Coalition for a Livable Future
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At the Sixth Annual Livability Summit on May 28th help create an agenda for true sustainability in the region—one that harnesses our desire for positive change, recognizes our interconnectedness, aspires toward equality and inclusion, and lives up to the promise of our people and our place. CLF will unveil preliminary strategies that have emerged from the community in response to the Regional Equity Atlas research. These ideas will provide focus for plenary panels, breakouts, and other activities throughout the day.
The Regional Equity Atlas "Solutions Workshops" were a great success. We started off the year with five public workshops that brought together participants with many different affiliations including those who work for city, county, and metro governments, non-profit organizations, private businesses, neighborhood associations, churches and other important community groups across the region. We also held a workshop with key community leaders of color whose work is based in advancing equity in the region.
Through these workshops, along with input given through our online feedback forums, we have generated over 100 different proposals. Outreach is still continuing with a focus now on gathering input from communities most impacted by inequities uncovered in the Atlas. We also are continuing to encourage people to share their ideas through our online Feedback Forums or by contacting our outreach coordinator Emily at emily@clfuture.org or 503-294-2889.
Introduce Your Group to the Regional Equity Atlas
We're continuing to give Regional Equity Atlas Introductory Presentations. Since publishing the Atlas in the summer of 2007, we have introduced the Atlas to well over 2,000 people and continue to schedule presentations with community groups interested in learning more about the project.
If you support this work and are interested in introducing the Atlas to your friends and colleagues, consider having a house party! Email or call Emily at emily@clfuture.org or 503-294-2889 to learn more!
In the winter of 2007, CLF launched a broad community outreach campaign to share the Regional Equity Atlas findings with leaders and citizens in the region. The Regional Equity Atlas Forum Series included two tracks: a set of three Policymaker and Community Leader Forums, Community Introductory Workshops and five Solutions Workshops. Through the series, we aim to:
1) Ground-truth the results and generate feedback on the implications of the research. Results of discussion at the forums will inform our Regional Equity Action Agenda, which will articulate regional equity solutions and a blueprint for implementing them; and
2) Train groups how to use the results to inform and support their work for change in our communities.
In collaboration with our Atlas partners at Portland State University, along with series sponsors, Kaiser Permanente and Washington Mutual, we held three breakfast forums to share the results with elected officials and other community leaders.
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Starting in the summer of 2007, we began holding dozens of Atlas introductory workshops targeted at reaching community organizations working on the issues covered in the Atlas. Nearly 1,000 people have participated in Atlas presentations and workshops since then. In January and February, we are holding five solutions workshops that will bring people together across disciplines to analyze the underlying dynamics of the Atlas findings and develop possible solutions for our Equity Action Agenda. Click here to find out how to participate in the Solutions Workshops.
Local consultant, Kris Smock, has designed these workshops. She has over 10 years of experience working as a consultant to non-profits in the fields of community organizing, affordable housing, public policy and economic justice. She is author of Democracy in Action: Community Organizing and Urban Change (2003).
