About
WELCOME to CEMIResources.org
An initiative by The Center at Sierra Health Foundation that empowers and uplifts community organizations to influence inclusive economic development in their communities, cities, and regions.
That’s why CEMI Resources provide an online hub with training, technical assistance, and resources to community organizations to help them influence inclusive economic development in their communities, cities and regions. This website will include a combination of inspiring video recordings, custom-designed training materials, and resource lists that are easily accessible. The materials will be accessible on their own as an ongoing resource and will also be used as a basis for in-person and virtual training and workshops that foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.
The goals of the training materials are to provide community organizations with the understanding and tools they need to shape a new economic framework that is inclusive, equitable, and just, by providing deeper understanding of how the economy is structured, the role of mutuality and movements in shaping a new economic framework, community economic development theory, goals, process, strategies, organization, and issues. It will also help in developing skills and tools for community economic analysis and planning, analyzing specific opportunities to leverage public funding sources for economic recovery and development in California, and identifying information sources and resources to support further research and practice of community economic development.
CEMIResources.org is made possible with the help of the following partners
CEMI is funded by a collaborative of philanthropic partners including Sierra Health Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, The California Endowment and The California Wellness Foundation, and it is managed by The Center.
LEAD STAFF
The Center has partnered with experts from the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz, the Equity Research Institute at USC and PolicyLink to launch CEMIResources.org.
Renowned inclusive economic development leaders Dr. Chris Benner and Dr. Manuel Pastor and national research and action institute PolicyLink offer a training curriculum through this site that includes resources on race equity in the current economy, understanding economic development decision-making, commercial district revitalization, organizing social and economic movements and more.
Dr. Benner is the Dorothy E. Everett Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship, Director of the Institute for Social Transformation, and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at UCSC. His research examines the relationships between technological change, regional development, and structures of economic opportunity, including regional labor markets and restructuring of work and employment. Visit his site here.
Dr. Pastor is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He currently directs the Equity Research Institute at USC and is the inaugural holder of the Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change at USC. Visit his site here.
