Developing Trauma-Informed Design for Ethical Community Engagement

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(year)

2021

(Industry)

Non-Profit/Public Administration

(Services)

Strategy

Narrative Design

Team members at the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation explore how to maximize creativity when solving public sector problems and advising civil servants.

Team members at the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University exploring “tapping,” or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to help release negative emotions, reduce stress and promote a sense of calm while balancing the body’s energy system.

(CHALLENGE)

Neighborhood blight, driven by racialized disinvestment, requires policies that go beyond quick fixes and address the systemic causes. The challenge was to create a foundation for policies that integrate ethical community engagement and sustainable change.

(approach)

The workshop provided city officials and consultants with a deep understanding of racial disinvestment, design methodologies for building trust, and strategies for activating meaningful engagement. This approach aimed to align policy-making with community empowerment while tackling underlying issues of blight.

(RESULTS)

Participants were empowered to create trauma-informed policies that foster empathy and long-term solutions. These insights are now being implemented, leading to more ethical, effective community engagement and systemic change in addressing neighborhood blight.

(DELIVERABLES)

Policy Design Methodologies
Trauma-Informed Engagement Strategies
Sustainable Change Frameworks
Community Empowerment Toolkits

Developing Trauma-Informed Design for Ethical Community Engagement

Neighborhood blight, driven by racialized disinvestment, requires policies that go beyond quick fixes and address the systemic causes. The challenge was to create a foundation for policies that integrate ethical community engagement and sustainable change.

Participants were empowered to create trauma-informed policies that foster empathy and long-term solutions. These insights are now being implemented, leading to more ethical, effective community engagement and systemic change in addressing neighborhood blight.

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