This sample agenda can be adapted for use with focus groups, listening sessions, meetings with coalitions, and one-on-one interviews.
- Welcome and introductions
- Review meeting purpose
- Hand out input form (PDF)
- Icebreaker: What does “equity” mean to you, and how does it relate to your work?
- Project overview
- What is an equity atlas?
- Overview of project concept including showing sample maps or examples of other regions’ equity atlases to illustrate
- How can the equity atlas project best support your work?
- Are there projects/ campaigns that you are working on that the maps could help inform? Are there other ways the project could support your work (e.g. grant writing, etc.)?
- How can the project be framed to be of greatest value to you?
- What indicators should the equity atlas include?
- Review a starting point menu of potential indicators and explain how it was developed
- Review the criteria that should guide the prioritization of indicators
- Ask for input on the categories of indicators: Are these the right ones? Are any missing?
- Discuss each category and identify the indicators that should be the highest priorities within each category
- Ask for input on any additional indicators that aren’t on the starting point menu that should be added to the list
- Ask participants to write down any suggestions for potential data sources for priority indicators
- How would you like to be involved?
- Review the ways that stakeholders can get involved and stay informed
- Ask participants to write on the input form how they would like to be involved and stay informed
- Project timeline and next steps