neighborhood relationships, building trust and interest in assisting community development projects.
4Tucson united with Amphi School District and Amphi High School personnel on initiatives in the Amphi Neighborhood Project, building strong strategic alliances.
Monthly Amphi Neighborhood Project meetings has mobilized clear initiatives and action items for the project, creating energy and excitement among important stakeholders and strategic alliances in their involvement with 4Tucson in the Amphi Neighborhood Project.
4Tucson staff Engaged representatives from Mentoring Tucson’s Kids, GAP Ministries, AZ Youth Partnership, Literacy Connects and Amphi School District in vital partnerships that will lead to future collaboration between organizations for the improvement of Amphi Neighborhood.
4Tucson Grant Writer united with two other organizations at the #WeAreAmphi Coalition to partner on the Drug Free Communities Grant solidifying strong strategic alliances in the Amphi Neighborhood Project and future city transformation.