Transcript Ingredients for a Successful Coalition

THINKING OUTSIDE THE (LUNCH)
BOX: BUILDING EFFECTIVE
COALITIONS TO CREATE CHANGE
Anne Sheridan
Maryland Director, No Kid Hungry Campaign
Share Our Strength
Why Create a Coalition?
Ellen Teller:
WE NEED TO DO A
BETTER JOB OF
CONNECTING CHILDREN
TO FEDERALLY FUNDED
MEALS
Ingredients for a Successful
Coalition
Durability
High-level political support
Data-driven with a plan
Broad marketing to attract grassroots and funder support
Staff to coordinate and manage the group
A role for everyone
Catholic Charities
SEEDCO
USDA
MD Dept of
Health and Mental
Hygiene
MD Dept of
Human Resources
Maryland and
Baltimore CASH
Campaigns
(EITC)
Partnership
Share Our
Strength
Family
League of
Baltimore
to End
Governor’s
Office for
Children
Childhood Hunger
MD Hunger
Solutions
MD State Dept
of Education
in Maryland
Maryland Out of
School Time
Network
Sodexo, Walmart,
and Kaiser
Foundations
Maryland and Capital
Area Food Banks
Maryland State
Family Child Care
Association
Annie E. Casey
Foundation
Advocates for
Children and
Youth
End Hunger
Calvert County
SHARE Food
Network
Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in Maryland
Management Structure
Governor
O’Malley
Governor’s
Office for
Children
• Provide political leadership and holds members accountable to specific
goals through the StateStat Process (1)
Share Our • Chair and manage the Partnership: membership, planning
process, meetings, events, and communications (2)
Strength
Core Advisory
Group
• Attend bi-monthly meetings and are a part of the
decision-making process. Invest a wide variety of
capacities in support of the plan. (25)
Steering
Committee/Advisory
Council
Maryland Ally Organizations
Grassroots/Individual Supporters
• Provide expert advice and access to resources. (0)
• Produce local impact implementing every
aspect of statewide plan.
• Individual supporters and activists
aware of hunger and engaged in
their communities (4000+)
Resources for Your Coalition
No Kid Hungry
Center for Best
Practices
Bridgespan
Stanford Social
Innovation Review
The White House
Council for
Community
Solutions
No Kid Hungry
Allies
http://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/
http://www.bridgespan.org/needle-moving-communitycollaboratives.aspx
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impact
http://www.serve.gov/council_resources.asp#maincontent
http://nokidhungry.org/no-kid-hungry-allies