NDoCH Retro

Civic Action for Justice

2019

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Community Agreements

• Use Active Listening - Active Listening is about trying to really understand, engage, and make room for the person who is talking.
• Assume good intentions
• When first speaking, introduce yourself, your Brigade, and your pronouns.
• One person, one mic (no interrupting)
• Land the plane- Keep comments succinct and to the point.
• Progressive stack- Those who have the least privilege in society get to talk first.

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Community Agreements

• Be aware of the space you take up and WAIT - This stands for “Why Am I Talking?” and “Why Ain’t I Talking?” If you’ve dominated discussion thus far, take a step back and let others share their perspectives. If you haven’t contributed but have something to share, please do consider weighing in
• Use “I statements” to center your own experiences and feelings, rather than presume others’ experiences
• Frame your comments and questions in where we might go from here, as opposed to what’s already happened. “How might we…”; “What would it look like if we…” are good prompts to encourage more productive outcomes.
• Don’t Yuck My Yum - If someone expresses excitement or support for something, it is ok if you don’t share their enthusiasm, but it is not ok to try to ruin it just because you don’t feel the same.

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GOALS of 2019 NDoCH

• Develop a reusable, inclusive process
• Develop leadership in the Network
• Integrate Brigade Network activities
• Integrate Network activities with Code for America work
• Create direct impact
• Learn about all of the above and continuously improve

How to Make an

Amazing Slide Deck

How did it go?

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On September 21st 2019 we held the 7th-annual National Day of Civic Hacking

• 46 events across the country
• Over 1000 people showed up
• Focused on the criminal justice system and the record clearance process in coordination with Criminal Justice team at Code for America
• In partnership with National Expungement Week

Journey Mapping

Goals for Next Year

Hi @channel! I put everything into a Google Drive folder, so you can access the agenda, some old notes, the "Involvement Screen" flowchart, etc, all in one place. Feel free to put anything else there you have.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PLZus8AsjuCvbhSkjZnoK3uPO2wkAY-I?usp=sharing