Download - Neighborhood Empowerment
Welcome
“New Orleans, 2007 – Back to the Future”Mayor Ed Lee
Lessons from Katrina
Harvard Kennedy School says Communities must be able to… Nurture capable local leadership that can drive rapid,
substantive action Focus on inclusiveness and embrace self-reliance Achieve the ability to seek out and interface successfully
with outside sources of help (government, foundations, universities, corporations, NGOs …)
Be able to evolve & adapt as challenges arise by developing new skills and capacities
The Goal for The Community and Recovery
For the City and County of San Francisco to recover from a major hazard in an expedited manner, as well as have as many pre-event residents, and communities, as part of the re-constituted City populous as possible.
Meanwhile in small town called San Francisco….
In SF, the underlying issues…
• Issue is by nature - “negative”• There is no hard event “window”• San Francisco has a unique situation• Unstable social capital environment• Acquiring complete skill set is difficult
How do we “move the ball” in our communities?
?
Changing the method and identified goals…
• Leverage issues & opportunities which are by definition “today” oriented
• Identify “defined capabilities” necessary for participation in the entire event process
• Invest in both on demand and pro-active capacity building efforts
• Leverage existing assets to gain participation• Keep the work at grass roots level
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Traditional Community Capacity Development Cycle
1. Organic Community Convening2. Issue / Opportunity Identification3. Solution design4. Solution Implementation
Historical PerformanceCapacity
Time
‘95 ‘98 ‘00 ‘02 ‘04 ‘06 ‘08 ‘10 ‘12
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Traditional Community Capacity Development Cycle
Community Capacity Building “P”
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1. Organic Community Convening2. Issue / Opportunity Identification3. Solution design4. Solution Implementation5. Identify Performance Gaps, Invest in
Group Infrastructure, Recruit New Members
Path to Achieving Capabilities with the “P”
TIME
(A) Public Safety
(B) Clean and Green
(C) Economic Development / Land Use / Transportation / Lifelines
A / 1
B / 2
C / 3
Capacity
What is the NEN creating?
• Social Media• Events / Trainings• Strategic Partnerships
On Demand & Pro-Active Capacity Building Initiatives using…
Social Media Solutions
Events / Trainings
Events / Trainings
Events / Trainings
Events / Trainings
Events / Trainings
The NEN “Universe”
Government Agencies
Academic Institutions
Neighborhood Groups
Residents
Non-Government Organizations
Executive / Legislative Branch
The NEN Empowered Communities Program increases the ability of local leaders to steward their community to a more resilient condition today. In turn, they build relationships richer in trust and reciprocity with those that manage the networks crucial to restoring their quality of life during times of stress.
Make resilience approachable…
Make resilience about function…
Resilient Diamond HeightsA Pilot Implementation of the Whole Community Approach
Introduction of ECP Opportunity Event – April 3, 2013Resilience Action Plan Launch Event - July 28th, 2013
Engage key neighborhood stakeholders
Create cross sector program planning committee
Capacity Building
Inventory and Prioritized Goals& Develop Vision Statement for the
Community’s Performance in times of stress
Establish Performance Goals by Functional Area: Education Health Economic Utilities Public Safety Social /
Cultural Disaster Prep Environmental
Create a Community Establish Goals and VisionAction Plan Creation &
Implementation
Create Action Plan &
Governance Model &
Implementation Strategy &
Develop Neighborhood
Center
Create Working Groups
Set time table for meetings
Develop Unifying Vision for Resilience Increase trust amongst participants Emphasize Cultural Competence Prioritize goals by audience Map assets, resources and networks
Merge working groups data into one document
Create an organizational model for implementation of the plan
Establish metrics Craft action plans for times
of stress Advocate for investments
that will mitigate the impact of an event
Host Action Plan Launch Event
Convene Working Groups: Families & Kids Small Business Seniors
&People Living with Disabilities
Immigrant Communities
Resilient Bayview Action Plan Development
The ECP Methodology
• 6 stage process…1. Convene the Community & establish unifying
vision2. Resilience Workshops: S.W.O.T analysis3. Review outputs from workshop 4. Convert outputs into objectives5. Create a Resilient Action Plan6. Implement Resilient Action Plan
The ECP Resilience Workshop
• The community selects up to three hazards it would like to explore– Heat waves, urban fires, earthquakes, pandamics,
etc.• NEN team assembles subject matter experts• S.W.O.T analysis used to generate an all hazard
approach
ECP Empowerment Pyramid
How does S.W.O.T support community’s resilience efforts
• A method to inventory: – What the community does well & inventory assets– What the community can improve upon & assets
that make it vulnerable– Outside forces that help the community– External factors that hinder the community
Examples
• Strength: MPIC brings residents together to discuss issues
• Weakness: Heat concentration on the east side• Opportunity: NEN brings city agencies to the
community to discuss issues• Threat: The cost of living in The City forces
long-term residents to leave, damaging social networks
1. MPIC brings residents together
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Heat concentration on the east side
NEN brings in city agencies
Cost of living driving out residents
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How will S.W.O.T be used?
• Compare Weakness to Strengths to learn what community really needs to address
• Pair Threats and Weakness to determine severity of needs
• Combine Strengths and Opportunities to gauge how the community can respond to needs
ECP Resilience Action Plan
• Creates a road map for the community, and its partners, to follow in perpetuity
• Organizes actions by functional areas of crisis management (mitigation, preparedness, etc..)
• Defines local governance model• Offers future participants and partners insight
into the neighborhood’s ethos and values
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SFPUC Relationship Bldg.
The ECP Resilience Council
Library Non Profit
MerchantResilience Council Steering
CommitteeFoundation
Elected Official
Faith Based
City Agency
Academic Institution / University /
College
Our City - Ready for AnythingBack to the Future, again….