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North & West Oakland East Oakland Unincorporated Alameda County Life Expectancy by Place

Guiding Principles Start With Strength – Low-income communities have tremendous assets and resources. Job 1 is discovering what is already happening in the community, and build on that. Innovate: Government must adapt entrepreneurial approaches to long-term challenges.

Three Working Groups Education: Early childhood Basic Needs: Ending hunger Jobs: Economic empowerment

Process Challenges Internal Getting the right people to the table Keeping the right people at the table Defining a decision making process & rules of engagement Forming, storming, norming, performing External Relating to other collaboratives working on similar issues Defining concrete, actionable initiatives that add value

Alameda County New War on Poverty All In to End Hunger Food Security Working Group Setting a Common Agenda

The Framework Ten weeks Weekly meeting Open meetings Facilitated by a design-thinking consultancy but led by the group

Understanding the Common Landscape

Sacrificial Concepts 8 potential areas of focus/ roles that the food security working group could pursue going forward

Developing a Common Picture of Success Movement Building Policy Advocacy Sustainable Business Support Strategic GoalImplement a community driven campaign Develop and implement a campaign policy platform Workforce pipeline development for individuals with barriers to employment Success Metrics Y1 Goal Y3 Goal

The Challenges Pace Ongoing participation Space to have hard conversations