Sample Syllabus
Spring 2005 Semester

January 20 – April 14, 2005

Session 1, Thursday, January 20, Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Who are we? Why do we do what we do?
Syllabus- Course Themes: Leadership Development (L), Organizing (O), Services Available (S), Fundraising Sources and Opportunities (F), Follow-up & Network- Additional Training Opportunities (N)
Dreams of place, what do you hope to create in your neighborhood/community?
What are your concerns/issues to move forward?
Speakers: LCDC Board Members Ella Roberts, Roberto Bajandas, Edna McDonald
LCDC Executive Director Jack Trawick, Councilman Tom Owen, 8th District

CFN Board Member Edna McDonald and Louisville Police Chief White at the Center For Neighborhoods annual meeting in 2004.

Session 2, January 27- (O), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
The Basics of Organizing
Establishing Group Norms
Who is your neighbor? What is a neighborhood? Speaker: Lisa Hamilton
Organizing and associating, why do we band together? Speaker: Jack Trawick
Types of civic and neighborhood associations
What purposes do associations serve?

Session 3, February 3 - (L), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Leadership Development- Information is Power
Leadership qualities and effective associations

Session 4, February 10 - (S), Clifton Center, Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Working with Local Government I
Who ya gonna call?
The nature of the beast- how is local government organized?
How does a resident get the data?
Sources of data, information and public policies
Our questions for government

February 12 (Saturday) (N), Depart from and return to Clifton Center, 9:00am-12noon
Community BUS TOUR

Bus tour of Louisville neighborhoods being lead by Jack Trawick.

Session 5, February 17 - (O, L), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Organizing for Action I
Case Study
Citizen Effectiveness
How to get them and keep them
Methods for organizing: Consensus vs. Issue-based organizing.

Session 6, February 24 - (O, S), Clifton Center – Frankfort Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Organizing for Action II
Building a relationship with LMPD
Starting a neighborhood watch
How to find, enlist and organize volunteers

Session 7, March 3 - (L), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Conflict Resolution
Finding common ground Listening Methods, Moving from knee-jerk to organized strategy.
Tools for good group process/Team building and conflict
Strategy for inclusion of new members

Session 8, March 10 - (S,O), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Working with Local Government II
“Who ‘ya gonna call?”
Agency roles. Matching needs with the appropriate agency.
Working with individual agencies vs. Agency collaborations.
Communicating with Metro Council

Session 9, March 17 – (S), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Development/Planning and Zoning
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The (new and improved) Planning Commission Inspections, Permits & Licenses

Session 10, March 24 - (L, O), Location TBA, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Strategic Planning for our Neighborhoods
Results Based Accountability
Resident Project

Session 11, March 31 - (S, N), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Developing and Promoting Capital Improvement
Fundraising and grant writing; public and private
Funding options and responsibilities
Arts and our Neighborhoods
Resident Project Check-in

Session 12, April 7 - (N), Clifton Center – Community Room, 6:00pm-8:30pm
What next?
Projects Presented
Small think tanks for our proposed projects
Organizing is building relationships

April 14
GRADUATION, Clifton Center – Reception Hall, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Guest Speaker: TBA

Local group Ut Gret performing at the Spring 2006 Neighborhood Institute graduation ceremony.

Neighborhood Institute class of Spring 2006 at their graduation ceremony.