INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEW

The FAITH BASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SEGMENT OF NAREB is expanding our curriculum to include Board and Commissions instruction. The role board and commission members play in the empowerment of a community is crucial; especially on the local level. If we are to be successful in leveraging our role and power in the community, it is important to understand how we can work as part of the total ecosystem of a community.

The goal of today’s session is two-fold:

To help you strengthen your relationships and build networks with nonprofit, public, and private organizations through leadership placement on board and governing commissions.

To equip NAREB representatives with the tools to engage the local city infrastructure in order to and expand the wealth conversation and creation beyond traditional means and to be a part of the process that influences policies and major decisions, particularly in the are of real estate, land use, community development and public works within in the community.