From Community Member to Team Member: Welcoming ETB’s New Project Director, Susan Ghanbarpour
Expanding the Bench® is delighted to welcome Susan Ghanbarpour, DrPH, MA to the team. Susan will primarily serve as project director. In this role, she will guide the Advancing Culturally-responsive and Equitable (ACE) Evaluation Network and the Leaders in Equitable…
CREE: What It Means to Me — Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo
Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation: Not Solely a Practice, But a Way of Life Experiences The ebbs and flows of my human existence Journey Ancestry links my roots to my present Identity My unique and innate being living with grace…
Introducing Nancy Vang, ETB’s New Project Coordinator
The Expanding the Bench® Team is thrilled to announce that as the ETB initiative is growing, so are we! Meet our new project coordinator, Nancy Vang. Eager to make a difference through her career, after graduation Nancy Vang entered the…
CREE: What It Means to Me — Nisaa Kirtman
My Cultural Responsiveness Has Been Lifelong — Now I’m Applying It to Evaluation My first experiences with cultural responsiveness came with travel. Studying and living in Zimbabwe forced me to observe, listen, study Shona culture and art, reflect, be humble,…
Last Sip: March 2021 Coffee Breaks Reflection
The Expanding the Bench® (ETB) Team connects Funders of Evaluation and evaluators from the Advancing Culturally-responsive and Equitable (ACE) Evaluation Network through monthly one-on-one Coffee Breaks for intentional relationship-building, to expand their networks, and to discuss the practice of culturally…
The Value of the ACE Evaluation Network: Through the Eyes of an Evaluator
by Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha I am very grateful to Expanding the Bench (ETB) and the connections I have been able to make through the Advancing Culturally-responsive and Equitable (ACE) Evaluation Network. Amaka Consulting and Evaluation Services (ACES) is a minority…
The Value of the ACE Evaluation Network: Through the Eyes of a Foundation
by Dr. Christine Baker Mitton Those with privilege are most blind to it. Reflecting on this idea challenges me daily to re-examine my actions as director of knowledge and learning at the Sisters of Charity Foundation in Cleveland. I am…
Remembering Dr. Karen Trujillo
The Expanding the Bench Team is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Karen Trujillo. She joined the ETB community in 2017 as a Cohort 2 LEEAD Scholar. She was an educator in New Mexico for over 20 years, dedicating…
Evaluation With Perspective: LEEAD Project Director Sandra Silva Talks Importance of Equitable Evaluation
As 2020 made abundantly clear, changes and transitions can be difficult to manage. And while there is no one-size-fits-all approach to adjusting to new circumstances, evaluators provide a diverse array of strategies that aid clients and partners in achieving their…
Coffee Breaks: Why We Do What We Do
In July, the Expanding the Bench® (ETB) Team connected Funders of Evaluation and evaluators from the Advancing Culturally-responsive and Equitable (ACE) Evaluation Network through one-on-one coffee breaks for intentional relationship-building, to expand their networks, and to discuss the practice of…
Coffee Break Reflections
In July, the Expanding the Bench (ETB) Team connected Funders of Evaluation and evaluators from the Advancing Culturally-responsive and Equitable (ACE) Evaluation Network through one-on-one coffee breaks for intentional relationship-building, to expand their networks, and to discuss the practice of…
Statement of Solidarity
We are saddened by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless other black and brown people who have been unjustly harmed or killed for the color of their skin; We are outraged that such…
