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8 <br /> individuals and social groups that "affect our understanding, actions, and <br /> decisions." (Adapted from Kirwan Institute) <br /> iii. Transform. End your message with a solution that leaves your audience <br /> feeling engaged and included in your next steps. <br /> Community Engagement Committee. Develop a plan to provide for meaningful community <br /> engagement. Consider the current and unlikely partners needed to accomplish the <br /> organizational outcomes. Who are the decision makers with whom you need to inform, <br /> consult, or collaborate? <br /> Building meaningful community engagement/partnership toward power shift means: <br /> 1. The desired result is co-designed and shared by both government and the community. <br /> 2. Community engagement expectations and processes are aligned between the <br /> community and government. <br /> 3. Government is ready to listen, hear, and implement input from all communities, <br /> especially impacted communities of color. <br /> 4. Government is ready to make a transformational and structural change toward a new <br /> power dynamic. <br /> 5. Principles of community engagement at the enterprise level are known and carried out <br /> across all departments. <br /> 6. Designate a specific department to provide coordination, training, and technical <br /> assistance to other departments seeking to engage and build partnerships with the <br /> community. <br /> 7. A guide exists and is shared broadly across the enterprise. <br /> Racial Equity Index Committee. The use of data and metrics to track progress of County's racial <br /> equity initiatives and to follow trends in racial disparities. Metrics will also facilitate the <br /> alignment of outputs with outcomes and the coordination of efforts across departments and <br /> jurisdictions. The Racial Equity Index will be a transparent public access to data with built public <br /> data dashboards to help assess questions of equity. The dashboards contained within the Index <br /> will include sub-county maps and key performance indicators (KPIs) to help track essential <br /> indicators and equity performance. Wherever possible these KPIs would be disaggregated by <br /> geography, race/ethnicity, income, and gender. This data may be used to address historical <br /> oppression by: <br /> • Examining existing policies and procedures <br /> • Equitably targeting use of resources <br /> • Fostering equity-centered decision making (ie. in policies and procedures) <br /> • Guiding community-centered engagement <br /> • Developing a participatory budgeting process <br /> • Unifying local response to pressing issues <br /> • Creating a user-friendly, public facing data portal <br /> • Collaborating across institutions and systems <br /> • Implementing accountability structures that align with local government equity efforts <br /> 5 <br />