ATD interview report - ATD Fourth World USA
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary p. 3
Involvement of New and Current Members p. 6
Communications and Raising Awareness p. 9
Organizational Quality p. 14
Project Choices p. 21
Additional Comments p. 23
Appendix: Full Interview Script p. 24
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Member Interviews – Strategic Planning tool
Executive Summary
In the fall of 2013, following up on a survey sent to over 900 ATD Fourth World Movement
(ATD) members to help guide strategic planning for 2014-‐2017, we developed interview
questions with the following three purposes:
1. Deepen understanding of survey findings – how and why people responded as
they did, in addition to what they responded.
2. Generate ideas for how to build on and grow organizational strengths.
3. Engage diverse members in building ATD’s future from these strengths.
From the 19 interviews, the following themes emerged:
Strengths:
• People-‐centered approach (adaptive, mobile, warm)
• First-‐hand involvement and experience produces learning and awareness
• Creating spaces where members can connect and share strengths
Areas for improvement:
• Developing fundraising and communication with people who don’t have experience of
involvement with ATD projects
o Leverage the power of stories
• Supporting many members’ employment training and pre-‐employment training needs,
including accompanying and connecting with resources
New Ideas:
• Focus more on the criminal justice system
• Launch entrepreneurial projects to help people living in poverty learn skills and earn
money
• Online People’s University
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Interview sample:
A team that included Anna Fagergren, Dave Meyer, Bruno Dabout, and our teams in
Appalachia, New York, New Mexico, and New Orleans interviewed the following members, who
were selected for their diverse experiences with ATD throughout the US.
Eight (42%) of the nineteen interviewees were members who have lived in poverty, nine (47%)
were supporters or friends of ATD, and two (11%) were current Volunteer Corps members (also
called Volunteers, our staff). We consciously chose mainly friends and members who are not
part of our staff since our staff will have other opportunities to give its input during the
planning. We included people who have been involved with ATD Fourth World from between
one and thirty years, people who live near to and far from local teams, and people who work on
similar issues in their neighborhoods and their jobs:
• Ms. Peggy Simmons (CA)
• Ms. Laura Jijon (NM)
• Mr. Pershing Guillemet (NOLA)
• Mr. Allen Powell (NOLA)
• Mr. Walter Denson (NOLA)
• Mr. Bob Mauss (NOLA)
• Ms. Stacey Smith (NOLA)
• Ms. Maria Sandvik (NOLA)
• Ms. Alvenia Hutton (NYC)
• Mr. Andre Powe (NYC)
• Ms. Asia Snow (NYC)
• Ms. Samantha Dantzler (NYC)
• Ms. Jean Stallings (NYC)
• Mr. Nick Collins (NYC)
• Ms. Robin Mohr (PA)
• Ms. Gail Holmes (RI)
• Sr. Bernie Kenny (VA)
• Ms. Peggy Mariner (VA)
• Mr. Bruno Dabout (North American Regional)
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Interview Questions:
These 18 members answered 16 questions in the following categories
(see Appendix A for full interview questions):
1.) Involving Current and New Members
2.) Communications and Raising Awareness
3.) Organizational Quality
4.) Project Choices
Interview Responses & Findings:
The interview team recorded the responses in audio and writing and inserted the written
responses, as close to word-‐for-‐word as possible, in a spreadsheet. Using a data analysis
process that produced larger categories, called “codes,” for the full interview responses, the
team analyzed these responses to find common themes.1
In cases where one interviewee gave more than one response to a question, the team
separately coded responses that belonged in unique categories. In the charts below, we show
how many people’s answers fit into each broader category.
1 For example, in response to “Ways to involve new people,” the response, “Festivals in communities
where there is poverty,” was coded into the larger category, “Neighborhood-‐based events.”
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Involvement of Current and New Members
Involve New People
Question: Can you help us think of any ways to get new people involved where they could help
others and their community or meet new people?
Top categories: “Events in under-‐resourced neighborhoods” led and included the following:
ongoing hands-‐on opportunities, such as Street Library and Oct. 17; offering computers and
space to the community at a regular time; holding People's University in under-‐resourced
neighborhoods; regular presentations of what we do by project participants; holding lunches,
event planning and facilitation in under-‐resourced neighborhoods; family picnics; and
community and street festivals.
