Transcript Presentation 1 - National Healthy Homes Conference
Partnering with Indian Communities to make homes healthier, safer and warmer
Yianice Hernandez
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Enterprise Green Communities
Launched in 2004, Enterprise Green Communities is an effort to transform the way we locate, design and build affordable homes and to forge a powerful coalition of housing, health and environmental stakeholders to advance this shared vision.
Resident Engagement Resources www.EnterpriseCommunity.org/residentengagement
Resident Engagement in Action
San Francisco, CA Eden has set a company wide goal of reducing energy, and waste usage by
30% over 3 years
. Resident engagement plays a large part and as a result, Eden has added green education into after-school programs at their properties. Over
400
youth participate in this program annually, and created a PSA on Water Conservation.
To view video: http://youtu.be/Acn1mp3qTmw
Resident Engagement in Action
New York, NY Self-help recruited four (4)
Green Resident Leaders
for the property. Green Leaders helped to develop the training programs, communications and outreach methods with the Self-help staff and they provided translation of the pertinent information into multiple languages (Russian, Chinese and Korean) to address the cultural make up of the building’s residents.
Resident Engagement in Action
Austin, TX
Resident Engagement in Action
Resident Engagement Best Practices
1.
Empower staff to serve as green champions onsite 2.
Set measureable goals to track and communicate progress 3.
Survey residents to structure engagement program based on their interests 4.
Be flexible: adapt and re-plan to ensure an effective, successful program
Children from Abode Communities’ Ivy Terrace clean up a local watershed.
Resident Engagement Things to Consider
1.
Motivate residents with positive feedback 2.
Encourage interactivity to allow residents to share their own experiences and tips 3.
Use visuals such as videos as a tool to promote learning 4.
Make it FUN – serve refreshments and award prizes to encourage participation
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation taught residents to make and use their own green cleaners.
For more information, see:
www.EnterpriseCommunity.org/greenresources
Red Feather: Charting our Path Forward
Molly Jones-McCabe
Red Feather Development Group
V ISION M ission
Red Feather envisions a world where safe housing is available to all and people are inspired to work collectively to create self sustaining communities.
Red Feather partners with American Indian nations to develop and implement sustainable solutions to the housing needs within their communities.
Evaluating our Impact
• Rethinking the “One House at a Time” model • Assessing the Needs of Our Target Audience • Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Each Program
IMPACT of the “Economic Downturn”
180 000,00 160 000,00 140 000,00 120 000,00 100 000,00 80 000,00 60 000,00 40 000,00 20 000,00 January February March April May June July August September October November December Trend Analysis: Individual Donations 2011 2012 2013 2014
IMPACT of the “Economic Downturn”
300 000,00 250 000,00 200 000,00 150 000,00 100 000,00 50 000,00 Trend Analysis: Corporate & Private Foundations 2011 2012 2013 2014
Defining How We “Do Business” Our Work is about
Sustainability
• Environmental
Sustainability
• Social/Cultural
Sustainability
• Economic
Sustainability
What This Means:
• Projects initiated by tribal members –
guidance vs. feedback
• Affordable, healthy housing • Culturally-orientated designs • Vocational Education opportunities (each
with a hands-on home improvement component)
• Employment opportunities for tribal
members
The “Red Feather Way”
Each project is a partnership of many Success is dependent upon relationships and trust.
Community Partnerships
Include:
• Homeowners (financial, sweat equity) • Volunteers (financial, labor) • Community Partners (land process, loan process, labor, cultural presentations, food) • Red Feather Members/Donors/Sponsors (financial, materials, labor) • Red Feather Staff (fundraising, project supervision)
Learning is Ceremony…and so is Teaching
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John B. Marian
Red Feather Development Group
Circular Logic
Relationships form our reality We are accountable to respect & honor those relationships Workshops are a ceremony. Not a sacred ceremony, but a process whereby students become closer and more knowledgeable about a subject, topic or context. Through ceremony, students respectfully seek knowledge from the Cosmos
Community Relationships Drive the Content RF Delivers
What and how does the community want to learn?
Workshops are "space" for students to become closer to knowledge When students share stories & knowledge, they help demonstrate their personal connection to information
Homeowner Education
What did we do?
Created a Homeowner Reference Manual and Do-It-Yourself Workshop Curriculum What did we accomplish?
Developed proprietary resources to better prepare tribal homeowners for homeownership and enable them to create healthier living environments
Homeowner Education (cont.)
What did we do?
Sponsored 5 Healthy Homes workshops, which we taught in partnership with staff of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority What did we accomplish?
Over the course of 5 weeks we taught a total of 35 tribal “rent-to own” residents our new Healthy Homes curriculum.
Homeowner Education (cont.)
What did we do?
Collaborated with the Hopi Tribal Housing Authority to offer two do-it-yourself weatherization (Wx) workshops.
What did we accomplish?
Taught over thirty community members how to install Wx measures on their home, provided them with a DIY starter kit ($240 value), and installed basic weatherization measures two Hopi homes.
Learning to Teach (to Learn)
Teamwork and hands-on learning activities establish that students understand info, can perform tasks, and apply it to a problem Personal accountability to evolve content and pedagogy to improve the ceremony Every class is unique because of the relationships
Discussion and Questions
Yianice Hernandez
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc
Molly Jones-McCabe
Red Feather Development Group
John Marian
Red Feather Development Group