peekskill community congress: 1st public forum
winter 2018

The Peekskill Community Congress (PkCC) convened in a packed room in the United Methodist Church of Peekskill. Twelve different ideas were proposed to promote and preserve a strong Peekskill. The proposals and more information are available at peekskillcommunitycongress.com.

PEEKSKILL community congress: KICK-OFF MEETING
Fall 2018

The Community Congress model has made it to Peekskill. Leaders and stakeholders from over 40 community organizations were represented at this kick-off meeting to build momentum toward Peekskill’s first Community Congress.

Philipstown community congress: Community forum with the county candidates
Fall 2018

The PCC welcomed Philipstown’s four county candidates to a non-partisan community conversation, asking them to reflect on how they would help make PCC priorities a success in Philipstown.

Philipstown community congress: one year later
summer 2018

The experiment of the Philipstown Community Congress began in July 2017. One year later, the ECP convened residents of Philipstown to hear about the progress that was made on 8 initiatives that were top vote-getters in the November 2017 poll. 

unconscious bias: a community training
spring 2018

The ECP brought in nationally-recognized Cook Ross to explore unconscious bias with our community members. We learned about what bias is and ways to address it in our personal lives. But the conversation is not over - more convenings around issues of systemic biases and structural fixes to come.

Putting your money where your mouth is: How achieving social justice requires incorporating broader values into financial decision-making
spring 2018

The ECP was joined by Joanne Leffeld, the Moolah Doula, to discuss the necessary evolution of how we think about money. Through experiential, thought-provoking exercises, we discussed macro- and micro-level ways to bring broad values into spending and investment decision-making. 

Philipstown Climate smart community: innovative indicators for ghg emissions reductions
spring 2018

Philipstown has pledged to be a Climate Smart Community (CSC). The ECP will gather CSC task force members and other community leaders to discuss innovative methods for measuring GHG emissions, pushing Philipstown toward capturing more innovative, reliable, impactful measures of change that ecological citizens can take part in to build a more resilient future. Stay tuned as the ECP and CSC task force put together a baseline inventory report.