Community Engagement Project Community Meeting March 2019 Table of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Town of Manchester Community Engagement Project

March 2019 Community Meeting

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Table of Contents

Project Overview Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Training Community Perceptions & Suggestions Strategic Priorities Equity & Inclusion Collaborative

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Project Overview

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Project Overview Develop a strategy and plan for increasing inclusion & community engagement in the Town of Manchester.

EXECUTE PLAN

EXECUTE STRATEGIZE

ESTABLISH STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK & PLAN

Project Overview

COLLECT

COLLECT TOWN LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY INPUT SYNERGIZE COMMUNITY INPUT & IDENTIFY PRIORITIES

SYNERGIZE

DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION TRAINING

TRAIN

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Training

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DEI Training Workshop Series

Equity 101 1 Everyday Anti-Racism 2 How to Have Conversations about Race, Bias, & Equity 3

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Community Perspectives & Suggestions

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Positive Community Perceptions

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

18% 5% 13% 50% 30% 6% 5% 6% 0% 3% 48% 34% 32% 50% 12% 36% 37% 76% 39% 34% 4% 0% 15% 84%

90% 2018 Focus Groups 2017 Survey

What makes you proud to live in Manchester?

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Positive Community Perceptions – Other

Responsive Town Leadership 8% Community Services & Programs, 83% Convenience, 9%

What makes you proud to live in Manchester?

2018 Focus Group Responses Only

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Negative Community Perceptions

10% 20% 30% 40%

39% 8% 4% 5% 8% 8% 17% 10%

2018 Focus Groups

What experiences have you had that have validated your perspective that Manchester is not welcoming, diverse, equitable, or inclusive?

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Negative Community Perceptions

Communication

Conversations: Community & Town Leadership Community Services & Programs School

Lack of Diversity

Community Engagement Town Government

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Community Services & Programs. 54% Communication, 25% Increase Diversity, 10% Other, 5% Schools, 6%

Community Suggestions

What suggestions do you have to make Manchester more welcoming?

2018 Focus Group Responses Only

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Community Suggestions

Services & Programs

Conversations about DEI Multi-Cultural Events Youth Programing & Access to Programs Community & Parenting Support Networks

Communication

Communication Campaign Town Leadership Communication Town Social Media Management Town Website

Increase Diversity

Town Recruitment Practices Community Engagement Practices

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Strategic Priorities

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Strategic Priorities

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Strategic Priority

Create a forum for DEI conversations throughout the community

• Unite & empower a team of community leaders charged with creating a

forum for DEI conversations throughout the community.

• Create an inventory of DEI programming throughout the community. Foster

connections and collaboration among the groups undertaking this work.

• Establish on-going race-equity development programming throughout the

community to raise internal awareness of systemic race and equity issues.

• Establish a community communication strategy and narrative designed to

change the perception of race relations in Manchester.

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Strategic Priorities

#2

Strategic Priority

Create best practices for disseminating information to the community-at-large

• Create an inventory of methods utilized to distribute information across the

community, audiences reached, and perceived effectiveness. Use this knowledge to recommend best practices for communicating with community

• rganizations and all resident populations.
• Assess where information about community events and programs is housed.

Use this knowledge to make recommendations for how to best aggregate and disseminate information to the community-at-large.

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Equity & Inclusion Collaborative

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Equity & Inclusion Committee Overview

Create a plan designed to achieve the strategic priorities: – Forum for DEI conversations throughout the community – Best practices for disseminating information to the community-at-large

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Collaborative Aspiration

• Acknowledge the past
• Shift mindset
• Foster inclusion
• Increase community

engagement

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