1. The Bonner Program:
Issues to Impact
“Access to Education,
Opportunity to Serve”
A program of:
The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation
10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 fax
For more information, please visit our website at www.bonner.org

2. Need

3. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

4. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
Direct Action (service)
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

5. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service)
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

6. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

7. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

8. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

9. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

10. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

11. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

12. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

13. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

14. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis 92%
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

15. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis 92%
34%
Community Info Hub
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

16. Issues to Impact:
Partner Survey
47%
Direct Action (service) 92%
19%
Capacity Building 89%
28%
Convening 87%
25%
CBR 85%
24%
Policy News & Analysis 92%
34%
Community Info Hub 88%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
n = 43 groups Occurring Need / Highly Need
www.bonner.org

17. Response

18. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
www.bonner.org

19. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

20. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

21. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

22. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

23. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

24. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

25. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

26. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

27. Issues to Impact:
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
www.bonner.org

28. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
www.bonner.org

29. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Issue, Place,
Organization
www.bonner.org

30. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Issue, Place,
Organization
www.bonner.org

31. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Issue, Place,
Organization
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

32. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions
Issue Briefs &
News Bureau
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

33. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions Convening
Issue Briefs & Issue Forums &
News Bureau Working Groups
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

34. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Capacity
Building
Training & Strategic
Planning
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions Convening
Issue Briefs & Issue Forums &
News Bureau Working Groups
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

35. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Capacity
Building Public Education
Training & Strategic & Advocacy
Planning
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions Convening
Issue Briefs & Issue Forums &
News Bureau Working Groups
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

36. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Capacity
Building Public Education
Training & Strategic & Advocacy
Planning
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions Convening
Research Issue Briefs &
News Bureau
Issue Forums &
Working Groups
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

37. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Action Capacity
Building Public Education
Training & Strategic & Advocacy
Planning
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions Convening
Research Issue Briefs &
News Bureau
Issue Forums &
Working Groups
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

38. Issues to Impact:
Comprehensive & Integrated
Direct Service
Action Capacity
Building Public Education
Training & Strategic & Advocacy
Planning
Issue, Place,
Organization
PolicyOptions Convening
Research Issue Briefs &
News Bureau
Issue Forums &
Working Groups
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org

39. Issue Education
Convening &
Working Groups

40. Issue Education:
Audiences
www.bonner.org

41. Issue Education:
Audiences
Bonners
& Other
Student
Leaders
www.bonner.org

42. Issue Education:
Audiences
Bonners
& Other
Student
Leaders
Campus
www.bonner.org

43. Issue Education:
Audiences
Bonners
& Other
Student
Leaders
Campus
Community
www.bonner.org

44. Issue Education:
Students
• Faculty-driven courses
• Online (videos, blogs)
• Issue Briefs
• Trainings/workshops/
conferences
• Colloquia / Speakers
www.bonner.org

45. Issue Education:
Community Education & Advocacy
• Speakers / Presentations
• Issue Forums
★ National Issue Forums
★ Deliberative Voting
• Issue Working Groups
★ Everyday Democracy
• Political / Issue Campaign
www.bonner.org

46. Issue Education:
Resources
www.bonner.org

47. Community-Based
Research

48. Community-Based Research:
Context — Organizational Develpoment
www.bonner.org

49. Community-Based Research:
Context — Organizational Develpoment
Plan
• Needs & Asset
Assessment
• Issue Analysis
www.bonner.org

50. Community-Based Research:
Context — Organizational Develpoment
Plan Decide
• Needs & Asset • Model Programs
Assessment • Policy Options
• Issue Analysis • Resources
www.bonner.org

51. Community-Based Research:
Context — Organizational Develpoment
Plan Decide
• Needs & Asset • Model Programs
Assessment • Policy Options
• Issue Analysis • Resources
Implement
direct service
or advocacy
www.bonner.org

52. Community-Based Research:
Context — Organizational Develpoment
Plan Decide
• Needs & Asset • Model Programs
Assessment • Policy Options
• Issue Analysis • Resources
Evaluate Implement
• Program Evaluation direct service
• On-Going Data
Collection or advocacy
www.bonner.org

53. Community-Based Research:
Context — Advocacy
Define
Issue Organize Research
Policy
Change Advocate Decide
www.bonner.org

54. Community-Based Research:
Principles of Practice
• Research need(s) defined by community
• Research is action-oriented
• All stages of process involve all partners
equitably (faculty, students, and community)
• Strengths and knowledge of all partners
appreciated and utilized
• Findings disseminated in accessible way
www.bonner.org

