BETTER TOGETHER: A COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN FOR EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ENGAGEMENT PRESENTED BY THE BETTER TOGETHER LEADERSHIP CIRCLE AND THE ART OF COMMUNITY Thursday, November 12, 2015 www.decaturnext.com
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Social Bingo • Use your Social Bingo card to meet as many new people as you can • When you have completed your card, please place it on the projector table • Please take a seat with people you don’t know well
JIM BASKETT MAYOR CITY OF DECATUR www.decaturnext.com
PEGGY MERRISS CITY MANAGER CITY OF DECATUR www.decaturnext.com
MATTICE HAYNES ASHLEY COOPER FACILITATORS THE ART OF COMMUNITY www.decaturnext.com
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Our Aim Today 1. Reflect back what we’ve heard and what we’ve learned 2. Listen for which action items the community cares enough about to act on 3. Invite community members to step into shared leadership and accountability for the CAP
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Agenda • Social Bingo – prizes at the end! • Welcome • Introductions and Who’s in the Room • Better Together: What we’ve heard and what we’ve learned • Leadership for Community Action • Charting Our Success • Commitments and Next Steps • Close
WHO’S IN THE ROOM? www.decaturnext.com
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Invitations • Participate fully! • Speak from your own experience • Be aware of your impact • Connect with new people • Listen deeply • Learn and unlearn
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Introductions • Share your name and where you live or work in the City • Why was it important for you to be here tonight?
BETTER TOGETHER: A COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN FOR EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ENGAGEMENT PRESENTED BY THE BETTER TOGETHER LEADERSHIP CIRCLE AND THE ART OF COMMUNITY Thursday, November 12, 2015 www.decaturnext.com
some will see ways to some will see ways to SOLVE the PROBLEM ADDRESS the REASON ALL PERSPECTIVES ARE NEEDED
Places of Worship
EQUITABLE BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR The Message “ Bring your culture, values, heritage, voice, worldview, lifestyle - your whole self; we want to engage in truly mutual relationship.” The Goal Justice: community embodies and expresses the full range of voices and gifts present, including The Other The Effort Systems and programs in place to invite and welcome people, including those from the margins; to ensure their presence, gifts and perspective will be visible and valued; and to ensure that these communities, gifts and values influence the community’s identity, policies and structures The Result Transformed and transforming community with open doors and open hearts; different groups share power and shape identity, values, culture, leadership, structures and policies
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Source: Google Images
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Moving from Inviting to Equitable Inviting Inclusive Equitable The Message “Come, join our community “Help us to be diverse and share “Bring your culture, values, heritage, and share our cultural values some of your cultural heritage.” voice, worldview, lifestyle - your and heritage.” whole self; we want to engage in truly mutual relationship.” The Goal Assimilation: community Incorporation: community Justice: community invites new people to enter welcomes marginalized groups, embodies and expresses the full range and adopt dominant identity but no true shift in community’s of voices and gifts present, including cultural identity and practices The Other The Effort Systems and programs in Stated commitment to Systems and programs in place to place to invite and incorporate inclusivity, but less attention to invite and welcome people, including newcomers into existing ongoing programs, systemic those from the margins; to ensure structures and identity; analysis or power; emphasis on their presence, gifts and perspective rejection or marginalization of individual efforts will be visible and valued; and to those who do not assimilate ensure that these communities, gifts and values influence the community’s identity, policies and structures The Result Healthy numbers (perhaps Revolving door, with people Transformed and transforming with some members who coming from margins only to community with open doors and open claim marginal identity) but stay on the fringe or leave; hearts; different groups share power community and its community remains and shape identity, values, culture, membership is monocultural, with some leadership, structures and policies overwhelmingly monocultural pockets of difference Adapted from Radical Welcome by Stephanie Spellers
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Leadership Circle www.decaturnext.com
Community Action Planning Process Timeline Community Engagement Asset Mapping Community and Implementation Mobilization and Process Impact and and Evaluation Participatory Design Sustainability Action Planning November 2014- January-June July-November 2016 and beyond June 2015 2015 2015 • 18 Leadership Circle members • 729 completed surveys • 250+ community conversation participants • 55 training participants • 30 participants in potential partners’ meeting • Phase 2 Recommendations Report + Participant Guide + Conversation Kit
Community Participation and Engagement Racially Just Transportation Community Options for All Policing Equitable and Inclusive City Maximizing Diverse and Use of Public Affordable Spaces Housing Welcoming and Inclusive Retail Environment
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Top Action Ideas 11/12/15 • Advocate for GA approval of homestead exemptions • Host forums with experts to manage growth and maintain diversity • Require Fair and Impartial training for officers • Produce guide covering tax assistance etc for seniors • Make Better Together permanent • Ongoing BT column in Focus and other media • Provide city leaders with support for equity lens • Host conversations on race, diversity and inclusion • Publish flyer with guidance on reporting suspicious activity • Convene task force for workforce housing • Develop Welcoming Decatur checklist for events • Invite more people of color to Citizen Police Academy • Make studio space available for adult and youth art • Attend public meetings and utilize local resources
LEADERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY ACTION www.decaturnext.com
COMMITMENTS www.decaturnext.com
BETTER TOGETHER DECATUR Next Steps • Monday, November 16 th (6:30-7:30pm) City Commission work session to present draft Community Action Plan • Monday, December 7 th (7:30pm) City Commission meeting to present final plan
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