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NP3: Nurturing People. Power. Place. (formerly NIMC)
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Demonstrating innovative models which build trust across lines of difference and foster a shared sense of humanity
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Today is our 12th anniversary & we have a big announcement to make! NIMC is changing its name to reflect a broader vision for impact. We are now NP3: Nurturing People. Power. Place.

We're excited to share this news, along with our new logo & website:
https://bit.ly/4oqORXT
Continuing our series highlighting books and ideas that have shaped, inspired, and challenged our thinking as we reimagined NP3 (formerly NIMC): Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown.

bookshop.org/p/books/emer...
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our latest newsletter introduces NP3: Nurturing People. Power. Place. and details the journey that led us here. Check it out here! view.communications.case.edu?qs=0299fe576...
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Want to hear more about our pivot to NP3? Check out our latest Bending the Arc podcast episode, where our founding director Mark Joseph is joined by long-term collaborator Salin Geevarghese & colleagues Laylah Allen & Debbie Wilber to talk about our next chapter.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today is our 12th anniversary & we have a big announcement to make! NIMC is changing its name to reflect a broader vision for impact. We are now NP3: Nurturing People. Power. Place.

We're excited to share this news, along with our new logo & website:
https://bit.ly/4oqORXT
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Next up in our series highlighting books and ideas that have shaped, inspired, and challenged our thinking as we reimagined NIMC: Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown.

Stay tuned for our big announcement about NIMC tomorrow!

bookshop.org/p/books/emer...
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Big announcement coming up! After our year & a half of reflecting, recommitting & reimagining NIMC, we realized our current name no longer reflects who we are. We'll be unveiling our new name next week! Here's a clue: the wordcloud from our brainstorming. What are your guesses for our new name?
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Continuing our series highlighting books and ideas that have shaped, inspired, and challenged our thinking as we reimagined NIMC: Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown.

bookshop.org/p/books/emer...
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Check out our center director Mark Joseph's latest Everyday Antiracism blog post, "Practicing Everyday Antiracism in this moment" with reflections on people, power, and place!

https://bit.ly/3Wle8qm
October 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Next up in our series highlighting books and ideas that have shaped, inspired, and challenged our thinking as we reimagined NIMC: Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown.

bookshop.org/p/books/emer...
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Earlier this month, the Greater Buckeye Community Treasure Hunt culminated in a final celebration at Woodhill Station West! The Treasure Hunt provided residents with an opportunity to explore different businesses & connect with neighbors. Thanks to all who participated and made it such a fun event!
October 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
First up in our series highlighting books that have shaped our thinking as we reimagined NIMC: Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We read the chapter "The Three Sisters" for a team retreat & the ideas around interdependence & reciprocity have been hugely influential to our thinking.
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
First up in our series highlighting books that have shaped our thinking as we reimagined NIMC: Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We read the chapter "The Three Sisters" for a team retreat & the ideas around interdependence & reciprocity have been hugely influential to our thinking.
October 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This Sunday, September 28th is National Good Neighbor Day! Celebrate by doing something to connect with a neighbor in a meaningful way.

https://bit.ly/46SWRe1
September 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
First up in our series highlighting books that have shaped our thinking as we reimagined NIMC: Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We read the chapter "The Three Sisters" for a team retreat & the ideas around interdependence & reciprocity have been hugely influential to our thinking.
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
First up in our series highlighting books that have shaped our thinking as we reimagined NIMC: Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We read the chapter "The Three Sisters" for a team retreat & the ideas around interdependence & reciprocity have been hugely influential to our thinking.
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Check out our latest NIMC newsletter announcing our shift from "Impact Research Center" to "Demonstration and Learning Hub," and catch up on what we've been up to over the past months!

https://bit.ly/47HcXbw
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Over the past two years, we’ve embarked on a period of reflecting, recommitting, and reimagining NIMC: who we are and what we seek to do over the next decade and beyond. Stay tuned for a big announcement about our future in November!
September 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Last week we held our Woodhill-Buckeye CNI Working Group meeting at the Mandel School at CWRU! Midway through the initiative, we have been reflecting on the governance structure and any changes we want to make for the next phase.
August 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Join us in welcoming our newest team member, Laylah Allen! Laylah joins us as NIMC's new Senior Community Builder and Research Associate, and we're very excited to have her on our team! Welcome Laylah!
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
ICYMI: We've released four out of six episodes of our podcast series with ThirdSpace Action Lab! The series, "Moving Toward Healing," explores the philosophy, strategies and achievements of TSAL. Catch up on the episodes here: view.communications.case.edu?qs=72bc23dc5...
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Tangled housing titles impact housing stability, wealth building, access to resources & more. Check out this piece in CWRU's The Daily on the work being done by Laura McNally, Debbie Wilber & other partners to untangle housing titles for local residents: thedaily.case.edu/meet-a-resea...
Researcher Working on Untangling Housing Titles | The Daily
Laura E. McNally, JD began to notice through her and her students' work in the pop-up clinics, the recurring pattern of tangles titles.
thedaily.case.edu
July 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join us in welcoming Harper Ross to our team! Harper is going into her second year in the Mandel School's MSW program, and will be working with NIMC over the next year for her field placement. We're excited to have her joining our team!
July 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Join us in thanking and sending best wishes to three of our beloved colleagues, Alyssa Nickell, Colette Ngana, and Dustin Major on their last day with NIMC. We are so grateful for each of them, the amazing people they are, and everything they have brought to our team and our work!
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ICYMI: Check out our latest eblast on episodes two, three, and four of "Moving Toward Healing," our podcast series with ThirdSpace Action Lab!

view.communications.case.edu?qs=72bc23dc5...
June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New podcast! Episode 4 of our "Moving Toward Healing" series with ThirdSpace Action Lab dropped! This episode, recorded on location at the TSAL Reading Room, focuses on the Space of ThirdSpace. Listen here!
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ben...
June 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM