by Mike Clark In providing services and programs to assist those in poverty, there are several basic questions we need...
Germantown
Collective Impact in Systemic Change
by Mike Clark Is there an impact -- a collective impact - -that can be demonstrated in a systemic change initiative?...
Serve: Germantown Systemic Change Initiative
The Germantown Systemic Change Initiative (GSCI) is a project aimed at improving the lives of the vulnerable citizens...
Three years in the making… creating a backbone
Three years in the making… creating a backbone. In 2010, following a Vincentian Family Gathering in Belleville, Illinois, people from 15 Vincentian-affiliated organizations in Germantown met to answer the question “so what now?”
Systemic Change – 30 year track record!
Before the words! Long before “Systemic Change” became part of the Vincentian Family’s recent vocabulary Bro. Al, CM has been accumulating a 30 year track record that is, not surprisingly changing. A recent article in Catholic Philly “Inn Dwelling: Rehabbing homes and turning around lives in Germantown” tells the story.
Making time for what you believe in
In "Making Time", Mike Clark, the Executive Director of the Germantown Systemic Change Initiative, reflects on his personal experiences in making time for a project to which he is deeply committed. He writes "I leave conferences organized by the Vincentian Family so...
