Capacity Building

Mosaica: The Center for Nonprofit Development and Pluralism

Mosaica helps community-based nonprofit organizations in the US and internationally become more effective and sustainable.  Its special commitment is to strengthen and support groups that serve and empower groups whose voices are least likely to be hear when public policies are adopted and resources are allocated.  To learn more about Mosaica and find resource related to developing community-based organizations, just click on the link below:

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SFCN Profile: The Somali Development Center
by Abdirahman A. Yusuf, Executive Director (continued)

SDC was founded by a group of Somali-Americans who originally came to the U.S. to obtain higher education.  In 1991, when a full-scale civil war started in Somalia, it forced millions of people to flee from the cities in Somalia into the neighboring states of Ethiopia and Kenya.  As a result, the United States government, through its refugee resettlement program, resettled thousands of Somalis in the U.S. [more]

Board Meetings

• Preparing for the Board Meeting
• Keeping Minutes
• Making Motions

Decision Making

• Make the Decision