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Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy

Capstone Deliverable 5: Two-Pager & Final Pitch Presentation

Due: Friday, November 7 | 11:59 PM

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After identifying a community violence intervention challenge, analyzing its root causes, designing a solution, and developing a plan for implementation and evaluation, your final capstone deliverable brings everything together. This is your opportunity to clearly and confidently communicate your vision through a compelling two-page summary and a brief, persuasive presentation. These final deliverables are designed to help you share your project with community partners, funders, and other key stakeholders who can help move your work forward.

1. Assignment Overview What Is the Final Deliverable The final deliverable is your opportunity to synthesize and share your capstone project in a way that is compelling, actionable and easy to communicate. It includes two components:

• A two-page summary that distills the most important insights from your problem statement, situational analysis, project design, and implementation plan into a concise, accessible format

• A 5–7-minute pitch presentation that gives you the opportunity to explain your solution, demonstrate its relevance, and make a clear call to action.

Together, these tools showcase your growth as a community violence intervention leader and equip you to engage stakeholders—such as funders, partners, or decision-makers—who can support and champion your work.

2. Assignment Steps

Part 1: Final Two-Pager Your two-pager should provide a high-level summary of your project that is engaging and easy to skim. It should look and feel like something you could share at a meeting, during a pitch or with a potential partner or funder. What to include:

1. Project Title & Summary

• One-sentence summary of your problem and proposed solution

• Your name, organization, and city/state 2. The Problem

• What issue are you addressing?

• Who is most impacted

• Why is it urgent? 3. Key Causes

• What are the root causes and structural factors driving the issue? 4. Your solution

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• What are you proposing?

• How is it grounded in evidence and community knowledge?

5. Activities & Timeline

• Highlight your main actions and 6-month milestones

6. Impact Goals

• What outcomes are you aiming for? How will the community benefit?

7. Budget Snapshot

• Share your total budget and/or key cost areas

• (You’ll also attach your full budget spreadsheet)

8. Call to Action

• What support do you need?

• How can someone get involved?

Part 2: Final Pitch Time: 15 minutes total (5-7 min presentation + 8-10 min Q&A) Recommended Slide Flow:

1. Opening Slide

• Title, name, organization, city/state

• Briefly introduce yourself and why this project matters to you

2. The Issue

• What’s the problem and who is affected?

• Use a brief story, stat, or quote to bring it to life

3. Your Solution

• What is your intervention?

• Why is this approach promising or innovative?

4. Implementation & Impact

• Core activities, partners, and timeline

• What impact do you expect to have?

5. Call to Action

• What resources or support do you need?

• What do you want your audience to do next?

3. Things to Avoid

• Overloading your two-pager and slides with text. Use visuals and headlines

• Omitting your “ask”. Be specific about what support you need

• Focusing only on the problem. Spotlight your solution and impact