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In July, Ford Institute Director Roque Barros and Associate Director Max Gimbel met with a community action team in Ontario. The group had identified 10 priorities after a Ford Institute partner-led Alumni Celebration. After deliberation,...  Read More

On the morning of Sept. 15, 2014, people in the northern California community of Weed were enjoying a sunny fall day. Children were settling into their week at school. The Weed Community Center’s gym was echoing with the sound of teen-...  Read More

The Fall 2019 issue of Community Vitality featured the story of how the Southern Oregon community of Eagle Point is rebuilding Butte Creek Mill, a historic icon heavily damaged by fire on Christmas Day 2015. The story appeared before...  Read More

Oregon author Shauna Tominey has lived in a lot of states and worked as a researcher and teacher with many kinds of families. “I have found that as I’ve worked with families in different settings, there are commonalities in the ways they...  Read More

Bilingual public education, traffic safety and a vision for more inclusive, united communities motivated residents in Molalla to get involved. The path to creating the change they wanted? Community building and connection.Through the Buen...  Read More

The leadership of The Ford Family Foundation’s Visual Arts Program has changed. Longtime senior adviser Kandis Brewer Nunn handed the reins to experienced arts manager Meagan Atiyeh in January. [caption align="left"]Meagan Atiyeh[/...  Read More

Liz Hill’s bright trajectory into the realm of government and politics all started in her Coos Bay high school. With the encouragement of then-high school principal Arnie Roblan, Hill took her first trip to Salem as part of Marshfield High...  Read More

Two years ago, Susan Buell set out to identify needs for businesses in the Umpqua Valley. Over several months, the Umpqua Training & Employment president met with nearly 30 businesses in all sectors of the economy. She found that...  Read More

In Wallowa County, parenting educators offer a variety of public safety classes around bike helmets, winter sports, life jackets and fire prevention, as they step in to cover the hole in services left when the county’s health department...  Read More

The Transfer Opportunity Program (TOP) at Umpqua Community College was a lifeline for first-generation college student Sierra Miller. TOP advisers directed her to scholarship opportunities, assisted her with class registration and helped...  Read More