Cultivating Belonging in Clackamas County

advancing calls to action:

A Step-by-Step Guide to Support Decision-Making

calls to action

  • The recommendations in this Call to Action serve to honor, teach, share, and collect BIPOC histories and desires for the future.

    See page 156 for a list of recommendations.

  • The recommendations in this Call to Action ensure that BIPOC communities have the space, time, and opportunity to gather, share, and address concerns, as well as strategize on how to improve their situation in culturally and linguistically appropriate ways.

    See page 157 for a list of recommendations.

  • The recommendations in this Call to Action ensure diversity of the workforce and leadership and that conditions and contexts are supportive of this diversity.

    See page 158 for a list of recommendations.

  • The recommendations in this Call to Action ensure that successful and meaningful community events and resource sharing are established and continuously supported.

    See page 159 for a list of recommendations.

  • The recommendations in this Call to Action ensure that the County is a stronger partner to community-based organizations by funding, convening, and contracting with them.

    See page 160 for a list of recommendations.

  • The recommendations in this Call to Action center on ensuring that DEI continues to be supported and regarded as essential for cultivating belonging throughout the county. This, first and foremost, requires the reinstatement of the Office of Equity and Inclusion at Clackamas County

    See page 161 for a full list of recommendations.

  • The recommendations in this Call to Action ensure that students are best supported in learning environments, especially via mental health supports, more BIPOC teachers, and more trainings for staff and teachers around racism and equity.

    See page 163 for a list of recommendations.

Welcome! We’re glad you’re here.

The Research Justice Institute (RJI) at the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) has created this tool to support you with advancing one or several of the calls to action in Chapter 7 of the report, “Cultivating Belonging in Clackamas County: A Research Justice Study.”

The tool consists of four parts:

1) Assess: Determining your organization’s capacity for advancing a recommendation and whether external community buy-in is needed.

2) Implement: Institutionalize the recommendation to ensure its longevity and sustainability.

3) Track: Take stock of recommendations that can’t yet be moved forward and need to be revisited later, likely to due to insufficient organizational capacity.

4) Evaluate: Understand and evaluate the impact of a recommendation that’s been implemented and how it is cultivating belonging.

If this sounds helpful, let’s begin.

Start by reviewing the calls to action summarized to the left. Then, go to the page in the report to choose a recommendation associated with your desired call to action.

Once you’ve chosen a recommendation, begin by clicking on the link to Step 1 below.

IMPORTANT!

  • We recognize that this tool cannot address all of the intricacies of an organization’s processes for decision-making. It will, however, help you move the recommendation through some common roadblocks and provide guidance on what actions can be taken.

  • Once you’ve worked through the tool and think it’s is a good start, but would like discuss further with us, please visit our Research Justice Institute page to learn about how you can work with us.

 
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