Tips for Adapting the Community Resilience Toolkit for Your Region

While Bay Localize developed the Community Resilience Toolkit specifically with the San Francisco Bay Area in mind, most concepts, tools, and discussion ideas we present are universal.

The following is a list of sections that rely on examples specific to our region. These can be easily adapted to your region with the following research, which we hope you will find useful in your local endeavors:

Section 1: Getting Ready

History of Change in Your Community (pp 15-16):

• Research specific examples of discrimination based on race, class, or gender in your community in the past 50 years, and the impact they still have locally today.
• Research specific examples of how institutional racism and discrimination impact social or public health outcomes in your community.

The Need to Transition from Fossil Fuels (pp 20-24)

• Research specific impacts of climate change and peak oil in your region. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change offers an analysis of the impacts of climate change on each continent. Ideally you could find analysis that is more regionalized than this. Try contacting your local universities with a strong science focus.
• If your group is interested in using the discussion cards provided in the Appendix, supplement these with cards that describe impacts specific to your region as well.

Section 2: Evaluating Your Community

The sector analyses rely most heavily on facts and examples from the San Francisco Bay Area and California. We recommend you review these resources for ideas you maybe be interested in replicating, and produce Fact Sheets and Action Menus specific to your region.

Resilience Indicators and Resources. Research reliable sources of data specific to your region. Local government offices or universities may be helpful.

Fact Sheets. Create a compelling snapshot of your region’s strengths, vulnerabilities, and opportunities based on your research in each sector.

Action Menus. Identify key resources, action steps, model programs, campaigns, and opportunities in your region that view as helpful. Also identify examples from other regions you may want to replicate or adapt.

Section 3: Designing Your Plan

This section is fairly universal, and we believe will be useful to any community.

We hope you find the Community Resilience Toolkit useful wherever you are, and look forward to your feedback on how we can improve future editions. Please send comments and suggestions to toolkit@baylocalize.org.