​​Co-Project Seed 10 Sprout: Social Justice Youth Leaders in the Community Resilience Challenge 
​​for the Synthesis Round of the TRCC 2015 Co-Project Roundtable 
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​​Note: co-project seed 6 has been merged with this proposal
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​Co-Project Seed Title: Social Justice Youth Leaders in the Community Resilience Challenge

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​Proposed by:
​​Colin Miller, Carolyne Stayton, Trathen Heckman, Iamani I. Ameni
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​​Organizations: 
​​Bay Localize, Transition U.S., Daily Acts
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​Contact Information:
​​Colin Miller: colin@baylocalize.org, 510-834-0420 (office), 646-703-4837 (cell)
​​Carolyne Stayton: carolyne@transitionus.org, 707-789-9664 (office), 707-318-9239 (cell)
​​Trathen Heckman: trathen@dailyacts.org, 707-824-1554 (office), 707-824-1554 (cell)
​​Amani William Carey-Simms: eyeammany@gmail.com, 510-847-4762 (cell), 510-879.8450 (school)
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​Any favorite art, image, or saying that represents this seedling:
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​"When the earth is dying there shall arise a new tribe of all colors and all creeds. This tribe shall be called The Warriors of the Rainbow and it will put its faith in actions not words."
​​- Prophecy of the Native American Hopi people -
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​Brief Idea Statement 

​​Combining the successes of the Community Resilience Challenge and the emergence of the Map Your Future project, we will highlight and support the leadership of youth of color in pairing resilience planning with Resilience Based Organizing. Together we (Bay Localize, Daily Acts and Transition US) will strengthen the Community Resilience Challenge with low-income youth of color leadership and Courageous Conversations about race, privilege, and multi-racial resilience movement building in Oakland, while catalyzing similar actions across the US. Through its national and international networks, Transition US will share this model across the country, facilitating actions and highlighting projects as part of a global effort to raise the awareness of decision-makers and pressure them to follow the example of grassroots front-line communities’ resilience leadership in the Paris Climate Talks in December 2015.
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​Organization(s)

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​Current Thinking
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  • ​​Anchor orgs in mind:
  • ​​Bay Localize, Transition US, Daily Acts, Community Day School
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  • ​​Other orgs potentially interested in participating:
  • ​​Transition US / Daily Acts: NorCal Resilience Network, NWEI, Gen Waking Up, 350.org, PCI, Evolver, Spring of Sustainability, Pachamama Alliance, Climate Access, Center for a New American Dream  
  • ​​Bay Localize will engage in conversation with a number of Oakland-based grassroots and community-based organizations, coalitions and networks that do leadership development, base-building, community organizing, social enterprise / cooperative and career development work with youth of color, including but not limited to: Bay Peace, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), Oakland Climate Action Coalition, Urban Releaf, Oakland Food Policy Council, Emerald Cities, United Roots Green Youth Arts and Media Center, Youth Impact Hub, Youth Uprising, Cultural Conservancy, Rooted in Community, Communities for a Better Environment, AYPAL, Black Organizing Project, Allen Temple Baptist Church, Acta Non Verba, People’s Grocery, Bikes 4 Life, Youth Radio, Youth Speaks, etc.
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  • ​​Is there is a possibility for many organizations to come on board as the co-project gets designed, or once it launches?
  • ​​Yes, this is a highly collaborative campaign, effective at integrating a diversity of efforts. Community-based and grassroots organizations building the leadership of low-income people of color, particularly youth, are especially welcome to join.
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​Discussion
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​Goals/Deliverables

