APACC News — Anacostia Parks and Community Collaborative

Grow your Capacity: Small Business Legal Advice, Share Link Generators and more

One of the ways APACC helps members build their organizational capacity is through a weekly post with useful information and skill-building opportunities. Check out this week’s post.

Grow your Capacity: Free Stock Photos, Free Writing Course for Activists and more

One of the ways APACC helps members build their organizational capacity is through a weekly post with useful information and skill-building opportunities. Check out this week’s post.

Help Us Help You

We need your input. One of the primary reasons APACC was founded was to increase the organizational capacity of our members: we each want to do a better job at our mission, and we want to work better together to advocate for a clean environment and healthy neighborhoods. One of the ways APACC strengthens organizational capacity is through a weekly post with information and skill-building opportunities. We want to hear from you about what information and skills you need.

Grow your Capacity: Free Music, Thunderclap and Non-profit Sector Must-reads

One of APACC's primary goals is to increase the organizational capacity of our members to work together to ensure that the environment is clean and accessible, residents are able to stay close to the river if they want, and the community has the assets it needs to support residents. One of the ways APACC strengthens organizational capacity is through a weekly post with information and skill-building opportunities. Check out this week's list.

The new DCist wants your input pre-relaunch

DCist remains on track to launch this spring, promising to "share the precise date as soon as it’s final." Which is just terrific news. Here are two things you can do now to inform the new, under-WAMU DCist.

Grow your Capacity: Earth Day, Free Tools and Apps, Volunteer Engagement and More

Central to the work of the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative is building the capacity of members and the community so that together, APACC and communities in the Anacostia River corridor can advance a shared community-driven agenda to improve the quality of live in Wards 7 and 8 and protects and restores natural resources. APACC posts resources and articles which can help you build your personal or organizational capacity. Check out this week's list!

Grow Your Capacity: Figure out the Best Image Format, Make your Meetings Matter and More

Central to the work of the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative is building the capacity of members and the community so that together, APACC and communities in the Anacostia River corridor can advance a shared community-driven agenda to improve the quality of live in Wards 7 and 8 and protects and restores natural resources. APACC posts resources and articles which can help you build your personal or organizational capacity. Here's this week's update.

Social Media Tips, Building Community at Work, Creating Oral Histories and More

Central to the work of the Anacostia Park and Community Collaborative is building the capacity of members and the community so that together, APACC and communities in the Anacostia River corridor can advance a shared community-driven agenda to improve the quality of live in Wards 7 and 8 and protects and restores natural resources. APACC posts resources and articles which can help you build your personal or organizational capacity. Here's this week's update.

Building Capacity, Capacity Building, EventsGuest UserMarch 28, 2018

Build your Capacity: Make GIFs, Manage your Social Media Risk and Watch an Environmental Film

Here is a weekly dose of helpful tools and resources.

Capacity Building, Building CapacityGuest UserMarch 22, 2018

Grow your Capacity: Free Legal Advice, Using HistoryPin to Tell Your Story and More

Every week we share a list of tools, resources, events and suggested reading that can help you build your organization or campaign. Many thanks to Susie Cambria for her assistance with this list.

Grow your Capacity: Brush up on Tech Skills, Get Free Legal Help, Use Hashtags Well, and more.

APACC is here to help you grow your career and your organization, so that we can all be better advocates for our river, parks and environments. Below are some resources we've identified this week that you might find useful:

Grow Your Capacity! Late February and Early March Events in DC

Here are some upcoming events, workshops and courses that might be valuable to DC-based organizations looking to grow their capacity. This come to us courtesy of our friend Susie Cambria, who produces the blog Policy on the Northern Neck.

Building Capacity, Capacity BuildingAnacostia Park and Community CollaborativeFebruary 26, 2018

DCRadio.gov Launches New "Hearing the Council" Feature

“Hearing the Council” is the latest way to learn about what is happening with the Council of the District of Columbia. The new half-hour program on DCRadio—96.3 HD4 and DCRadio.gov—will feature councilmember interviews and discussions of important public policy issues every day from 3:00-3:30 pm.

Building Capacity, Capacity BuildingAnacostia Park and Community CollaborativeFebruary 20, 2018

Talk Public Policy and Expand Your Network at Rooting DC - March 3

On Saturday, March 3 at Wilson High School, join the more than 60 green businesses and nonprofits and hundreds of residents for a day of practical and policy workshops at Rooting DC. The free event is DC's all-day urban gardening forum providing education about urban agriculture and food systems, cultivating health and protection of the environment, and building community.

Events, Capacity BuildingAnacostia Park and Community CollaborativeFebruary 15, 2018