Publications

Here are some examples of documentation work All Voices has provided clients.

All Voices worked with the Wend Foundation to document the co-creation of the Arizona Racial Justice Initiative, a multi-pronged philanthropic initiative for Wend co-created with Black and Native Arizona leaders aimed at strengthening efforts by and for Black and Native communities in Arizona fighting for justice and self-determination. This report documents the journey and provides details for other foundations that are interested in participatory grantmaking.

All Voices worked with the California Doughnut Economics Coalition to provide a snapshot of California's social and ecological performance. Conceived by economist Kate Raworth in 2012, Doughnut Economics is influenced by various economic fields, in particular the work of Ecological Economics, to re-embed the economy within our social and biophysical systems.

All Voices worked with Vitalyst Health Foundation to develop the Pre-Community Engagement Methodology and pilot it in South Phoenix with the goal of supporting the City of Phoenix and its partners design and implement resident-centered community engagement strategies. This work led to this toolkit that outlines community feedback with best practices in the public participation field.

All Voices worked with Vitalyst Health Foundation to document a new investment journey in resident leadership. This brief provides an overview of the funding approach and explores the ripple effect it had for the residents involved in the greater South Phoenix community.

All Voices worked with Vitalyst Health Foundation to support a Community-Based Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) in Maryvale. This brief highlights the process and the impact of the investment.

All Voices worked with Live Wellthy to develop a learning report for the Southern Arizona IDEA Funders Collaborative to better understand the experience and impact of the IDEA grant initiative. This initiative provided inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility grants to organizations to support a more equitable workplace and accessible
services.

All Voices worked with Liz Warren of the South Mountain Storytelling Institute to develop a workbook to support community leaders in crafting stories for impact. The workbook grew out of a series of storytelling training workshops conducted in the Spring of 2017 with resident leaders connected to Remain, Reclaim, Reimagine (RRR). RRR was a South Phoenix resident-centered group that intended to prevent displacement through equitable engagement practices. Members of RRR crafted, told, and analyzed stories to prepare themselves to help others in their community do the same. The purpose of this workbook is to provide other residents and community leaders a set of tools to find and foster the stories of the communities they live in and serve.

Storytelling is a powerful strategy to foster significant input from community members on needed changes to systems. However, all too often those who share their lived experience are not included in establishing the details of policies and practices. They become informants rather than influencers. All Voices worked with Liz Warren of South Mountain Storytelling Institute to develop this brief that identifies three core change-functions of storytelling that highlight how to use this strategy to help people understand themselves and others as a form of civic participation with an emphasis on resident-informed systems change.

All Voices worked with Patchwork Consulting to support Arizona State University in engaging local downtown Mesa communities to help shape its new space and programming. We utilized the Pre-Community Engagement Methodology developed with Vitalyst Health Foundation to a identify targeted engagement strategies, taking into account history, context and community perspectives.