The Formula – 5. Activate
Engaged Implementation: action in and by the community
“One learns, I would hope, to discover what is right, what needs to be righted – through work, through action.”
– Daniel Berrigan, peace activist and Roman Catholic priest
Actions:
- 5a. Facilitate gatherings:
- “Retail” dialogue: “expand the circle”
- Community-hosted open forums: listen/learn/consider
- Does it matter?
- 5b. Establish means and goals:
- Identify issues
- Defne outcomes (systems approach)
- 5c. Map the community (CBPR):
- Infuencers and infuenced
- Cross-reference issues
- 5d. Design demonstration projects:
- Local facilitation of design
- 5e. Move to action:
- Community identifes teams (members)
- Create
- Implement
- Coordination and reporting
Resources:
- CoH Leadership
- Local research and facilitation (CBPR)
- Pod leaders
- Community citizens (i.e., residents and employees)
- Local infuencers and authorities
Deliverables:
- Dialogue events hosted by pods
- Demonstration projects conceived, designed and executed by community
- Preliminary road map for ongoing action by, for, and in the community