Center for Performance and Civic Practice

Contact

Portland, OR
United States
Organization Type: 
Community / Non-Arts Organization
http://www.thecpcp.org/
Programs and Services: 

The Center for Performance and Civic Practice (CPCP) is a field-building resource that aims to make visible the power of the arts to demonstrably increase civic capacity. CPCP collaborates with artists and community/municipal organizations to develop best practice frameworks for innovative engagement and cross-sector partnership activity with a focus on field-to-field translation, collaboration and co-design skills.

Populations Engaged: 
General Public
Outcomes: 
Issue Awarness, education
Civic engagement
Community building
Economic/community development
Community organizing
Community planning
Dialogue & Deliberation
Problem Solving
Policy, system change
Continuum: 
Attitudes, motivation (values, aspirations)
Awareness, knowledge, understanding
Behavior, participation (action, activism, advocacy)
Capacity (social capital, skills, practice, resources)
Public discourse (dialogue, deliberation, media)
Systems, policies, places (legislation, issue/problem resolution)
Communities Served: 
urban