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Community Mapping

Community Mapping . March 29, 2012. What is Community Mapping?. It is a tool which enables a better understanding of the dynamics of a geographic area by looking at data such as: Resources Religious Organizations Schools

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Community Mapping

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  1. Community Mapping March 29, 2012

  2. What is Community Mapping? It is a tool which enables a better understanding of the dynamics of a geographic area by looking at data such as: • Resources • Religious Organizations • Schools • Community Services i.e. homeless shelter, food bank, child care, after school tutoring • Nonprofit Organizations • Demographics • Number of Owner Occupied Homes/Renters

  3. Community Mapping in CH Our goal was to make contact with leaders of hard to reach communities and groups that have not traditionally participated in Town decision making processes and encourage them to participate in Chapel Hill 2020.

  4. Community Mapping: Examples

  5. The Process Recruited volunteers/interns to help with the project Created a list of organizations Interviewed a sample set of community leaders Used this information to inform decisions about meeting logistics and program planning

  6. Creating Our List • Phone book was used to identify religious organizations serving the Chapel Hill community • Melissa Data was used to identify: • 797 Chapel Hill based NGOs • 274 Orange County based NGOs which serve Chapel Hill • 24 NGOs , primarily representing hard to reach communities, were identified as groups we wanted to interview

  7. Interviewed Groups ARC of Orange County Blue Ribbon Mentoring Program Campus LGBTQ Center UNC Chapel Hill Centre for Home Ownership and Econ. Dev. Centro Latino Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals-on-Wheels Chapel Hill East Rotary Club Chapel Hill Zen Center Church World Service Community Empowerment Fund (UNC) Empowerment Inc. Hargraves Community Center HomeStart Women’s Shelter Inter-Faith Council Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action Inc. Justice United Korean Baptist Mission Lationo Migration Project (UNC) League of Women Voters of North Carolina Marion Jackson Center Orange County Disability Awareness Council Orange County Habitat for Humanity Orange County Partnership for Young Children Women’s Center

  8. What did we learn?

  9. Interviewed Groups:Preferred Meeting Times

  10. Interviewed Groups:Barriers to Participation *Language/Format/Distribution **Lack of accessibility to buildings and materials for people with physical or developmental challenges

  11. Logistics Recommendations from Interviewees Moderate meetings carefully so that nobody dominates the conversation Ensure that various ethnic groups are participating in all meetings Provide translation for documents/meetings Meetings must be accessible by public transport Meetings must be accessible to people with disabilities Do not schedule meetings during UNC sporting events

  12. Interviewed Groups:Member Interests

  13. Outreach Recommendations from Interviewees Contact Service Agencies – clients & clients’ families Public Service Announcements TV & Radio Give as much advance notice as possible for meetings and events Many groups were interested in partnering with the Town to share information with members either through staff presentations to members or via listservs and websites Embed videos in emails to convey critical info to the visually impaired and illiterate Talk about issues in concrete terms Ensure that various ethnic groups are participating in all meetings

  14. Outreach Recommendations from Interviewees (Cont) Set up tables at high school and middle school sporting events to recruit parents Burmese Community – Habitat has built a number of homes for this community Take the message door to door Be careful not to misidentify community leaders. Centro Latino and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals-on-Wheels are happy to survey members on behalf of the Town

  15. How did we use this information? To set meeting times & location To inform outreach efforts To share information with the community

  16. Was it Successful?

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