Free online event
How to connect with underrepresented communities
Exclusively for public servants and policymakers
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022
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You’ll learn how to:
- Understand the value of working with underrepresented communities
- Identify ways to engage with different groups
- Recognise the barriers faced by many underrepresented communities
Speakers
Speaker resources
Apolitical resources
- The low-tech way to engage citizens in lockdown, article by Aidan Eyakuze
- How can we use behavioural insights to engage people? article by Emma Sisk
- How can cities engage their citizens? Museums can show the way, article by Anoush Darabi
- Governments are using games to engage citizens — but beware before you play, article by Gianluca Sgueo
Governments across the world work better when they fully represent the communities they serve, and that starts with ensuring each voice has a fair and equitable place at the table.
But individuals from minority groups of all kinds, whether racial, cultural, ability, or otherwise, can face barriers to participation.
Watch this free online workshop to learn how public servants and policymakers can connect with and empower underrepresented communities of all kinds.
Who should watch:
This workshop is for public servants and policymakers in any area of government, at any level, who want to improve how they work with underrepresented communities.
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Speakers
Ayesha Hameed
Head of Community Engagement, Greater London Authority
United Kingdom
Malaysia Abdi
Truth and Reconciliation Program Manager, City of Minneapolis
United States
Tamara Srzentić
Minister of Public Administration Digital Transformation and Media (2020-2022)
Montenegro
Ayesha Hameed, Head of Community Engagement at Greater London Authority, is currently leading on improving engagement and participation practice in London, and has developed the organisation’s work on community and citizen-led engagement. Ayesha is committed to championing the value of lived experience, and person-centred approaches in policy and decision making to amplify the voices of under-served and underrepresented communities. She is a trustee of the Migration Museum and a public authority representative for the Grenfell Memorial Commission and has previously worked for the London Borough of Hounslow and A2Dominion Housing Group.
Malaysia Abdi, Truth & Reconciliation Program Manager for the City of Minneapolis, is a community organizer with a background in youth work, violence prevention, and public safety reform across Minnesota. She graduated from Metropolitan State University with her bachelor’s in criminal justice and master’s in advocacy and political leadership. Malaysia would describe her career as iconic, fulfilling, and people centered. For fun she enjoys shopping, spending time with friends, and traveling.
Tamara Srzentić, former Minister of Public Administration Digital Transformation and Media of Montenegro. Tamara has 15+ years of experience in government reform, policy and digital transformation leadership and has developed a global reputation for introducing the culture, practices and technologies of the digital era to help governments better serve the public. Previously, over the past two California administrations, Tamara co-founded 2 gov startups - Office of Innovation and Office of Digital Innovation - where she championed the course for the priority policy initiatives, digital service and public transformation strategies for the world’s 5th largest economy. Under Tamara’s leadership California State government reshaped policies and standards, propelled public private partnerships, saved money, improved services and built lasting capability for innovation and digital service delivery. Tamara is passionate about empowering leaders in government, and driving culture change by introducing mindset, practices and modern digital delivery skills, building teams highly skilled in human centered design, iterative product delivery and empathetic group facilitation.