Categories with one respondent each:
• Open doors [of ATD spaces] to the community
• Network of fundraising facilitators
• Organizational partnerships
• International Volunteers
• Outreach for Oct. 17
• People with a lived experience of poverty leading informational sessions
• Communicate specific actions with short-‐ and long-‐term timelines
• New projects
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3 3
2 2 2
Events in under-‐
resourced
neighborhoods
Give roles in our
projects
Media Adult group
learning
Success stories Personal
Communication
Frequency
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In respondents’ own words:
“I love what you used to do [during Street Library]: coffee and donuts outside, introducing
yourselves again, because it’s people moving in and a few moving out. You make a flyer or a
notice. That way they’re getting to know you, and you’re getting to know us, and just have
coffee and talk.”
“People's University or meetings now at Fourth World House (NYC) could be held in Ocean Hill,
Jamaica, [under-‐resourced neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens], etc. It would be helpful to
expose us to new ideas and people.
“[It's hard to involve new people] in my neighborhood because people keep to themselves.
And parents, if there are two parents, they are worried about their kids and drugs.”
Involve People at a Distance
Question: How could you imagine us being able to involve more people at a distance?
Top categories: “Virtual meetings” led, with respondents expressing enthusiasm about last
year’s virtual annual meeting, and possibilities of participating in events such as People’s
University, online. “Social media” was also popular and included Volunteers tweeting
experiences and knowledge; and members using Facebook, FaceTime and blogging. “Support
for allies” included retreats and engaging in readings about transitioning from being a
Volunteer Corps member to an ally.
Categories with one response each:
• Provide transportation
• Thematic working groups
• Organizational partnerships
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4 3
2 2
Virtual meetings Social media Support allies Personal
communication
Regular
newsletters
Mobile events
and activities
Frequency
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• Invite area visitors to a Fourth World House
• Workshops in different neighborhoods, and retreats for member and friends.
In respondents’ own words:
“Keep inviting people, even though they don’t come. I am now two hours away from two
different teams and it’s right on the edge of being easy to go. If they stop inviting me, I’ll never
go. So to not be discouraged.”
“Give people a role, something to do.”
“The answer is more to get some thing started where they are. We have used Skype more for
Oct 17, Skyping in other people in the US mostly.”
New Donors
Question: How might we be able to get more new donors?
Categories tied with two responses each:
• Fundraisers
• Local businesses and groups
• Fundraising and grant research
• Adapting our communications for fundraising
• New projects
Categories with one response each:
• Organizational partnerships
• Ask after people have experiences with ATD
• House parties
• Personal communications
In respondents’ own words:
“Approach small businesses and ask them sponsor us by giving a small contribution every year.”
“People have to have a personal experience with a ATD program or people. We shouldn’t be
afraid to ask people who have had an experience quickly; low key and upfront.”
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“House parties. The team of Volunteers received a very good training about it.”
Communications and Raising Awareness
What Helps You Learn about ATD
Question: What has helped you most to learn about ATD Fourth World’s work in the past?
Top categories: “involvement” and “personal communication” led. Involvement included
participating in programs and activities (Oct. 17, Street Library, etc.), serving on the Board of
Directors and being at events at the United Nations. “Personal communication” responses
included emails, phone calls, follow up phone calls, face-‐to-‐face meetings and newsletters.
Categories with one response each:
• Stories
• English-‐speaking blog (http://togetherindignity.wordpress.com)
• Historical and international context
• Representing ATD at events
• Social media
• Retreats and planning sessions
In respondents’ own words:
“I learned when I was made responsible for picking up someone and taking them to a picnic or
Oct 17 event. I had a role, was needed, and learned.”
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3
Involvement Personal communication Newsletter
Frequency
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“My god-‐daughter came to a People’s University and thought the ATD was something special.
Only ATD could have brought all these people together… something needs to be maintained by
the Fourth World. It shouldn’t be them finding help for people and being a referral agency; they
should be involved in the whole process.”
What Do You Want to Learn More About
Question: What part of ATD Fourth World's work would you like to learn more about?
Top categories: News from other countries and ATD teams throughout the United States led.
Also popular were success stories of how our projects influence participants, communities, or
policies.
Categories with one response each:
• New programs
• Why some families don’t benefit
• Economy-‐related projects
• Results of the work on violence
• Merging Knowledge
• Community organizing
• Father Joseph Wresinski
In respondents’ own words:
“I want to learn about what are we doing to keep continuing…don’t slack up on what got Fourth
World here. Don’t deviate on the things that are more important.”
