Choose a Focus:

What do you want to change?

It's time to dive in and think critically about your community!

In Stepping Stone 3, you will choose your project's focus after exploring past and current issues shaping your community, as well as your own personal experiences.

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What do I do
in this Stepping Stone?

Time Commitment: 3-5 sessions

Reflect on your project's historical and present-day environment

Do at least 1:

Mapping Matters Skits (understanding histories of community investment/disinvestment)

The Boat Metaphor (exploring power and who has it)

Explore what you already know about your community and what's important to you

Do at least 1:

Real vs. Ideal (examining your community's present and imagining its future)

Community Issue Mapping (identifying community challenges and resources)

Data Ground-Truthing (engaging with publicly-available data)

Choose your project's focus

Choosing an Issue (deciding what you will take on as a group)