Spring 2019 Projects
Sustain A Bull
Mission Statement: Sustain A Bull's mission is threefold: 1. To educate consumers and the community about the benefits of doing business locally; 2. To facilitate cooperative marketing, purchasing, education, and resource sharing to give local independent businesses a competitive edge; and 3. To advocate for local independent businesses with a united voice in the media and government.
Website: https://independentdurham.com/
Project Type: Financial Planning and Assessment
Project Description: Creating a concrete 2019-2020 business plan with multiple sources of potential funding that can be adapted for growth over the next 5 years. These could include partners, such as larger nonprofits, government agencies, or business associations; grants; or self-implemented fundraising strategies.
Mission Statement: Sustain A Bull's mission is threefold: 1. To educate consumers and the community about the benefits of doing business locally; 2. To facilitate cooperative marketing, purchasing, education, and resource sharing to give local independent businesses a competitive edge; and 3. To advocate for local independent businesses with a united voice in the media and government.
Website: https://independentdurham.com/
Project Type: Financial Planning and Assessment
Project Description: Creating a concrete 2019-2020 business plan with multiple sources of potential funding that can be adapted for growth over the next 5 years. These could include partners, such as larger nonprofits, government agencies, or business associations; grants; or self-implemented fundraising strategies.
City of Durham: Transformation in Ten Initiative
Mission Statement: The Transformation in Ten (T2 ) Initiative is a data driven, community-led, collaborative effort to reduce poverty in Durham communities. The Goal of the T 2 Initiative is to leverage resources to reduce poverty — neighborhood by neighborhood, year by year.
Website: https://durhamnc.gov/3211/Transformation-in-Ten
Project Type: Data Management
Project Description: development of a relational database that can store resident data, automate and log follow-ups, referrals and
information from external partners.
Mission Statement: The Transformation in Ten (T2 ) Initiative is a data driven, community-led, collaborative effort to reduce poverty in Durham communities. The Goal of the T 2 Initiative is to leverage resources to reduce poverty — neighborhood by neighborhood, year by year.
Website: https://durhamnc.gov/3211/Transformation-in-Ten
Project Type: Data Management
Project Description: development of a relational database that can store resident data, automate and log follow-ups, referrals and
information from external partners.
Woman AdvaNCe
Mission Statement: Woman AdvaNCe works to empower North Carolina women by creating a network charged with progressing social change. This non-profit organization unites women to share their stories and help create a fair chance for every woman and every family.
Website: https://www.womenadvancenc.org/
Project Type: Internal Strategy
Project Description: Constructing a 5 year plan that addresses: 1) creating tangible goals for projects over the next few years, 2) creating a timeline for these goals, and 3) allocating resources in the most efficient ways possible.
Mission Statement: Woman AdvaNCe works to empower North Carolina women by creating a network charged with progressing social change. This non-profit organization unites women to share their stories and help create a fair chance for every woman and every family.
Website: https://www.womenadvancenc.org/
Project Type: Internal Strategy
Project Description: Constructing a 5 year plan that addresses: 1) creating tangible goals for projects over the next few years, 2) creating a timeline for these goals, and 3) allocating resources in the most efficient ways possible.
Durham Cares
Mission Statement: Durham Cares works to foster collaboration, develop leaders, and educate the people of our city to care for their neighbors in holistic ways.
Website: https://www.durhamcares.org/
Project Type: Impact Assessment
Project Description: Create an impact assessment tool of the Durham Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope. This entails determining what should be measured and evaluated, as well as a standard procedure and timeline for collecting data.
Mission Statement: Durham Cares works to foster collaboration, develop leaders, and educate the people of our city to care for their neighbors in holistic ways.
Website: https://www.durhamcares.org/
Project Type: Impact Assessment
Project Description: Create an impact assessment tool of the Durham Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope. This entails determining what should be measured and evaluated, as well as a standard procedure and timeline for collecting data.
Church World Service
Mission Statement: Church World Service is a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.
Website: https://cwsrdu.org/
Project Type: Data Analysis
Project Description: Use existing data on refugees in the triangle area to assess better ways to provide service as well as to identify areas where feedback information is lacking.
Mission Statement: Church World Service is a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.
Website: https://cwsrdu.org/
Project Type: Data Analysis
Project Description: Use existing data on refugees in the triangle area to assess better ways to provide service as well as to identify areas where feedback information is lacking.
Durham Public Schools
Mission Statement: The mission of Durham Public Schools is to provide all students with an outstanding education that motivates them to reach their full potential and enables them to discover their interests and talents, pursue their goals and dreams, and succeed in college, in the workforce and as engaged citizen.
Website: https://www.dpsnc.net/
Project Type: Internal Strategy
Project Description: Develop a plan for increasing early registration for preschool, as well as to bolster the transition process of preschool to kindergarten.
Mission Statement: The mission of Durham Public Schools is to provide all students with an outstanding education that motivates them to reach their full potential and enables them to discover their interests and talents, pursue their goals and dreams, and succeed in college, in the workforce and as engaged citizen.
Website: https://www.dpsnc.net/
Project Type: Internal Strategy
Project Description: Develop a plan for increasing early registration for preschool, as well as to bolster the transition process of preschool to kindergarten.
