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Building a Resiliency Network: A Toolkit for Building Community Resilience during a Contentious Election Cycle

This toolkit offers simple, step-by-step guidance and worksheets for leaders seeking to take decisive steps to create resilience to violence in their communities.

Contents

Introduction

A toolkit for building community resilience during a contentious election cycle. This toolkit offers simple, step-by-step guidance and worksheets for leaders seeking to take decisive steps to create resilience to violence in their communities.

They reflect an understanding that inter-personal and inter-organizational relationships built on trust and coordinated, proactive action by leaders from across a community are the ultimate fortification against violence and other forms of harm.

This toolkit offers simple, step-by-step guidance and worksheets for leaders seeking to take decisive steps to create resilience to violence in their communities. The tools included range from

how to build or expand a community-wide network of leaders,
to how to monitor increasing tensions,
respond in a crisis,
and take proactive action that undermines conflict dynamics.

The toolkit walks through each step in building, preparing, mobilizing, and taking proactive action with a resiliency network, with practical tips, tools, and exercises at each step. The toolkit is laid out in a sequenced way, with each step building on the last. With that said, each exercise and handout is designed so that it can also be used as a standalone piece. The toolkit is laid out as follows:

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INTRODUCTION STEP 1: BUILD YOUR NETWORK Local stakeholder mapping and analysis Stakeholder Mapping worksheet Stakeholder outreach Outreach Strategy worksheet Outreach Questions worksheet STEP 2: PREPARE YOUR NETWORK Analyze risk and resilience factors Risk and Resilience Analysis worksheet Building a communications infrastructure Communications Infrastructure worksheet Mapping network resources Mapping Network Resources worksheet STEP 3: CREATE A CRISIS MONITORING AND RESPONSE PLAN Considering scenarios and building a crisis monitoring plan Monitoring Plan worksheet Considering and planning for different types of crisis response Rapid Response Messaging handout Correcting Misinformation handout Developing a system for coordination and decision-making Rapid Response Coordination & Decision-making worksheet STEP 4: TAKE ACTION Taking proactive action Taking proactive action handout Planning proactive action Planning proactive action worksheet ENDNOTES