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INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SIEDI (Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative) is a community initiative created by the CFMC in partnership with The James Irvine Foundation. The program is a collective journey by nine community-based organizations with a shared commitment to build a more inclusive and equitable economy for the families and communities of the Salinas Valley. SIEDI envisions an economy that expands opportunities for more broadly-shared prosperity, especially for those facing the greatest barriers to advancing their well-being.
Participants include Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA), Building Healthy Communities (BHC), Center for Community Advocacy (CCA), Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO), Hijos del Sol, Loaves, Fishes and Computers (LFC), Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (MBCLC), Mujeres en Acción and Rancho Cielo Youth Campus.
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Together these groups explore our current economy (how it functions, who it benefits and how) and discover the individual organization’s ability to influence how our economy serves the interests of the families they represent. SIEDI also explores ways these organizations can work together to act on behalf of a more inclusive economy and develop an effective plan of action for the next two years.
Rancho Cielo and other groups share their progress at the December quarterly convening
$3 MILLION
Grant from The James Irvine Foundation
To support these efforts, the CFMC established and strengthened partnerships with The Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) as well as The Everett Program for Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship and Dr. Chris Benner. The CFMC also created an Advisory Council of experienced organizations to share their work. Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action (COPA), First 5 Monterey County, Digital Nest, Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association (CHISPA) and Hartnell Community College are helping SIEDI organizations grow and succeed.
9 Participating Organizations
2-YEAR Program of Grantmaking and Mentoring Support
Natalie Herendeen Executive Director/Attorney, CCA
