CORE Institute
Your Learning Hub and Lab for Collective Impact
Photo credit: Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County
Are you interested in connecting with a community of changemakers?
The CORE Institute for Innovation and Impact is a place to network with local changemakers ready to share ideas, tools, and impact models. The CORE Institute is a learning hub for evaluating and sharing innovative, results-based approaches to create equitable health and well-being in Santa Cruz County. The Institute also serves as a learning lab for testing, evaluating, and spreading results-based strategies.
We use an in-person, online, and hybrid approach to skill-based learning that offers meaningful content and best practices you can apply to your organization's work, from design to implementation to impact. In addition, the CORE Institute creates a safe space for courageous conversations and works collaboratively to build on the wealth of knowledge in our community.
By offering tangible tools with the expertise of community leaders, we hope to support you and your organization in building the confidence, capacity, and skills you need to create change.
CORE Offerings
Turning Ideas into Action
We understand there is no one-size-fits-all solution for community change. That’s why our results-based approach elevates solutions for a broad range of public, private, nonprofit, and community-based groups and organizations. We keep the Santa Cruz County community at the forefront by offering the following:
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Our chats are your opportunity to share information, connection, and inspiration with a community of like-minded changemakers committed to the health and well-being of Santa Cruz County residents.
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A deeper, more thought-provoking dive into the root causes of issues that affect our community through a racial equity lens.
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We develop and co-facilitate trainings centered on building skills, capacity, and motivation. We also offer tailored technical assistance to meet the unique needs of your organization.
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In partnership with other organizations, our virtual and in-person town halls and forums offer an opportunity to share multi-sector knowledge and solve community challenges.
CORE Resources
Information, Ideas & Tools You can Use
We believe in building community change together. That’s why we strive to share information, resources, strategies, and ideas that will strengthen collaboration. Check out an array of tools and resources you can use to create change.