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3
2
News from other places Success Stories Volunteer training and internships
Frequency
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“Training of volunteers: how is it handled, what they’re told, how they react, and what do they
need.”
“Our projects in the field of economy. I know about them in Senegal, Guatemala, Madagascar
and in France but want to know more, maybe to be inspired to set up in the US.”
Raising Awareness
Question: What has ATD Fourth World done well to raise awareness about poverty?
Top categories: “Involvement with diverse people” led. Examples included: People’s University,
family gatherings, gathering around issues like violence, and work at the United Nations.
October 17 stood out as a strong method of raising awareness about poverty. Overall the
answers emphasized the importance of word-‐of-‐mouth and personal experiences in our
awareness-‐raising rather than mass media or public communication.
Categories with one response each:
• United Nations
• Merging Knowledge retreat
• Guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights (http://bit.ly/MZKd26)
• Show how street library kids benefit over time
• Advocacy
In respondents’ own words:
“Making families aware of the war waged against poverty, and the extremes of poverty in
certain areas – I think that’s pivotal in making people aware of the dynamics of poverty.”
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2
Involvement with diverse
people
October 17th Raising the awareness of
people living in poverty
Frequency
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“I hear people increasingly using the words “poverty” and “poor”. People are more comfortable
with that. Now it is taking “class” and “poverty” into the thinking in the USA in a way that didn't
exist 10 years ago. I don't know if the ATD has had an influence on that.”
Raising Awareness Better
Question: How can we do better at raising awareness of what people in poverty go through and
the efforts they make to overcome it?
Top categories: Examples of “stories” included short videos and sharing stories, while honoring
confidentiality. “More involvement in the public discourse” examples included: get involved in
local policy discussions and decisions; increase publicity efforts on the radio, Facebook, etc.; get
into public eye; and train members to share the Guiding Principles. Partnerships (social services)
included involving social service people, including classroom teachers, in events such as Oct. 17.
Categories with one response each:
• Social media
• Organize allies
• Job readiness skills
• Share risks that Volunteers take in working with vulnerable communities
• Consistent events like Oct. 17
• Advertise, e.g. on train, and invite interested people to meetings
In respondents’ own words:
“On Facebook, put what ATD Fourth World Movement is, a daily thought, daily reflections on
the ATD.”
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4
2
Stories More involvement in public
discourse
Partnership (social services)
Frequency
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“I don't think we take the time to really work on a city level in NYC in regards to working
alongside groups who are also involved in poverty eradication and improving access to rights.”
“Help people help themselves, give people opportunities to share their strengths, how [some
people are] weak in areas where others are strong. Things like resume help as well as job
readiness – phone etiquette; some people never learned.”
“The thing that has the most impact I think, and that the Movement knows so well, is the
stories about people. And I love the videos. Short videos very easy to watch have an impact and
give a face to things.”
Organizational Quality
Reaching Vulnerable Families Versus Steps Out of Poverty
Question: Why do you think ATD may be somewhat better at reaching vulnerable families than
helping them take steps out of poverty?
Top categories: A number of people in the top category, “Confidence and strength,”
commented that we, as an organization, can support people and connect them to resources,
but that people living in poverty need to feel confident in themselves, ATDs programs and the
possibility of a better future. They need to have the strength to take advantage of opportunities
and work themselves out of poverty. Four respondents spoke about the process of getting out
of poverty being a long-‐term one as a reason why we received slightly higher ratings reaching
vulnerable families and individuals than helping them take steps out of poverty.
Category with one response: ATD works to understand poverty before acting.
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2 2
ConPidence and
strength
Long term approach
takes time
Not economics focused Challenged moving
beyond SL to larger
scope, e.g., schools
Frequency
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In respondents’ own words:
“Reaching people in poverty is a base, but there is another base, which is reaching institutions
and community and professionals. You have to be bridges between people in poverty, and
institutions, communities and professionals.”
“It's a long-‐term process to take steps out of poverty and it is something very difficult to
measure.”
“People have to want to participate. All you can do is reach out, and then from there you could
take what you can and cannot do, to see what you’re working with. I told you the first time,
when I was sitting in the park, I was like: white kid. And they just came right over there to us
and started talking and whatever and I said, ‘Okay, I’m going to give them a chance and see.’
And it turned out to be a good thing.”
