___ The first step to making change is for communities to acknowledge their need to become inclusive and discussing how to make an effort. ___ Strategies to change should target multiple levels-individuals, groups, and institutions. ___ The most influential leaders representing the major groups in the community should be engaged from the start to provide guidance. ___ Community councils can often help identify potential entry points and/or strategies for building an inclusive community. ___ Any effort for change should bring together people representing different groups as equals in terms of power, respect, and importance. ___ Creating opportunities for members of different groups to identify and share their similarities, differences, and assets can foster unity within a team. ___ Conflicts should be identified, respected, and transformed to improve capacity and relations in the community. ___ Involved institutions should support promoting inclusion, equity, and justice. ___ Any successful collective action should be celebrated. ___ Relationships, strategies, and changes at should be sustained at multiple levels, including the individual, group, and institutional levels.
