Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
Q&A
CFB's community-tailored approach to voter engagement
3:18:06
·
70 sec
Amanda Melillo explains CFB's tailored approach to community engagement, emphasizing the importance of adapting strategies to meet the specific needs of different communities. She highlights the expansion of in-person events and partnerships with community organizations.
- CFB's partnerships and outreach team tailors approaches to each community's unique needs.
- The agency has increased funding for in-community events and added staff to language access teams.
- CFB collaborates with host organizations to rent spaces and provide interpreters for face-to-face engagement.
- The approach focuses on supporting existing community groups rather than duplicating efforts.
Amanda Melillo
3:18:06
So I'd love to talk first about our general approach that our partnerships and outreach team takes because they go into communities and tend to tailor their approaches to the needs of that community.
3:18:16
I think we're very mindful that one size doesn't fit all.
3:18:20
And we want to be sure that it's really community groups that are driving our understanding not only of what the community needs are but what are the best ways to reach them.
3:18:30
So there's one thing I'll just say as a general rule and what we've been doing is adding staff and partnerships and outreach in our language access team as well so that we are increasing the number of in person events.
3:18:44
We are now funding more in community events than we have ever done before.
3:18:50
So giving money to host organizations to be able to rent their space.
3:18:55
They are often either co presenting with us or we will bring in interpreters to engage communities face to face.
3:19:04
You know in addition to that I think we're always looking for ways to continue to be more effective to assess what's working and what's not, and we would love to continue to brainstorm ways to do that with your office and with other council
Gale A. Brewer
3:19:16
members.