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Why Public Education for Action? <br />• Engaging community members early and often makes It more likely that solutions <br />will be innovative, appropriate, and accepted. <br />• Participating community members increase knowledge and problem solving skills. <br />• Empowers people with different backgrounds to create positive change In their lives <br />and community. It can also build up a network of local community members, <br />strengthening capacityto address challenges successfully. <br />• Increase trust between community organizations and local government. <br />Guiding Questions for Public Education for Action <br />@s the process transparent and participatory? Are we engaging community members <br />In identifying solutions that work for them? Have we created an opportunity for <br />learning through group discussion? Is the process legitimate, with input from all <br />participants incorporated into the project design and implementation? <br />@Have we created an environment that will allow long-term and consistent <br />participation from community members? Is a broad cross-section of the community <br />involved? Have we considered potential barriers to participation such as need for <br />child care, transportation, accessibility In location, need for interpreters? <br />()Have we provided guidelines for communicating that can help develop trust between <br />community leaders and members? Is objective information provided? <br />@Have we considered ways to make participation fun and engaging, like "gamiflcatlon"? <br />Star -Level Exam <br />At least 2 informational/educational <br />activities or creation of a group to <br />work on such; promotion of/ <br />assistance with Friendly Front Yards, <br />block clubs, neighborhood associ- <br />ations. Report marketing & <br />outreach programs that are limited <br />to promoting/achieving residential <br />energy/water use reduction under <br />BRA 2.1; report business outreach <br />campaigns under By 29, report <br />youth/student engagement in city <br />government under BRA 24.6; report <br />other targeted campaigns under <br />topic -specific actions, e.g. BRA 23.3. <br />ples <br />�k <br />Sustained activities covering a range <br />of topics (active living, food, water, <br />energy, electric vehicles, etc.) that <br />have some challenge, assistance <br />&/or measurement elements; docu- <br />mented accomplishments such as <br />Green Ribbon School recognition, <br />6reenStep Schools participation, <br />Friendly Fronts apartment building <br />certification; city work that supports <br />schools/youth (through an ecology <br />club, school green team, Parks & Rec <br />programming, etc.). <br />Recurring activities & multiple <br />reported outcomes involving diverse <br />audiences within the community <br />with: increased multimodal com- <br />muting, increased electric vehicle <br />adoption, equitable access to local <br />and healthy foods, reduced water <br />and energy use, improved water & <br />air quality, etc. <br />19 <br />