The Anchor Collaborative Network (ACN) builds a shared movement of anchor institution collaborations that are working to accelerate equitable, inclusive strategies that respond to local needs and challenges.
The ACN does this by building relationships between leaders of collaboratives, elevating the uniqueness of their own approaches, channeling best practices into collective resources, and mapping a way forward together.
Outcomes of the Network
Connect
Build meaningful connections through which coordinators of anchor collaboratives can get and give support and thought partnership
Align
Prototype and capture ways of working together both locally and nationally that grows the capacity and impact of our anchor collaboratives within our communities
Learn
Take away inspirational and useful insights, resources, best practices, and tools that will make a difference in our work
Make
Create tools that advance and promote our work and best practices individually and collectively -- both internally and externally.
Build meaningful connections through which coordinators of anchor collaboratives can get and give support and thought partnership
Align
Prototype and capture ways of working together both locally and nationally that grows the capacity and impact of our anchor collaboratives within our communities
Learn
Take away inspirational and useful insights, resources, best practices, and tools that will make a difference in our work
Make
Create tools that advance and promote our work and best practices individually and collectively -- both internally and externally.
Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions
The Democracy Collaborative’s (TDC) new report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities.
The report focuses on the work of anchor institutions and partner organizations that have joined to form place-based networks, or anchor collaboratives, to develop, implement, and support shared goals and initiatives that advance equitable and inclusive economic development strategies. Anchor mission work is not easy, but our hope is that this state of the field report will provide information and assistance to groups wanting to do anchor mission work or to create anchor collaboratives.
Read it here:
https://democracycollaborative.org/content/anchor-collaboratives-building-bridges-place-based-partnerships-and-anchor-institutions
The report focuses on the work of anchor institutions and partner organizations that have joined to form place-based networks, or anchor collaboratives, to develop, implement, and support shared goals and initiatives that advance equitable and inclusive economic development strategies. Anchor mission work is not easy, but our hope is that this state of the field report will provide information and assistance to groups wanting to do anchor mission work or to create anchor collaboratives.
Read it here:
https://democracycollaborative.org/content/anchor-collaboratives-building-bridges-place-based-partnerships-and-anchor-institutions