Posts by Phillip DeVol:
Bridges Across Every Divide Podcast – Episode 2: Tomorrow is another day
May 15, 2018with Gene Krebs Phil DeVol: How do we get people from the left and right into this? One of the things that we look at in the different aha! Process books is the four causes of poverty. It’s not just two. Of those four causes, there’s one that conservatives pay... View Article
Getting Ahead facilitator trains healthcare navigators at Case Western
April 9, 2018Dr. Heidi Gullett, who is featured in the following article, is a certified Bridges Out of Poverty trainer and a certified Getting Ahead facilitator. She teaches medical students and Family and Prevention Medicine residents at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is also the inaugural appointee to the... View Article
Podcast: Getting Ahead – The high-octane fuel in Bridges initiatives
March 16, 2018Phil DeVol moderates a panel of users of Getting Ahead Thank you everyone for joining us today. Our purpose is to describe the Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World series and to bring in speakers who are using these versions of Getting Ahead. I’m really quite excited to be able... View Article
Podcast: Silos!
March 9, 2018As people use our ideas and begin to develop the work in their institutions, before long it kind of gravitates into: “Maybe the different organizations in town that have been using this should come together and build a collaborative.” And that really means getting out of the silos. We talk... View Article
CharityTracker year-end Getting Ahead graduate report 2017
February 26, 2018Thanks to the many Getting Ahead facilitators and graduates who contributed to this report. Inputting the data is a massive amount of work! Some observations: The number of graduates in the database, now at 569, is growing impressively. We trust that the number of days between assessments will grow; it... View Article
Podcast: TrueConnect means no more payday loans
October 6, 2017Phil DeVol and Doug Farry Our topic today is predatory lending and what to do about it. Those of us who have learned directly from people in poverty and those who are struggling to get by and Getting Ahead investigators know that predatory lending practices are a poverty trap. Those... View Article
Audiobook excerpt: Bridges to Sustainable Communities
September 22, 2017Community sustainability is so broad a topic that all components of society must be engaged in the process. This topic truly engages people from business, government, health care, criminal justice, education, and social services. People living in survival mode will find it harder to become engaged in this work. The... View Article
Poverty and the controversial work of nonprofits
August 30, 2017This article by Michael Jindra and Ines W. Jindra at the University of Notre Dame explores the differences between “relational” approaches to poverty vs. the “structural” approaches. (Yes, there is a divide here too!) Bridges and Getting Ahead are mentioned as one model that addresses poverty both ways. Abstract There... View Article
‘BBQ Bash’ attracts funders with live music, cash giveaway
July 17, 2017Marion Matters in Marion, Ohio, holds just one fund-raiser per year, so when they throw their annual Marion Matters BBQ Bash, they go all out. Chief among the draws at the event is a chance to win $10,000 in a cash drawing! Other attractions include delicious food and live music,... View Article
Bridges Out of Poverty ‘trickles up’ in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
June 28, 2017Here is a study of Bridges and Getting Ahead by Katlyn Uhler titled “Bridges Out of Poverty as an Anti-Poverty Strategy in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.” She interviews Tammy Schoonover among others. Uhler is a graduate of the Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management program at the School for International Training Graduate... View Article