Presenters from Denver’s Community Planning and Development and Public Health and Environment share techniques for embedding food in local plans to drive equity and community building across the city and county. They cover long-term comprehensive, neighborhood, and food-systems planning that highlights partnerships among key agencies, community-led organizations, and community members.
"Comprehensive Plan 2040," "Denver Food Vision 2030," and the Neighborhood Planning 14-Year Initiative and Equity Analyses set guiding visions for health and community empowerment. The presentation offers a detailed examination of multi-agency collaboration on equity and antiracism, and explains how it contributes to equitable community-engagement methods and approaches. Presenters share how to enhance participation and engagement by building and maintaining community trust and relationships throughout city processes. Participants learn new tools, tips, and techniques for antiracist and equitable community engagement and empowerment.
NPC Peer Reviewers assigned this presentation a learning level of Advanced. For more on learning-level descriptions, visit our General Information Page.
Learning Objectives:
Apply equitable and antiracist community engagement approaches, tools, and techniques to local and regional planning and food-systems projects.
Influence policy that fosters food security for all community members.
Promote healthy, equitable, and resilient food systems that consider economic vitality and environmental impact.
