Update on the Institute

25 Key Accomplishments and Activities in 2010

• Nearly doubled the overall amount raised from $315,000 to $602,045 and moved the capital campaign past the 80% level, leaving less than $150,000 to raise in order to meet the goal of $750,000 (increased from the initial goal of $670,000), an amount sufficient to build the Institute’s building and operate it through its first year;
• Received seven grants and grant commitments amounting to $172,500. Total grants and grant commitments stood at $397,500;
• Received contributions, donor-advised grants, and pledges which exceeded $124,000 in 2010 from 149 more individual & community organizations. The overall total from individuals and organizations reached $204,545, including $46,861 from 79 first-time donors;
• Organized seven gatherings of donors and prospective donors in Oakland, Berkeley, Seattle, Washington DC, Brooklyn (NY), and Cambridge (MA), the first such gatherings held outside Oregon in our movement’s history;
• Involved a dozen movement leaders in fifty in-person visits with donors and prospective donors. Most of these leaders had limited fundraising experience and had never before made such visits;
• Implemented the “CLI e-updates”, a semi-monthly bulletin circulated to hundreds of contributors and collaborators;
• Developed and screened a compelling animated powerpoint on the CAPACES network and the campaigns to establish the CAPACES Leadership Institute.

• Resolved to make the CLI building the first office or commercial structure in the U.S. to utilize “Passive House” super-energy efficient design;
• Attracted the participation of more 200 volunteers who put in 1,600 hours on site preparation and construction;
• Procured donation of construction materials with an estimated value of $10,000;
• Began and completed the site plan design process, including survey re-platting;
• Organized the groundbreaking ceremony on May 2, 2010—thirty years to the day from our movement’s first celebration of our presence on that site;
• Obtained construction permit for the first phase of construction (and completed the “slab on grade” concrete floor and foundation?);
• Received pro bono or discounted professional services with an estimated value of $20,000;
• Designed the “CAPACES de Verde” program, bringing together activists and supporters of the green/sustainability community with Latino immigrant construction workers for mutual learning and dialogue;
• Launched a photo-artistic initiative documenting the building’s construction and related activities.

• Developed the concept for the “CAPACES Leadership Institute Council of Advisors”, or “CLICA”, a national network of academics, non-profit leaders, movement-builders, and funders; recruited forty initial CLICA members and organized the CLICA’s inaugural gathering;
• Developed roster of priority topics and activities slated to be ready when the Institute opens in Fall 2011;
• Developed course and session outlines for the initial “101” series (CAPACES 101, Movimiento 101, Political Consciousness 101), and began work on another series: “Conflict Resolution 101”;
• Received and accepted the invitation from the University of Oregon’s Knight Library Special Collections to archive PCUN’s historical materials;
• Developed the intial concept for the “TURNO” program which will recruit and train cohorts of Woodburn high school students who are future candidates for leadership in our movement;
• Opened exploration of collaborations with movement-building and academic institutions including Western States Center, the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (University of Oregon), Movement Building Project, Wagner Graduate Schol of Public Service’s Research Center for Leadership in Action (New York Unversity), and Center for Community Change, among others;
• Started to sketch the Institute’s communication’s strategies and identify platforms for data management;
• Began framing options for the Institute’s governance and staffing structures.
• Secured a commitment from U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solís to serve as keynoter for the Institute’s grand opening in October 2011 as part of Secretary Solís’ first trip to Oregon as Labor Secretary.