**This is an EXTERNAL EVENT, open this post to find registration.**

Featuring: Paul Arntson  from the Asset-Based Community Development Institute + Taylor Nelson from the Solutions Journalism Network

Click here to sign up for the public call.

This month, we’re thrilled to unite schools and community organizations on a call to examine our fundamental orientation toward service and justice. As people working in communities and with volunteers, we’re constantly inviting others into our work: to expand our reach, strengthen our voice, and broaden perspectives. With each story told or invitation extended, we contribute (often unknowingly) to larger narratives that surround social issues and those impacted by them.

This call will help us approach and share our work with others in a way that’s thoughtful, strengths-driven, and falls on the side of justice. We’ll be joined by two organizations we have long admired – each addressing these narratives in unique ways. The Asset-Based Community Development Institute created a framework that honors the gifts and contributions of every community. They believe in harnessing those assets in order to reach shared goals. The Solutions Journalism Network shapes the way that we learn about the world by supporting journalism that highlights individual and community response to challenges, not just the challenges themselves.  Attendees can use this to inform approaches to curriculum development (write learning outcomes, develop program descriptions, curate materials and reading lists) and storytelling (recruit new people, write reports, and share photos or blogs).

Regardless of membership with Break Away, we’d love to have schools and organizations join us for this semester’s public call in our National Conference Call series. Help us spread the word for this month’s call – open to everyone invested in community and active citizenship.

Please RSVP and submit your questions ahead of time. Once you sign up, we’ll send you the call-in information and presentation materials. If you’re unable to attend, you can still register to receive the recording and materials after the call.