Here’s what SWEC is paying attention to.
Lifting leaders and community engagement
Community leads and owns investment processes and fund allocation
Community leaders participate in the public discussion process and testifying in hearings processes for issues affecting SW Corridor communities
Provide opportunities for leadership cohort and SWEC members to advocate for their priorities
Affordable housing and renter rights
Developing Anti-displacement strategy
Business development support, homeowners training, public forums, and participatory budgeting
Communities navigate homeownership and business development processes toward success
Planning and community development
Education and skill building opportunities
Implement train the trainer model
Political advocacy training
Transit and transportation
Promote transportation mobility and connectivity
Planned investments for lightrail in SW corridor
Pedestrian safety: sidewalks, safe crossings
Small business and workforce development
Leading economic investment for small businesses
Mitigating involuntary displacement of small, BIPOC owned businesses with limited access to capital
Advancing economic opportunity for all and building community capacity for wealth creation
Racial equity and multiculturalism
Expand the breadth and depth of influence among BIPOC, immigrant and refugee, and other affected communities in the SW Corridor
Representation and testimony by 15-20 people from communities of color, immigrants and refugees on SW Corridor processes and/or committees of influence
Civic engagement from communities excluded from political and economic power
