What do we mean by community-friendly policies? ___Community-friendly policies are those social, economic, health, and environmental policies that make the community healthier and improve its quality of life. ___Community-friendly policies respect cultural and other diversity, community history, and environmental integrity. ___Community-friendly policies regard each community as unique, and take its characteristics into account. ___Community-friendly policies use the community as the context for policy-making. Why promote community-friendly policies? ___Community-friendly policies help everyone in the community. ___Community-friendly policies promote equity. ___Community-friendly policies promote diversity. ___Community-friendly policies are good for business. ___Community-friendly policies help politicians get reelected. ___Community-friendly policies promote community health, environmental quality, financial stability, and social justice. When would you promote community-friendly policies? ___When policy is specifically being debated. ___When something new is about to be started. ___When there's an election. ___When there's a crisis in the making. ___When there's a public groundswell for community-friendly policy in a specific area. ___When the community is invited to the table. Who should promote community-friendly policies? ___Everyone. ___Stakeholders (i.e. those most directly affected by the policy). ___Community activists. ___Particular populations or groups who may have an interest (language minorities, public housing tenants, parents of children in the schools, the business community, low-income workers, etc.) ___Public officials, both elected and appointed. ___Public employees (who may be asked to carry out or administer policy). ___Community-based organizations and community coalitions. ___Educational institutions.