55. Community-Based Research:
Example — Elijiah’s Promise
• Beginning: traditional soup kitchen placement
• Later:
- survey of client identified need for bag lunches
- community asset mapping project to identify local food distributors
- researched model programs
- implemented new bag lunch program
• Current:
- examine nutritional value of menu
- overhauled menu to include more fresh fruits & vegetables
www.bonner.org

56. Community-Based Research:
Resources
www.bonner.org

57. PolicyOptions
Issue Briefs

58. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Issue Brief Questions
• What is the nature & extent of the problem?
• What’s been tried in the past to address it?
• What’s being done now?
• What are the distinctly different approaches
to addressing this issue?
www.bonner.org

59. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Issue Brief Template
• Goal Statement
• Scope of the Problem
• Past Policy
• Current Policy
• Policy Options / Program Models
• Key Organizations, Programs & People
• Glossary of Terms
• Bibliography
www.bonner.org

60. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Wiki for Collaborative Research
www.bonner.org

61. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Example — Washington & Lee University
• 90-page Poverty Study
requested by County Manager
• Public forum (80 participants)
• Working groups &
PolicyOptions Issue Briefs
✓ Transportation
✓ Health
✓ Housing & Water Systems
✓ Education
✓ Legal Needs of the Poor
✓ Economic Development
www.bonner.org

62. PolicyOption Issue Briefs:
Uses
• Planning
- Provide access to policy options & program
models to inform decision-making processes
• Issue Forums
- Provide background issue briefs to inform
community dialogue
• Leadership Training
- Educate students and others who work on
issues
www.bonner.org

63. Community-Based Research:
Start-Up Suggestions
www.bonner.org

64. Community-Based Research:
Start-Up Suggestions
• Meet with select community partners to
generate research questions
www.bonner.org

65. Community-Based Research:
Start-Up Suggestions
• Meet with select community partners to
generate research questions
• Reach out to potential faculty with real
community questions
www.bonner.org

66. Community-Based Research:
Start-Up Suggestions
• Meet with select community partners to
generate research questions
• Reach out to potential faculty with real
community questions
• Start with a few courses/projects to learn
process
www.bonner.org

67. Community-Based Research:
Start-Up Suggestions
• Meet with select community partners to
generate research questions
• Reach out to potential faculty with real
community questions
• Start with a few courses/projects to learn
process
• Build bridges to other departments &
centers
www.bonner.org

68. PolicyOptions.org
News Bureau

69. PolicyOption News Bureau:
Information You Can Use
www.bonner.org

70. Community Based-Research Center:
Staffing Model
Advisory/
Community-Based
Editorial
Research Director
Board
CBR & Policy Maintain local
Research PolicyOptions.org website
Work Study
Students in Graduate School
& Bonner
CBR/SL Courses Students
Students
www.bonner.org

71. PolicyOptions.org Network:
Local Affiliates Sharing Common Platform
USA
Minnesota New Jersey Maine
Twin Cities Trenton, NJ Lewiston, ME
www.bonner.org

72. Next Steps

73. Issues to Impact:
Start-Up Strategy
www.bonner.org

74. Issues to Impact:
Start-Up Strategy
• Pick at least one community partner
www.bonner.org

75. Issues to Impact:
Start-Up Strategy
• Pick at least one community partner
• Organize a site/issue-based team
www.bonner.org

76. Issues to Impact:
Start-Up Strategy
• Pick at least one community partner
• Organize a site/issue-based team
• Identify research request(s) needs and match
with faculty/courses
www.bonner.org

77. Issues to Impact:
Start-Up Strategy
• Pick at least one community partner
• Organize a site/issue-based team
• Identify research request(s) needs and match
with faculty/courses
• Research a PolicyOptions issue brief
www.bonner.org

78. Issues to Impact:
Start-Up Strategy
• Pick at least one community partner
• Organize a site/issue-based team
• Identify research request(s) needs and match
with faculty/courses
• Research a PolicyOptions issue brief
• Plan student issue-based education
www.bonner.org

79. Issues to Impact:
Start-Up Strategy
• Pick at least one community partner
• Organize a site/issue-based team
• Identify research request(s) needs and match
with faculty/courses
• Research a PolicyOptions issue brief
• Plan student issue-based education
• Participate in national & state issue-based
networking
www.bonner.org