“Change takes time at the aggregate versus individual level. I don’t think pulling individuals out
of poverty is ATD’s goal. In order to really make a change, you need to get involved in policy
decisions. It’s the families that need to lift themselves out. So it’s matter of the goal or mission
of organization, and of long-‐ vs. short-‐term solutions. For greater good sometimes you have to
step back.”
Steps out of Poverty
Question: What do you see ATD Fourth World doing to help individuals and families take steps
out of poverty?
Top categories: Examples of helping people “build skills and self-‐confidence to take part in
society” included emphasizing the abilities people already have; creating the confidence for
people to pursue job training; offering positive group, social experiences, and increased
5 5
2 2
Build skills and self
conPidence to take part in
society
Connect with resources
and accompany
Maintaining long-‐term
relationships
Support coping/stress
management
Frequency
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experience and skills with computers. Examples of ways of “connecting people to resources and
accompanying them” included educational and employment opportunities and connecting
people to other groups with needed services.
Categories with one response each:
• Helping financially
• Offering clear steps
• Offering people a space to talk about their experiences
In respondents’ own words:
“People building social skills and self-‐confidence to interact and take part in social settings
around them.”
“Stress management through quilting, physical exercise, socializing.”
“Reaching vulnerable families is your responsibility; stepping out of poverty is their
responsibility... Offering people the opportunity for an education is our responsibility; actually
getting an education is the student’s responsibility. If both sides don’t have equal responsibility
then you are not empowering people. To empower, both sides have to be responsible;
otherwise it becomes co-‐dependent.”
Better Steps out of Poverty
Question: How can you see ATD FW better supporting one or more of the steps [for people to
get out of poverty]?
Top categories: Connecting people with resources and accompanying them led and included:
building a support network, making friends, locating housing, and finding educational and
employment opportunities. Education and job skills was related, but focused more on making
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Connect with resources and accompany Education and job skills
Frequency
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sure that when a person has an employment opportunity, he or she is prepared with a resume,
job skills, etc.
Categories with one response each:
• Persistent presence
• Offer routine
• Support self-‐discipline
• Partnerships
• Engage families in local policy issues
In respondents’ own words:
“We need an infusion of skills in poor communities that are different than what they have now,
to connect [people] to new kinds of jobs and small business in their community. [Supports ATD
could help with include] small loans, researching new hot job areas like “green” building,
helping people have a real job and stick to it, and getting a babysitter.”
“[Help people] establish a work history and practice of work. If you’ve never worked and are 25
you have to learn what it’s like to apply, but also make sure shifts are covered, get to work on
time, be dressed appropriately – things lots of people don’t know that yet. That includes
communication and conflict management.”
“There are a lot of people living in poverty who are smart. They know how to do the things, but
[they need] papers. Go get them training programs, so at least it is documented. ‘I’m helping
you, and now the rest is up to you. I’m telling you where you could go to get this free training.’
So you can that available for people. That’s the best you can do.”
Changes in People’s Lives
Question: Have you noticed changes that happen in people’s lives by being part of ATD Fourth
World?
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4 3
Ongoing, diverse,
inclusive community
building
Self-‐esteem and
conPidence
Help people Pind their
"Voice."
Academic and vocational
success
Frequency
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Top categories: Ongoing, inclusive community building led and included people living in poverty
taking an active role in shaping projects, reaching out to others around them, becoming more
connected with their children’s teachers, creating safe spaces for kids and parents, and meeting
and learning from people from other backgrounds. Self-‐esteem and self-‐confidence includes
people we work with becoming leaders in their communities and groups, building confidence
for a job, improving writing skills, and improving communication between children and parents.
Helping people find their voice has happened through writing their stories with them and giving
them the courage to speak in a group.
Categories with one response each:
• Societal mindset change
• Reduce parents' stress
• Role model gender relations
• Greater visibility of our actions
In respondents’ own words:
“As a book writing project and discussion group was being finished, one woman said, ‘You all
gave me my voice.’ And she hadn’t really wanted to say anything at first. But we kept asking
and helped her practice to say things, and now she says she’s not scared to talk to the judge her
son’s in front of. So this is five, almost six years time of working with Maria and others here.”
“I think it changed people’s lives, people’s thoughts. I can’t say if it’s an improvement with
money or financial, but it’s the mindset. I had a big family involved, so within my own family,
I’ve seen a difference; they’ve grown, being more responsible, being accountable for their
actions and taking their life to a better standard. So, yes, I can see that in every one of them.
And of course, I’ve left and come back and I’ve grown more myself.”
