This report examines community engagement as it is incorporated into local government equity impa... more This report examines community engagement as it is incorporated into local government equity impact toolkits. The aim of this analysis is to identify opportunities for the Albemarle County Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) to incorporate community engagement into their existing Equity Impact Assessment tool. This work was completed as part of the Spring 2021 PLAN 6020 Methods of Community Research and Engagement class taught by Dr. Barbara Brown Wilson, and in partnership with Siri Russell, the Director of Equity and Inclusion at Albemarle County's OEI. During the initial work session, we worked with Ms. Russell and the Albemarle County Public Engagement Specialist, Serena Gruia, to identify an initial list of potential cities, and planned to conduct preliminary research on their respective community engagement strategies. We identified and interviewed city officials in Portland, Oregon; Burlington, Vermont; Asheville, North Carolina; and Decatur, Georgia. Based on our analys...
This report examines community engagement as it is incorporated into local government equity impa... more This report examines community engagement as it is incorporated into local government equity impact toolkits. The aim of this analysis is to identify opportunities for the Albemarle County Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) to incorporate community engagement into their existing Equity Impact Assessment tool. This work was completed as part of the Spring 2021 PLAN 6020 Methods of Community Research and Engagement class taught by Dr. Barbara Brown Wilson, and in partnership with Siri Russell, the Director of Equity and Inclusion at Albemarle County's OEI. During the initial work session, we worked with Ms. Russell and the Albemarle County Public Engagement Specialist, Serena Gruia, to identify an initial list of potential cities, and planned to conduct preliminary research on their respective community engagement strategies. We identified and interviewed city officials in Portland, Oregon; Burlington, Vermont; Asheville, North Carolina; and Decatur, Georgia. Based on our analys...
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