Public Involvement
Community involvement is the mirror that best reflects our individual
choices, our strengths and weaknesses, our accomplishments and failures. It allows
our lives to count for something. - Paul Rogat Loeb, Soul of a Citizen:
Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time (St. Martin’s Press) www.soulofacitizen.org
Public involvement is the centerpiece of democracy
True public participation gives citizens a way to shape the future of their environments. UrbanWords Group is committed to strengthening communities through effective public involvement.
We are committed to effective public involvement which:
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Gives people an opportunity for input into community decision-making
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Reaches out to diverse populations
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Inspires residents to get involved
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Identifies and reaches all impacted interests
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Helps decision-makers understand the viewpoints of their constituents
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Instills a sense of ownership and pride by residents in their communities
UrbanWords Group offers…
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Public involvement plans and implementation
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Open houses, meetings and events
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Media coordination and press materials
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Issue and partnership identification
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Speaker training and presentation development
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Small group facilitation
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Stakeholder interviews and focus group research
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Project newsletters, announcements, mailings, reports and Web text
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Project and meeting summaries, reports and case studies
Public Involvement Values
UrbanWords Group is committed to the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Core Values for the Practice of Public Participation.
We embrace and encourage use of the IAP2 Public Participation Spectrum.