Communities of Practice, Coaching and Courses

Advancing the field of Faith-Based Service through education and community continues to be CVN's top priority. Below are options for continued learning as individual professionals, program or campus staff together and constellations of colleagues from within the wider network.

Communities of Practice

Contact Unity Ostercamp to participate in any of the following conversation groups:

COACHING

Contact Jocelyn A. Sideco for more information on resource partnerships.

Evaluation & Assessment

Bleasdale Educational Research & Consulting (BERC)

Culture and Climate Assessment
This is the foundation of our work and is highly recommended for BERC-Client partnerships. Includes a program-wide review of equity and inclusion alongside an assessment of community context, data, and climate using interviews/focus groups, observation, document review, and analysis. Clients receive a written report summarizing key findings and recommendations. This process follows the triangulated case study model Dr. Bleasdale used for her doctoral research, a proven methodology reviewing lived experience, policy, and practice. Remote and in-person options are available.

Email Jocelyn if you are interested.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Anti-Racist Strategies

Bleasdale Educational Research & Consulting (BERC)

SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity): Creating Conversational Communities that Drive Change

Facilitator: Yetunde Daniles Rubinstein MsEd

Long term group driven individual upskilling, practice, praxis, and theory

Focus on individual roles and exploration of personal de-biasing practices, equity-based, cultural competency, and upskilling towards personal growth. We aim to help participants understand and answer, ‘where do I fit’ into the changes needed for my organization to thrive in serving the needs of our collective community.

Details: 6 sessions, each 2 hours, with reading and journaling follow-up between sessions.

Timing: Wednesdays 10am - 12 noon EST or 7am - 9am PST via zoom

Cost: $900 per participant. Reduced cost for the first cohort in Spring 2024' Regular cost will be $1200.

Participants: at least 6- 8 people, max of 15

Crossroads Antiracism Training and Organizing

Upcoming Featured Trainings

May 2-4, 2024: From White Supremacy Toward Liberation: Building Shared Analysis to Transform Institutions* is a dynamic workshop that explores a power analysis of white supremacy and systemic racism in the United States. In this intensive workshop, participants become a learning cohort through large and small group discussion. The shared learning environment encourages participants to apply this analysis towards institutional growth and change.

This workshop requires the participation of a pre-requisite training. CVN members who participated in the Implicit Bias Course have fulfilled the pre-requisite requirement. For those who did not, the following two options are still available in April:

“Animating Antiracist Ways of Being”

April 6 – in-person (New Lenox, IL – Chicago suburb)
April 17 – on Zoom

Go here for more information.

Personal & Communal Discernment

Re-Entry Support

Mission Monthly Gatherings

CVN continues From Mission to Mission's work in providing returned missioners and volunteers a regular space to continue reflecting on their experiences months and years after the fact. All are welcome every 4th Thursday of the Month (with a few holiday exceptions).

For more information on Re-Entry Workshops, Retreats, and Consultations, go here.

Organizational Change

Bleasdale Educational Research & Consulting (BERC)

Leadership Development for Creating Inclusive Catholic Communities

Facilitator: Jane Bleasdale PhD of BERC

In this space, we will share best practices for Catholic, mission-driven leaders to deepen practice for organizational growth. We believe leadership is about: knowing who we are and how we impact our organizations; knowing who our people are and what they need to be effective; and knowing the reasons and routes for change in our communities. In these three sessions, we will share ways to deepen and grow our organization through our leadership practices. Participants will focus on mapping out our journey, using and understanding all forms of data (from surveys to stories) to guide our work.

Details: 3 sessions, each 2 hours, with reading and journaling follow-up between sessions.

Timing: Wednesdays 10am - 12 noon EST or 7am - 9am PST via zoom

Cost: $500 per participant. Reduced cost for the first cohort. ( Regular cost will be $600)

3 sessions $500 for first cohort Spring 2024; $600 thereafter

For resources and consulting in this area, contact Jocelyn.