Week of Action to End HomelessnessKim Caldwell | City of Austin | 2020

Welcome + Introductions

About the Week of Action

Getting it Done

City Support

Questions

Ideas

Action!

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Agenda

City of Austin Homelessness Priority Areas

Homeless Service Delivery and Outreach

Encampment Clean Up and Storage

Public Safety

Housing

Communications

Lara M. Foss

Kim Caldwell

What is the Week of Action?

It’s a coordinated campaign to engage

Austinites in actions that help end

homelessness.

Each day has a theme to guide what

actions participants choose to take.

Participants act and share with their

networks, inviting them to join in for this

week and beyond.

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Thursday, 8/27 - Prepare for our Week of Action

Friday, 8/28 - Learn about homelessness in our community

Saturday, 8/29 - Create something to help end homelessness

Sunday, 8/30 - Share what you have created

Monday, 8/31 - Call on our community to take action

Tuesday, 9/1 - Give what you can to help those ending homelessness

Wednesday, 9/5 - Thank the helpers all around us

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“Building a movement will require organizations to

invest in the leadership of ordinary people by

equipping them with the motivations, skills and

autonomy they need to act. Most organizations

never give people that opportunity.”

-Hahrie Han, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University

Why are we having a Week of Action?

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Action Identity Investment Achievement

Who is doing what?

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•Developing and supporting campaignCity of Austin

• Contributing expertise

• Engaging network to participatePartners

• Taking action

• Sharing actions takenParticipants

•Observes actions taken by others

• Considers becoming participantAudience

An Office Potluck with a Purpose

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More About Partners

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Learn

Prepare

Engage

More About Participants

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Prepare

Act

Share

Partner Assets

Staff Board Client

Donor Volunteer Member

Mission/Brand

Make it your own

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Your Mission

Your Audience

Your Action

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Supporting the Campaign: Toolkit

Partners Participants

Campaign Overview

Template Communication

Graphics for Email + Social

Ideas/Recommendations

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Supporting the Campaign: SpeakUp Austin!

Partners Participants Audience

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The Schedule

Prepare

• Plan for the week

• Invite others to join

Learn

• Share information

• Read/watch new info

Create

• Package supplies

• Write, draw, record story

• Express vision for future

Share

• Send/give what you created

Call

• Ask leaders, community to act

Give

• Donate your time, money, talent

Thank

• Appreciate the helpers

THURS 8/27

FRI 8/28

SAT 8/29

SUN 8/30

MON 8/31

TUES 9/1

WED 9/2

A day in the Week of Action

Post on Social

Share on SpeakUp

Email SupportersAct

Broadcast Impact

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Let’s Talk About it

• Start planning with your team(s)

• Review the Toolkit*

• Post in and share SpeakUp Austin!*

• Reach out and connect!

Take Action!

https://www.austintexas.gov/homelessness-get-involved

kimberly.caldwell@austintexas.gov

Thank you

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