Boston’s Political Diversity and the Importance of Community Engagement to Displacement Resilience

Presented By: Peter Wilner, Principal PMW Consulting

pmwconsult1@gmail.com 1/12/17

Clinton/Kaine: 79.71% Trump/Pence: 13.73%

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• Resilience • the ability of a population to thrive long-term – if you cannot have

productive conversations with those that think differently than you, then you cannot, over the long term, sustain and thrive

• Building Displacement Resilience requires the ability to: • locate, value, and access resources

• This requires individuals and organizations to communicate across barriers (linguistic, cultural, political, etc.) in order to: • create networks that can more efficiently and effectively locate, value

and access resources

• My experience with these networks • Metrowest and PWTF

• Helping (e.g.) the Brazilian Women’s Group to organize the Brazilian Independence Day Festival

• Working with colleagues to build a Brazilian cultural nonprofit

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• Displacement resilience requires: • Having a more inclusive political conversation

• A more inclusive conversation requires • Understanding the interests of the person/people/organizations with

whom you are speaking

• This conversation also requires: • Understanding the distinction: Outreach vs. Engagement

• Service providers • Organizations that can engage with constituencies at all levels

• Community

• Municipality

• State

• Regional

• Federal

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Sources and Resources Sources

• Pd43+ Massachusetts Election Statistics

http://electionstats.state.ma.us/

• Boston Planning and Development Agency Electoral Maps

http://www.bostonplans.org/research-maps/maps-and-gis/electoral-maps

Resources

• Massachusetts Election Results: How Your Town or City Voted

http://www.wbur.org/politicker/2016/11/08/massachusetts-election-map

• Boston City Council

https://www.boston.gov/departments/city-council

• Detail of Boston City Council Districts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_City_Council 1/12/17

Boston’s Political Diversity and the Importance of Community Engagement

Presented By: Peter Wilner, Principal PMW Consulting

pmwconsult1@gmail.com 1/12/17