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Community Leadership Theory of Change
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Theory of Change

PRECONDITION D

The community foundation can access or build the understanding and skills to exercise community leadership.

Second-Level Preconditions
1. The community foundation has current and historical knowledge of the institutions, economy, place and culture of its area.
2. The community foundation understands the range of roles, tools and innovation it can employ to leverage community change.
3. The community foundation acts with a solid understanding of community development, economic development, and cultural and systems change processes.
4. The community foundation mobilizes its organization and networks to identify and address the most critical or persistent community issues.
5. The community foundation strategically times, chooses and crafts its community change efforts taking into account the political, economic, social and policy environments and practices inside and outside the community.


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