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5 Step Process for Moving from Dialogue to Action
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1) One-on-One Meetings to Identify Leaders.
Goal of first round of one-on-one meetings is to identify 10 or more leaders from each community - African American and immigrant - for a total of at least 20; looking for self-interest; looking for a mix of traditional (clergy, politicians) and non-traditional leaders (teachers, church club members); this group of 20 forms the core team or steering committee for the dialogue process or any coalition that emerges from the dialogue.
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2) House Meetings
Do house meetings with African Americans and immigrants separately; the goal of house meetings is to deepen relationships among core team members and to discuss each member’s vision for their community in the context of changing demographics. |
| 3) Joint House Meetings
Do joint house meeting(s) with African Americans and immigrants together; build relationships among core team members as a group; have members share vision for their community; discuss process and timeline for building an alliance or coalition of African Americans and immigrants; do training on how to do one-one-one meetings; do training on the history and opportunities that African Americans and immigrants share. |
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4) One-on-One House Meeting Campaigns
Core Team engages in one-on-one/house meeting campaign to: 1) identify other leaders (and their self -interest) in the respective communities; and 2) understand the issues they most care about. |
| 5) Assembly
Larger gathering of core team leaders and leaders with whom they did one-on-ones; Goal is for core team members to: 1) report back on the issues that emerged from one-on-one/house meeting campaign; and 2) assess interest in and opportunities for building a temporary or permanent alliance of African Americans and immigrants. |
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