Partners

Community Dialogues for Action (CDA) is an organization that develops and utilizes strategic alliances with organizations that share our mission to co-produce equitable and sustainable results that surpass any one entity alone. 

We believe in the power of relationships formed through generative dialogue and intentional action. CDA has been very fortunate to develop these relationships of mutual benefit with many different types of stakeholders. Below is a list of some of the current of partners of CDA, some of which have also been longstanding partners of CDA's predecessor, the Social Justice Initiative:

Collaborating

Collaborating partnerships share our goals and have complementary skills and strategies. When joining together, we further a jointly determined purpose.

• Act Now, Schenectady, NY

• Africana Studies Program at Bryn Mawr College

• Bucks-Mont Collaborative, Bucks/Montgomery Counties, PA

• Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr, PA

• Career & Civic Engagement Center at Bryn Mawr College

• National Human Services Assembly (NHSA), Washington, DC

• NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, Maysville, WV

• Neighbors Helping Neighbors on the Main Line (NHN), Ardmore, PA

•  Pennsylvania Gestalt Center, Malvern, PA / Mariah Fenton Gladis Foundation, Paoli, PA

• Radnor Friends Meeting, Radnor, PA

• SELF, Inc, Philadelphia, PA

• Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Harrisburg, PA

Coordinating

With Coordinating partnerships, we convene activities, sponsor events, or deliver targeted services to further compatible goals.

•     Kaplan Consulting Network, West Chester, PA

•     The Kyla Alliance, Fairview, NC

•     Laurel House, Norristown, PA

•     Macro UNITED Conference, St Louis, MO

•     Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) at Bryn Mawr College

Cooperating

With our Cooperating partnerships, we support each other by sharing information and providing support for each other’s organizational activities.

•     Alliance of Leadership Fellows (ALF), Houston, TX

•     Center for Peace & Global Citizenship at Haverford College

•     DADvocacy Consulting Group, Chevy Chase, MD

•     Social Innovations Partners, Philadelphia, PA

•     Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work, Sterling, VA

•     Strong Families Commission, Philadelphia, PA