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