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May 24, 2023 - JSC Presentation 2 0 2 3 C L I M A T E A M B A S S A D O R S R E P O R T Sydnee Landry Climate Equity Engagement Associate Background Information THE CLIMATE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WAS CREATED AS A PAID OPPORTUNITY FOR PASSIONATE AUSTINITES TO ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND GET INPUT FOR THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN IN 2020 Background Information OVER 6 MONTHS, THE 2020 AMBASSADORS COMPLETED 50+ INTERVIEW REPORTS FROM CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD WITH PEOPLE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE, AND THEIR VISIONS FOR AUSTIN MAJOR THEMES FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE DISTILLED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AS EQUITY ICONS Example of equity icon use throughout the plan Equity icons IN 2021 THE PLAN WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, WHICH MEANT THE WORK OF IMPLEMENTATION COULD BEGIN... ... AND THE FOCUS OF THE CLIMATE AMBASSADOR GROUP WOULD NEED TO CHANGE A BIT WHICH IS WHERE I CAME IN! AND SET OUT TO GET STAKEHOLDER INPUT AS I REIMAGINED THE PROGRAM... The JSC, The JSC, Former Ambassadors, Former Ambassadors, ACEP Advisory Groups, ACEP Advisory Groups, Community orgs, Community orgs, and many more... and many more... Me 2 Me 2 months in months in to this job to this job community-led community-led strategies from strategies from the climate plan the climate plan opportunity to opportunity to reimagine reimagine engagement engagement for for implementation implementation opportunities opportunities to implement to implement climate plan climate plan 2022-2023 2022-2023 CLIMATE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS AMBASSADORS desire to desire to build build community community capacity capacity desire to avoid desire to avoid extractive extractive engagement engagement TRAINING & EDUCATION ONGOING PARTICIPATION WITH OOS STAFF INTERVIEW REPORTS TRAINING & EDUCATION WITH AN ADDITIONAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP RELATIONSHIP BUILDING MORE EMPHASIS ON THE CITY + AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECTS THAT ARE AMBASSADOR DESIGNED AND LED WITH COMMUNITY BENEFIT IN MIND +1 civic +1 civic workshop workshop +1 relationship +1 relationship building building +1 community +1 community benefit benefit SINCE THIS NEW COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT ELEMENT WAS BEING ADDED, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SELECTED AMBASSADORS THAT MET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA... SHOWS A NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF INEQUITIES REPRESENTS A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING, VOLUNTEERING, OR ORGANIZING WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN HAS A CONNECTION TO OR ESTABLISHED METHOD OF OUTREACH TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES The 2022 Ambassadors K E C I A D Y L A N N O O R S A H A B E L A N D R E S S T E P H A N I E M O N I K I O U N I S G A B Y Groups & organizations the ambassadors are part of And here's what they did... SO THE 9 AMBASSADORS WENT THROUGH AN EQUITY WORKSHOP FACILITATED BY SUSANA ALMANZA AND A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP FACILITATED BY THE AUSTIN COMMON THEY ALSO MET WITH CITY STAFF FROM HOUSING, PLANNING, THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCE, HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION, CAP METRO, THE EQUITY OFFICE, AND MORE... THEY THEN SELECTED STRATEGIES FROM THE ACEP TO GUIDE THEIR PROJECTS, WITH MANY STRATEGIES BEING FROM THE TRANSPORTATION & LAND USE SECTION Stephanie & Moni A ZINE ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE AND IMAGINGING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES FEATURING BIPOC YOUTH SUBMISSIONS Gaby & Noor AN ART SHOWCASE HIGHLIGHTING BIPOC YOUTH VOICES AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE JUSTICE Kiounis A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE RESEARCH FINDINGS OF THE BLACK MEN'S HEALTH CLINIC AND THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND HEALTH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY Sahabel & Andres ASSISTED WITH THE SPANISH TRANSLATIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS GUIDE ATTENDED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POP UPS Kecia & Dylan KECIA FILMED AN INTERVIEW FOR AN INFORMATIONAL VIDEO ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND TENANT'S RIGHTS DYLAN CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON THE CITY'S PLANS TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MET WITH CITY STAFF TO DISCUSS HOW ZONING LAWS IMPACT THE VIABILITY OF COOPERATIVE LIVING IN AUSTIN BOTH AMBASSADORS DISCUSSED THEIR FINDINGS AND THEIR PROJECTS ON THE AUSTIN COMMON RADIO HOUR Spring Showcase AT THE DOVE SPRINGS REC CENTER ON MAY 20, 2023 Lessons Learned PROVIDED CITY- COMMUNITY CONNECTION POINTS AMBASSADORS GOT PLUGGED INTO NUMEROUS EFFORTS AMBASSADORS HELPED TO CREATE SOME WONDERFUL COMMUNITY RESOURCES THE PROJECTS WERE A LOT TO MANAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL AMBASSADORS MANY INITIATIVES IN THE PLAN REQUIRE DEPARTMENTAL PARTICIPATION & ORGANIZATION ALIGNING COMMUNITY GOALS WITH CITY TIMELINES IS DIFFICULT Next Steps GET PROGRAM FEEDBACK FROM THE AMBASSADORS INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK INTO THE FINAL PROGRAM REPORT TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER THE FEEDBACK AND LESSONS LEARNED AS THE OOS ENVISIONS THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS RECONSIDER IF AND HOW THE JSC IS INVOLVED IN THE CLIMATE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THANK YOU!