Program areas at Community Tampa Bay
ANYTOWN - Summer Program is a 5-day, 4-night residential conference for teens that gives them a framework for having hard conversations with people who don't look like them and an understanding of why that's important. ANYTOWN graduates stay involved with Community Tampa Bay through year-round opportunities to socialize with peers, build new skills and receive service hours. Year-round ANYTOWN programming also includes intensive leadership development and advocacy opportunities for selected ANYTOWN graduates.
Professional Education Program offers customized training sessions and consultation that empower workplace leaders to leverage diversity to create inclusive, high-performing teams that boost a company's bottom line and allow it to exceed its goals.
Youth Leadership Conferences are one-day mini ANYTOWN sessions giving middle- and high-school aged students the opportunity to begin experiencing meaningful cross-cultural interactions and dialogue. These skills are the foundation for students to become inclusive leaders.
Huddle for Change Huddle for Change is a partnership between the Super Bowl LV Host Committee, NFL Inspire Change, and Community Tampa Bay to welcome community members and local leaders to participate in an open and honest discussion about systemic racism and racial inequalities.
Community Tampa Bay also develops community conversations that are prompted by the needs of the community. Topics in the past have included the Ukrainian war, anti-Islamophobia, and Xenophobia. The organization also participates in the AmeriCorp program. Volunteers through AmeriCorp assist with Community Tampa Bay's program capacity building. The volunteers also receive intensive experience working in an educational nonprofit.