The Just Communities Blog

Harnessing the Policy Power of Stakeholder Mapping

The Beeck Center's resource on "Harnessing the Policy Power of Stakeholder Mapping" provides a step-by-step guide for policymakers and designers to create stakeholder maps. These maps help visualize the various actors involved in a policy issue, their relationships, and their influence, enabling more effective and user-centered policy design.

City of Chicago Equitable Transit Oriented Development (ETOD) Policy Plan

The Chicago eTOD Policy Plan outlines a comprehensive set of actions for the City to take to advance racial equity, wealth building, public health and climate resilience goals through equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD). Recommendations were informed through a cross-sector engagement process and analysis of City programs, and an evaluation framework focused on outcomes, equity, and implementation criteria. In partnership with Elevated Chicago, an eTOD Work Group was created to engage over 70 stakeholders representing numerous City departments, community-based organizations, the private sector, philanthropies, and regional non-profit and governmental partners.

The Salzburg Statement on Confronting Power and Privilege for Inclusive, Equitable and Healthy Communities

The scale of current and potential inequalities in the urban environment demands a revolution of purpose and accountability. The challenges we face in building and sustaining healthy and equitable communities demand new forms of thinking, problem-solving, governance, and decision making. Most importantly, it requires that we learn the skills of interrogating power and analyzing privilege.