“About seven, eight years ago, when Street Library came, I wasn’t really thinking too much
about being a mother. But when they came they showed me how to slow down with what I was
doing, to pay more attention to my kids. The way I talked to my kids. They made things better
for me and my kids. Like they taught me how to be a parent again. Because so much was going
on, I was so wrapped up in it. I’d kind of forgotten how to be with my kids.”
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“Inclusiveness as a value is brought to the forefront – we include poor people in decision-‐
making, not being dismissive and isolating. People have become more inclusive and people are
more included. Here things are mostly run by families and being more inclusive is big.”
“It’s great people find a home in ATD Fourth World and it’s bad when people are still in poverty
after three generations of knowing ATD Fourth World.”
Differences from other Groups
Question: In what way (if any) are our projects different than projects run by other groups?
Top category: With nine responses, “Inclusive and personal partnership with people in poverty
to shape projects” led and was the only category with more than one response.
Categories with one response each:
• Broader goals
• Historians of poverty for research
• International
• Empowerment
The Wordle word cloud below shows all of the substantive words that all participants used to
respond to this question, How are our projects that different from other groups? More
frequently reported words shown in larger font. The word, “People,” is not only frequently
used, but usually used in the context, “people who live in poverty.”
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In respondents’ own words:
“It’s more family-‐oriented. All of the projects I can remember participating, there was a very
warm sense of hominess, friendliness. It’s done on the family level, doesn’t seem business like,
whatever the business. It even comes down to the workspace. It’s home.”
“The goals of our projects are more broad than a lot of projects. We also make a point, in order
for a project to be successful or continue participants have to be involved/take an active part in
it. If people aren’t participating, the project stops or changes. From setup to carrying out to
evaluation – those steps rely on participants as much as facilitators.”
Project choices
Adult Empowerment
Question: Are there any adult empowerment programs you would most like to see ATD Fourth
World develop? This could be ones listed (do more to help people get employment, training and
education, to continue People's Universities, and to experiment more with Merging of
Knowledge), or other ideas you have.
Categories with one response each:
• Multidimensional approach around theme
• Work more with kids, family events
• Events in under-‐resourced neighborhoods
• Developing the arts – including New Orleans culinary arts.
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4
3
2
Job skills and adult
education
Merging Knowledge and
People's University
Organizational
partnership
Microbusinesses
Frequency
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In respondents’ own words:
“Well, I'd say start from a learning aspect. A lot of people in poverty don't have their high
school diploma or GED, they are not computer literate, or literate at all for that matter... So
maybe if we can see where we can help them at, we can find out their weakness and turn them
into strengths. For instance, my strength is that I know how to do hair. I know how to cook and
clean, things of that nature. Maybe there's somebody else who doesn't really know how to
cook or do hair. Maybe I can teach a small group how to cook a dish, or how to sew a weave in.
Basically like an ‘Each One Teach One’ kind of technique.”
“Merging Knowledge. I find it sad that groups only focus on young children now, not older
children or adults.”
“12-‐step the adult empowerment of the whole person. It’s not technical, but about our own
strengths and weaknesses and how to work with them.”
“Small industry and entrepreneurial programs, a Fourth World cottage industry. Exchange
ideas, skills with localized hubs. ATD could be a clearinghouse for ideas and entrepreneurial
resources.”
Areas to Work on in the Future
Question: We’d like you to tell us about a few areas (organizational partnership, outreach, and
advocacy) where you would like to see ATD work in the future.
This question proved difficult for people to answer, illustrated by comments such as: “These
listed priorities are intricately connected.”
The following comments offer ideas for how to strategically integrate, more than prioritize,
these areas. In addition, the needs and stage of each local team plays a role:
“I feel to make this kind of choice depends, we have to put together the needs of the
communities and our human resources… A big challenge in the US is the criminal [justice]
system.”
Another theme that arose from the responses was the interdependent nature of organizational
partnership, outreach, capacity building, advocacy, and local policy:
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“I think we really need to work on all of them, create a system where everyone has a part. Like
an outreach group, a party planning group, a soup kitchen or something that gets us out there
into the public eye. Something like a church, where everyone has a part to play. That way we
can reach all aspects of what we're trying to get done. We do need to get out there into the
public eye, we do need to do outreach, we do need to network, tremendously. So if we all split
based on our strengths, I think that would be good. We can have a meeting to find out who may
be good at what, and how we're going to get it done.”
Another important point was the fundamental need for outreach. “If you don’t do outreach,
you don’t have members,” said one participant.
An added focus that also points to the interconnected nature of all of these areas:
“Understanding better how change takes place. Workshops to help people understand how
change takes place – personal, emotional, political, social, all areas… [and a] resource to share
ATD approach with social workers and social services.”
Additional comments
“We don't seem to be able to engage people administratively, financially, and at a
programmatic level. We don't have a robust supporter network and a small team of Volunteers
can't achieve all of this. We need to build a better, more long-‐term group. The Movement has
to allow this group of supporters to actually have some form of responsibility.”
“Teach more tolerance to diversity. Start with the children. It's important to meet people from
other countries with no animosity when we are all there for the same purpose. We discover
that we are more alike than we are different."
“Follow-‐up with people, we don't always but should follow up with families, supporters, etc.
after our interactions with them. If you plan for months to go to Washington DC, what was the
follow up after that? Follow up is important.”
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Appendix
Full Interview Script
For the ATD Fourth World Action Planning Process 2014-‐2017
1) Involving Current and New Members
1. We asked people why they participated in or donated to ATD Fourth World.
The top 3 responses were
o to “help others and improve my community.”
o to “meet new and interesting people”
o and to “do or learn new things that I don't in other groups,”
1. Can you help us think of any ways to get new people involved where they
could help others and their community or meet new people?
2. Most people who did not join in on an ATD Fourth World activity in the past
year said that it was because they were too far away
1. How could you imagine us being able to involve more people at a distance?
2. How might we be able to get more new donors?
2. Communications and Raising Awareness
1. Most people who took our survey said they are aware of our projects. For two
of our projects, though, a few more people said that they were “not aware or
“don't know.”
1. What has helped you most to learn about ATD Fourth World’s work in the
past?
2. What part of ATD Fourth World's work would you like to learn more about?
2. We asked people to say how well ATD is doing at “raising awareness of
persistent poverty and ways to overcome it.” Most people said either
excellent or good.
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1. What has ATD Fourth World done well to raise awareness about poverty?
Please give an example or two if possible.
2. How can we do better at raising awareness of what people in poverty go
through and the efforts they make to overcome it?
3. Organizational Quality
1. We asked survey respondents to say how well ATD FW is doing in a few
different areas. Overall, the results were very positive, but also suggest that
we're doing better at reaching vulnerable families than at helping them take
steps out of poverty.
1. Why do you think that is?
2. What do you see ATD Fourth World doing to help individuals and families
take steps out of poverty?
3. What are some of the steps people go through to get out of poverty?
4. How can you see ATD FW better supporting one or more of these steps?
2. People who took our survey talked about many different “positive changes
that happen for families, neighborhoods, or society because of ATD Fourth
World projects.”
1. Have you noticed changes that happen in people’s lives by being part of
ATD Fourth World? Please give one or two specific examples (no names are
necessary).
2. Have you noticed changes in whole families or in a neighborhood because
of ATD FW? Please give one or two examples.
3. Most respondents said we run projects that are different from other groups.
1. If you agree with that, in what way are our projects different than projects
run by other groups?
4. Projects choices:
ATD Fourth World Movement USA – www.4thworldmovement.org -‐ [email protected]
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1. Of all our current projects, there was the most interest in Adult
Empowerment programs. Some of the ideas people gave to develop these
programs were to do more to help people get employment, training and
education, to continue People's Universities, and to experiment more with
Merging of Knowledge.
1. Are there any Adult Empowerment programs you would most like to see
ATD FW develop? This could be ones already listed or other ideas you have.
2. We asked people about other areas ATD FW should work on in the future.
The answers covered a lot of different areas. We’d like you to listen to a few
of those areas, and tell us which seem most important to you, and why. If you
have other ideas not listed here, please tell us about them.
1. Working with other organizations (have more public impact, strengthen
projects through working with other groups)
2. Outreach to people experiencing poverty in the neighborhoods we’re
already in and in new neighborhoods (that could include reaching people
who are hidden or doing more in rural areas)
3. Capacity building, advocacy and local policy (community organizing,
empowering people to make a difference against social exclusion in their
lives and communities, learning the skills to work with politicians and
decision-‐makers, getting more involved in criminal justice issues)
1. Which of these areas do you think ATD Fourth World should work on
more in the next few years, and why? Please give a few examples of
what you would like to see.
Anything else you would like to say that we haven’t asked?