Timeline: Weeks 21 – 24
Reporting community concerns and priorities to adaptation planners and to public officials responsible for the health and safety of the community connects the community to resources and contacts that increase community climate resilience.
In the Boca Raton Pilot Project, the Liaison from the Community organization Developing Interracial Social Change (DISC) and the Project Manager public health expert Dr. Debra Weiss-Randall spoke to the City Council about the project. They begin speaking at 9:57 minutes into this video: http://bocaraton.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1276
Meeting 5: Community Meeting and Presentation Planning Meeting
- Where and when will the results be reported & to whom?
- Plan what the Outreach Leaders will report, and assist them with preparation of their presentation.
- Which public officials or staff responsible for the community’s health and safety will be invited, and who will invite them?
- Next Steps:o Create presentation materials
o Practice
o Meeting organization & Work for turnout - Invite and follow up with public officials and staff
The pilot communities held public meetings that were attended by public officials responsible for the health and safety of the communities. The Outreach Leaders reported about their experiences and the results of their work, and Project Manager Dr. Debra Weiss-Randall reported on the Survey results.
This website is maintained by the Unitarian Universalist Justice Florida’s Climate Resilience Ministry. It was established by the Green Sanctuary Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton. The community pilot projects, on which the Community Toolkit was based, were undertaken in partnership with Developing Interracial Social Change (DISC) and Habitat for Humanity in Boca Raton, Florida; and Toussaint L’Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice in Delray Beach, Florida. Project Director for that effort was Janice T. Booher, MS. Pilot Project Manager Phase I was Dr. Ana Puszkin-Chevlin. Pilot Project Manager Phase II was Debra Weiss-Randall, Ed. D, CHES.
- This project is funded in part by the Unitarian Universalist Fund for Social Responsibility.
- Funding for this project was provided by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton Endowment Fund.
- Funding for the project in Shorecrest, Miami with the Community Health Mapping Initiative is provided by the National Library of Medicine/NIH.
- Development of the ReACT Tool Kit and the Pilot Projects were funded by EPA Environmental Justice Grant #EQ-00D35415-0 awarded to the Green Sanctuary Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton.
Website designed and maintained by Janice T. Booher