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Making Orange Pop!
Some of the Creative Orange participants The City of Orange Township, NJ has a powerful spirit that is fueled by its passionate, committed residents, nonprofit leaders, business owners, teachers, and...
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Four Tips for Developing a Regional Sustainability Network
Trying to get the 565 cities and towns of New Jersey to work collaboratively isn’t easy, but sustainability issues are a good way to get the conversation started. Many sustainability actions, like...
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Dodge Poet Spotlight: Crystal Bacon
Welcome to our new blog series here on Poetry Fridays, Dodge Poet Spotlight. We will be turning the focus over to the individuals who make our programming what it is in the schools, with teachers in...
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Being an Ambassador in Our Brave New World
How has the rise of social media affected the board’s role in fundraising? For a long time, conventional wisdom has told us that all board members must do two things related to fundraising: make a...
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Pew: News Industry in Crisis
The state of the news business is lousy. A week after the much-revered Boston Phoenix threw in the towel that’s hardly surprising news, but a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for...
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Dodge Poet Spotlight: BJ Ward
Welcome to our continuing blog series here on Poetry Fridays, Dodge Poet Spotlight. We will be turning the focus over to the individuals who make our programming what it is in the schools, with...
View ArticleBuilding a Food Movement Requires People Persons
Early last week, I was interviewed by a graduate student in NYU’s Masters of Food Studies program. We had a great discussion – she asked very detailed questions about DVRPC’s food system plan and I...
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Poetry Friday: Listen Up!
By now we are sure that you are aware that April is National Poetry Month! We hope you have already encountered poetry in some shape or form in the past week, whether it be on purpose or by accident....
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Arts Day on May 2 – Sustaining Jersey Arts!
New Jersey Arts Day will unite creative minds to cook up new and exciting ways to sustain the arts in communities throughout New Jersey. Offerings extend throughout the day at The War Memorial in...
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Learning & Leading When Disaster Philanthropy Comes Home
Back in November, I wrote for this blog about the work the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers had begun to help the philanthropic community understand what the needs would be for our residents and...
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Dodge Poet Spotlight: J.C. Todd
Welcome to our continuing blog series here on Poetry Fridays, Dodge Poet Spotlight. We are turning the focus over to the individuals who make our programming what it is in the schools, with teachers in...
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Shorebird Migration Threatened by Superstorm Sandy
Unique Partnership Battles Against Time to Restore Critical Beach Habitats Much has been written and said about the devastating impacts which Superstorm Sandy had on communities and families throughout...
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If You Only Have 3 Minutes, Watch Our Video
IFRAME Embed for Youtube With Earth Day right around the corner, Sustainable Jersey is pleased to release our first overview video. Give us 3 minutes and we’ll give you a snapshot of the Sustainable...
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Dodge Poet Spotlight: John McDermott
Welcome to our continuing blog series here on Poetry Fridays, Dodge Poet Spotlight. We are turning the focus over to the individuals who make our programming what it is in the schools, with teachers in...
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Board Retreats: An Excellent Tool for Getting Major Gifts
Has your organization had a board retreat in the last 12 months? What about in the last 3 years? 10 years? If you’re like many nonprofit organizations, you fall into one of two common camps with...
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Dodge Poet Spotlight: Judith Michaels
Welcome to our continuing blog series here on Poetry Fridays, Dodge Poet Spotlight. We are turning the focus over to the individuals who make our programming what it is in the schools, with teachers in...
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The Immigration Project
Years ago, I created a radio documentary about my grandparents coming to America. For months, I sat at kitchen tables holding microphones in front of elderly relatives, and asked them to tell me their...
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From Poetry Out Loud to Arts Day!
April is National Poetry Month and it ended last night with the National Poetry Out Loud finals in Washington, DC. This year Kavita Oza of the Peddie School in Hightstown worked her way from regional...
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Poetry Friday: The Common Gathering 2013
A Day-Long Poetry Retreat for Teachers Last Saturday, over 100 New Jersey teachers spent the day immersed in poetry at The Common Gathering. It sounds like a luxury. But for teachers who face...
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Governor’s Awards in Arts Education
As we enter the month of May and our gardens display their pride, humans celebrate spring’s awakening with celebrations galore, from gala events to recognitions of achievement. On May 2 the 33rd...
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