Steps of the Process

The steps a non-profit organization can take to conduct a successful campaign that strengthens a community partner in an underserved community, and supports that partner to become capable of speaking to public officials about climate resilience concerns documented in a neighborhood survey are:

1. Form a partnership with one or more community organizations in the vulnerable community.
2. Work with the leadership in the vulnerable community to design an effective outreach plan, and to edit template materials included in this Tool Kit to be used in their community
3. Have outreach materials (Health and Climate fact sheet and community survey) vetted by the locally relevant health and emergency services departments as well as elected officials.
4. Conduct a Training Session on Climate and Health for Outreach Leaders, and for the Outreach Communicators they recruit.
5. Conduct a Training Session for all Outreach Team members about How to Speak with and Survey Neighbors about Climate and Health. (This can be combined with #3 into 1 training session.)
6. Supervise a neighborhood canvass or arrange for Outreach Communicators to staff tables at scheduled community events, or use other methods to reach 100 households.
7. Assemble all information collected in surveys and oral histories (if you choose to do oral histories) into a report and a PowerPoint presentation.
8. Arrange for the Outreach Team to present the results of their outreach and survey at community meetings with public officials responsible for the health and safety of the community present.