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​Current Thinking
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​Goals/Deliverables (to update, ideally shorten/hone)
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​Current Thinking
  • ​​In 2014 there were 16,477 Community Resilience Challenge actions nationally, over 3,000 of which organized in the Bay Area.  In 2015 we anticipate more that 30,000 actions nationally.  In the Bay Area alone we expect 20,000 actions.   
  • ​​Build trust and collaborative relationships between people of color-led frontline environmental justice communities and white-led community resilience efforts (especially in permaculture and Transition communities) through facilitated “Courageous Conversations” about race, class, White privilege (what it means to be "fierce White allies), gender privilege, patriarchy, adultism, etc.
  • ​​Provide seed funding for replication of the Map Your Future project in Oakland, with the anchor organization of Community Day School in East Oakland, whose student body consists of expelled students, juvenile justice referrals and students placed on district probation from across Oakland’s flatlands.
  • ​​Link a strong regional modeling and effort with national and international efforts building towards COP21 in Paris in December 2015.
  • ​​Provide seed funding and organizing support to participating groups, especially low-income youth-led efforts, through the Map Your Future project, with a particular focus on shaping the Priority Conservation Area conversation in Oakland. 
  • ​​Build momentum and capacity in existing efforts while modeling collaboration and highlighting the leadership of low-income youth of color in Resilience-Based Organizing.
  • ​​Increase visibility for local initiatives, and the opportunity to build useful regional and trans-local connections.
  • ​​Share innovative projects that will inspire and help to build momentum towards sharing best practices and accelerating change AND craft a how-we-did-it guide so others can learn from our experience
  • ​​Produce/conduct three TeleSeminars/Webinars featuring community organizer how-to’s, models and tools from organizational partners, and turn-key resilience-building projects.
  • ​​Complete campaign with a library of videos, photos, and partners to share with world leaders leading up to COP 21, who are ready to do it again next year!
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​Description

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​Current Thinking
​​Between one and three paragraphs. It is OK to link to supporting materials as desired, but please keep this brief.
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​​The Community Resilience Challenge is a tried-and-tested model honed over five successful years. In May 2014 allied groups across the US engaged in 16,477 resilience-building actions.  Our goal in 2015 is to increase this number to 30,000 actions with strong representation and leadership from low-income youth of color, social justice, environmental justice and food justice groups, with a particular focus on Oakland.
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​Key Elements
  • ​​Expand and strengthen reach and impact of both the Community Resilience Challenge and the Map Your Future project with an emphasis on supporting social justice leadership of low-income youth of color and linking regional and national efforts to the international climate talks in Paris in December 2015.
  • ​​First replication of the Map Your Future project after the initial pilot phase with PODER and YUCA in San Francisco and East Palo Alto, as the project is disseminated nationally in collaboration with Transition US. Testing and finetuning of mapping protocol, workshop curriculum modules, GIS training curriculum, mentorship structures, integration of arts, culture and creative self-expression elements in curriculum, 
  • ​​Strong representation and leadership of low-income youth of color in community resilience planning and Resilience-Based Organizing through on-the-ground projects and actions in East and West Oakland. Community Day School’s job corps program is engaging in a youth-led service-learning project. The Youth Participatory Action Research aspects of the Map Your Future project is a perfect avenue for learning, while on-the-ground Resilience-Based Organizing in building community resilience projects, facilitated through the vehicle of the Community Resilience Challenge, provides the avenue for service.
  • ​​Online platform and digital campaign, using the social media channels Facebook YouTube, and PInterest, which would aim to get maximum exposure for content.  How-to TeleSeminars and organizer TeleSalons will offer support along the way. 
  • ​​A ‘Just Imagine’ film harvesting: Community groups and individuals would be invited to post short videos and photos online that illustrates their projects. 
  • ​​‘Uncovering the Revolution’:  All of these resilience-building actions will be compiled into a report and web pages, and presented virtually to world leaders. With some coordination with global efforts like the international Transition Network – US data will be added to that from other countries.  The overall effect would act as an invitation to decision-makers, take the fear out of making meaningful decisions, and create a sense that by not agreeing to something ambitious and binding, they risk being left behind: socially, personally, emotionally.  The campaign would be a celebration of the revolution already underway around us.
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​Requests/Questions for Further Discussion

​​What do you need help with in fleshing out this proposal?
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​​Tech support, media strategy, messaging, additional fundraising and introductions to other funders who could support full implementation of the project, including youth resilience planning/mapping/organizing stipends.
​​So are you saying that the $50 (now $55, actually) on the table is not enough to support "full implementation?" That makes sense to me given the ambitions and multi-layered aspects of this. It's going to be important at some point to break down how much is needed for various aspects, but probably not right now. Maybe a rough statement of the percentage of these ambitions that you think can be achieved based on various levels of funding would help though?
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  • ​​Thank you for your response & question, Ben. $50K would enable us to establish the initial work of our collaboration, strengthening the collective impact of these projects. Additional funding would be needed to realize the full potential of the collaboration and fund youth organizing and youth stipends for the Map Your Future project and on the ground resilience-based organizing for the Community Resilience Challenge.
  • ​​Coming up with a percentage of the scope that can be realized through this funding is a more complicated question probably best addressed in person, since both the Community Resilience Challenge and the Map Your Future project have larger visions that can expand in phases of growth and implementation based on available funding.
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