The breadth of Jonathan’s interests and involvement with people, events, meetings and much, much more is legendary. No wonder he leaves behind a grieving community. But how he cultivated his natural turn towards joy into a movement unto itself is something else. When you recall his name, see his face before you, an instant flood of joy and kindness descends. His legacy can certainly be measured by the numerous projects and efforts he was involved in (it will take some time!), but to measure Jonathan the man, is to know joy itself.
Albion Editorial Tribute to Jonathan Doherty.
A Clip of a live recorded “thank you note” to the Arc of Genesee Orleans (2019):
We have to say goodbye to our friend, colleague, instructor, mover and shaker (literally and metaphorically), Cadence Whittier.
You will be missed by many, many people whose lives you touched through your commitment to people, dance and creativity.
The Collaborative of NY’s Board of Directors is reaching out to its team members in recognition of the individual and collective heroic efforts made during 2020, a most challenging year and in the spirit of the winter holiday season wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We want to give a “shout-out” to our Residential Directors who came together in the virtual world during the pandemic with the support of the Collaborative, but without an executive sponsor. The team shared-out concerns and resolved issues. The emergent pandemic required quick turn around times in an often chaotic public environment. Residential directors pulled together turning to their trusted colleagues in the Collaborative. Thank you.
We Wish you Peace and Joy Throughout 2021,
Allen Connely and Sean Eagen
Eighteen associates from 12 of the Collaborative of NY’s member agencies completed the CQI Certificate program with CCNY (Community Connections of NY, Inc.). The Continuous Quality Improvement program spanned 8 weeks this past fall 2020 with 4 full day sessions in-person (distanced) intervened with hours of “homework” on real-work projects. Participants walked away with a certificate and a quality improvement project designed for their agency, and in some cases were already underway. It is hard to emphasize the value that was added by applying QI principles and theory directly to the situation at hand – theory enhanced by real-time situations and situations transformed by theory-in-practice. All 13 member agencies were slated to participate but on the start day of the training, one agency’s participants were observing a precautionary quarantine.
Congratulations to all the participants and a big shot out of “Thanks” to Christa Foschio-Bebak of CCNY!
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