SOAR – BOARD
Board
What They Said
REPLICATION “Simply replication. More of the same for others.”
• Replication (continued impactful work) • Professional development (grooming next leaders) • Community economic development (job creating, training, scaled housing) • Thought leadership position (Flourishing Neighborhood Index, bigger conversations, entrepreneurship/pioneering spirit)
“Replication leads to the elimination of poverty.”
“FCS is entering a new time and space and with the work that has happened in the past, being able to communicate that to funders, governmental agencies…we’ve been doing this well for a long time and tooting our horn enough that it will expand those that are expose to it.” PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT “Professional development and the cultivation of practitioners. Giving the grooming to become the next leaders. FCS has the opportunity to create that opportunity, especially as the next generation comes along.” COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT “Filling community needs (job creation, training, etc.) – scale that up. The number of homes that need to be preserved needs to be scaled up. How do we do more filling the needs of the community?” THOUGHT LEADERSHIP POSITION “Flourishing neighborhood index that we’ve crafted is really beneficial and can be fleshed out and get it in the hands of others. I would love for the Lupton Center to be seen as a consulting center of choice.” “The Lupton Center and FCS becoming a thought leader in some of these bigger conversations. I think we’re unique in that we’re not activists but we’re on the ground and I think the Lupton Center hasn’t launched into it what it will be but it can become a thought leader because we’ve been on the ground doing the work.”
“Entrepreneurship and keeping that pioneering spirit. That will be helpful to others that are doing this work.”
MEASURED COMMUNITY FEEDBACK “The measure is the feeling in the community. We are so close to the community that we can gauge if we’re on target. When we go and ask for space, participation, etc. all of those things will tell us how we’re doing and allow us a unit of measure.”
• Measured community feedback • Repeat/increased Donors/ Donations • Increased Housing Unit Development • Indigenous Community Leadership • FCS Expansion • Constituent retention • DEI focus (honest reflection of FCS to community)
DONORS/DONATIONS “Number of repeat donors and increase in donations over time.”
HOUSING UNIT DEVELOPMENT “The number of units we’re able to deliver. That’s the catch when you’re a housing organization.”
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP “Indigenous leadership. The folks that have grown up in the South Atlanta neighborhood. Most proud of the staff that has come up in the neighborhood and are now leaders.”
FCS EXPANSION “If we have other neighborhoods that are inviting us in in the future.”
“If the master plan comes to fruition. If everything comes together and hopefully FCS is at the heart of that.”
CONSTITUENT RETENTION “If the current children, would like to remain in the neighborhood once they are adults. It’s a strong sign that this is my home and I want to stay here. I have the option of going elsewhere but I want to stay.” “When I grew up in South Atlanta, the goal was to get out. When you finished high school, you were ready to move because you wanted better. My classmates can’t even afford to come back now. “ DEI FOCUS “We have a lot of positive things going on with FCS in South Atlanta, and we need to continue to know that people watch us and also from a color perspective too. Whether it’s good, bad or indifferent, FCS is represented by all of the Black people. Outside of the community, people think FCS is Black owned. The way that we partner and present, I don’t want us to get caught up in “I thought they were Black owned” and know what our face to the community looks like and be okay with that. We present diverse in our communications and present what we are, but let’s make sure we continue to do that.”
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