As ongoing work, C4 will influence the Grand Rapids Master Planning process; connect individuals and organizations to available trainings; provide professional development for project coordinator, leadership team and ambassadors; foster connections to support job placement and workforce development; evaluate C4 performance and desired outcomes; facilitate cross- sector networking and collaboration.Community Based Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.
provide professional development for project manager, ambassadors and Leadership Team members
Contract Project Coordinator
Contract Ambassadors
Recruit Collaborative Partners
Map Resources
Create a Communications Strategy
Develop Website
Support Cohort Campaigns and Mini-Grants
[In Beginning Phase]
Launch a Grant Support Platform
Create Storytelling Collection (See Climate Stories)
Lead Engagement for Development of a
Community Based Climate Action and Adaptation Plan [In Process]
Contract Ambassadors [In Process]
Recruit Collaborative Partners
Map Resources
Create A Communications Strategy
Develop Website
Co-create a Community Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
Create a Long-Term Sustainability Plan for C4
Evaluate C4 Program
including Iterative Campaign Needs and Potential Redevelopment
Continuously developing leadership within the community will provide the opportunity for self-determination, small-scale campaigns, and increasing the amount of trained climate justice activists in Grand Rapids.
Individuals offer their lived experience, connection to place, community knowledge. C4 offers funding, technical resources, access to leaders, and opportunities for shared leadership.
Hire cohorts of 6-12 people every 6-12 months from neighborhoods of focus to receive training and organize a neighborhood campaign. Option to embed individuals into C4 partner organization
Organizations will focus on prioritization of issues, deep listening, identification of gaps in the work, community goal setting, sharing knowledge, and fund distribution
Regular gatherings, commitment to values, regular reporting, scoring metrics for issues, committing to see/engage/act process in programming, commitment to transparency.
The C4 will create and share resources, including Online resource, design charrettes, in-person meetings, training, resource sharing… stuff that generates learning.
Individuals and organizations offer their lived experience, subject matter expertise, and access to their networks. Organization leaders need space for relationship building and resource-sharing. C4 offers to facilitate learning to review, organize, publish resources and trainings in accessible formats in alignment with set priorities, create space for learning, and facilitate network creation.
Coordinator-directed, grant funded, housed virtually.
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