1800 College Avenue
Quincy, Illinois  62301
Office location: North Campus
18th and Seminary Road
Phone: 217-228-5432 (x3630 & x3631)
Fax: 217-228-5222
E-mail: assella@quincy.edu

To register for CEN workshops, unless otherwised noted in workshop description, please download the Registration Form and send to CEN.  Additional workshops are posted on the CEN Calendar (www.thecen.org/calendar).

 

Making the Connection: Understanding the Obstacles of People Living in Poverty

November 20, 2008

9:00am-3:30pm
Blessing Conference Center
2800 Chestnut
Quincy, IL
Cost: $15
Space is limited
Presenter: Dot Nelson

The workshop will focus on the socioeconomic diversity that presents challenges for social service organizations that serve people in poverty. The emphasis of the workshop will be on the following:

  • “Hidden rules” of economic class
  •  Limited resources available to those living in poverty
  •  Obstacles of language for those living in poverty
  • Strategies for successfully working with those living in poverty

The goals of the workshop are to create an awareness and understanding of the obstacles poverty can create in all types of interaction and to identify specific strategies for overcoming those obstacles.

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Orientation to West Central Illinois Philanthropy Center

January 22, 2009
June 5, 2009
September 24, 2009

1:00-3:00 p.m.
Rm B108, John Wood Community College (1301 S 48th, Quincy)
Cost: Free
Presenters: Angel Heming, Pat Woodworth, & Sarah Laaker

  Each of these orientations will cover the same information: a 90-minute introduction to the Philanthropy Center and a 30-minute work session.

The West Central Illinois Philanthropy Center - a partnership between Donors Forum, John Wood Community College, the Center for Effective Nonprofits, and the Foundation Center - provides a collection of print & electronic resource materials on a wide variety of topics of interest to those involved in the nonprofit world. 

To register, call 217-228-5432 x3631 or email hydela@quincy.edu; for more information on these orientations, call 217-222-1237 or 217-641-4537.

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