Building Community Authority in Place-Based Collaboration

<p>What is “community authority,” and what are ways to authentically build it within place-based collaborative work? In this new podcast discussion, we learn how one group in Northeast Oklahoma City changed course and reset their collective work so that they could better partner with community members and embed community authority as a part of the collaborative process. </p><p>In this discussion, we hear from <strong>Matt Biggar</strong> (Connected to Place), <strong>Vanessa Morrison </strong>(Open Design Collective), and naturalist <strong>Sean Washington</strong> as they share what they’ve learned while working with the Edwards Property Collaborative, a large land trust in Northeast Oklahoma City. We learn what happened when the original project process changed directions to better address the community’s history and desires, and how design tools like the BlackSpace Manifesto have served the group in rebuilding community trust.</p><p><strong>Resources and Footnotes</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.blackspace.org/manifesto" target="_blank">BlackSpace Manifesto</a></li><li><a href="https://seanswildworld.com/" target="_blank">Sean's Wild World</a></li><li><a href="https://www.opendesignco.org/" target="_blank">Open Design Collective</a></li><li><a href="https://www.connectedtoplace.com/" target="_blank">Connected to Place</a></li><li><a href="http://www.so8thokc.com/" target="_blank">South of 8th: A Community Vision</a></li><li>You can connect with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtbiggar/">Matt on LinkedIn</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>More on Collective Impact</strong></p><p>Infographic: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/what-is-collective-impact/" target="_blank">What is Collective Impact?</a><br />Resource List: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/getting-started/" target="_blank">Getting Started in Collective Impact</a></p><p>The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found <a href="https://filmmusic.io/song/5434-running/">here</a> and is lice