PACE (Personal and Community Empowerment)
Office Number - 214.394.5677

Program Design:

This 13-week course trains inner-city residents to plan and implement projects that will improve the quality of life in their own neighborhoods. Designed by:

"Participants learn valuable interpersonal skills, like group decision-making, how to conduct meetings, and how to plan a project and present it to others. With these skills, residents are able to develop and share ideas they have for improving their communities. Instruction includes a photography project, a neighborhood historical tour, and an encouraging, inspiring readers theater production. By offering skills, resources and inspiration, PACE helps adults turn their dreams into reality."

Neighborhood leaders in the Roseland Homes community are learning the skills that they need to work with their neighbors to create grass-roots movements aimed at improving the community. Emphasizes volunteerism and civic engagement on both the personal and community level.

Participating Communities: