Community Activation Network (CAN)

You CAN participate in the Community Activation Network

CNPE invites you to join in the Community Activation Network (CAN) conversation. CAN is a virtual forum/table for nonprofit social impact leaders, volunteers, and funders to hear about our community’s most pressing issues and needs. You hear from leaders across the region and experts from the field. It’s a place to learn about substantive issues that impact our work and our community in deep ways. It is a place to create shared learning and understanding, to make connections and strengthen relationships – a place where diverse voices are lifted up and listened to.

Who should participate in CAN?

CAN is for anyone in the nonprofit/social impact space who wants to help improve it. We welcome board members, officers, staff, and volunteers from nonprofits and foundations. We also invite those who support this sector financially – as well as those working to help our community who may not be connected to an existing nonprofit. We want a lot of voices and points of view as we work together to find effective solutions to the many social challenges we face in Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana.

CAN in 2024 and beyond...

Going forward, CAN’s power comes from its ability to address a significant topic affecting our entire community, engaging a wide variety of stakeholders. We will continue to work to to ensure that CAN gatherings remain fresh, timely, and relevant discussion of significant topics.

Our goal is to be flexible and responsive, so that we can quickly convene an CAN gathering whenever a critical issue arises within the nonprofit community or throughout our Louisville/Southern Indiana community. (To suggest a topic that CAN should address, please contact Ed Cortas at ecortas@cnpe.org.)

Learn more, including CAN’s origins and guiding principles.