Partnering Expert Knowledge and Analysis with Community Activism
Communities need solutions that come from those who know best—the combined efforts of their own members and academic/strategic experts. Social organizing experts and business authors such as Clay Shirky see community organizing as the dominant approach for 21st Century social problem-solving. Kehillah Solutions succeeds in helping communities to help themselves by coordinating passionate and naturally motivated community members to solve their own communities’ challenges. With minimal costs and support from grants, Kehillah Solutions, in conjunction with communal institutions, coordinates expert investigation of particular communal issues through community member facilitation. The effort utilizes the skills and commitment of members who advertise and promote the effort and later strategize for future solutions with the community and experts. The analyzed research is presented through a variety of communal revenue-creating talks, lectures, and prepared reports. Facilitated community dialogue and strategizing guidance is also provided to institutions through Kehillah Solutions in a revenue-creating manner that aims to keep Kehillah Solutions self-sustaining. guidance is also provided to institutions through Kehillah Solutions in a revenue-creating manner that aims to keep Kehillah Solutions self-sustaining.