Community Voices

Community Voices

Listening, Sharing, & Learning Together

Community Voices highlights the experiences and perspectives of Pontiac residents, creating opportunities for dialogue, connection, and collective learning. Through storytelling and conversation, we help ensure that community insights inform the work shaping Pontiac’s future.

Listening, Sharing, & Learning Together

Pontiac is at a critical point in its history. Over the next decade, the city will undergo a once-in-a-generation transformation due to large-scale, multi-year projects such as the unwinding of the Woodward Loop, relocation of Oakland County Headquarters, and other large-scale infrastructure projects that increase connectivity. What we do now as a community and how we interact with the public and private stakeholders of these projects will directly impact the benefits reaped by residents in the decades to come.

In response to this opportunity, in 2026 PCF is launching Community Voices, a Pontiac resident advisory board for PCF programming. Community Voices members serve as trusted advisors to PCF, providing guidance, sharing expertise, and strengthening connections between PCF and the community. Their participation ensures that PCF’s work reflects local needs and promotes lasting positive change. If you would like to be involved in this work, or know someone who would be interested, please contact Program Manager, Ramon Valentin at ramon@pontiaccommunityfoundation.org.

Community Voices Application

Thank you for your interest in joining Community Voices. Community Voices is a resident-informed advisory group created to help ensure Pontiac Community Foundation's work reflects the perspectives, priorities, and experiences of the community. Community Voices members provide valuable insight that helps shape PCF's programs, partnerships, and community investments. This is an opportunity to share your perspective, contribute to meaningful community impact, and help inform the Foundation's work. Applications will be reviewed based on the perspectives, experiences, and ideas applicants bring, their commitment to Pontiac, and the overall composition of the Community Voices cohort.

Name:
Email Address:
Phone:
Home Address:
Voting District:
What is your connection to Pontiac, and what experiences have shaped your perspective on the community? :
Tell us about an experience where you worked with others to make a difference in your community, workplace, or another setting. What did you learn, and how would that experience help you contribute to Community Voices? :
When you think about Pontiac 10 years from now, what do you hope the community looks and feels like? What role do you believe residents can play in helping move Pontiac toward that future? :
What is one issue or opportunity in Pontiac that deserves more attention right now, and what perspective or experience would you bring to that conversation through Community Voices? :
Community Voices members serve a two-year term and are expected to attend quarterly meetings, participate respectfully in discussions and community engagement activities, and contribute thoughtful perspectives and ideas. Check the box below if you are able to make this commitment:
By submitting this application, I acknowledge that the information provided is accurate to the best of my knowledge and understand the expectations associated with participating in Community Voices: