w ith the City of Portland, Maine

ART AT WORK improves municipal government through strategic art projects involving local artists with City workers, unions, elected officials, & the community

PUBLIC WORKS DEPT Challenge: Culture of racism resulting in frequent discrimination suits against the City from the few employees- of-color, women and disabled workers

THIN BLUE LINES POLICE POETRY PROJECT

TIES THAT BIND Department of Health and Human Services 235 beds, Elizabeth Jabar Print workshop with artist Elizabeth Jabar and Immigration & Refugee Services staff.

Who are the key players, stakeholders to be convinced? Police Chief Mayor, City Council Dept & Union heads City workers Artists Residents Funders Other communities’ leaders In choosing the 3 departments…Marty chose the most misunderstood and most stressed in the municipal system – police, public works, and health and human services. Pat Finnigan Asst. City Manager Defining Outcomes and Indicators with Casemaking in Mind

Who are the key players, stakeholders to be convinced? What do key players care about? What are their priorities? Police Chief Mayor Dept. heads Public Services Dept Low retention rate for nursing assistants City workers Defining Outcomes and Indicators with Casemaking in Mind

Who are the key players, stakeholders to be convinced? What do key players care about? What are their priorities? How might we need to adjust our strategies to meet the interests of key players? Police Chief Mayor Dept. heads Low retention rates due to nursing assistants feeling undervalued Sharpened questions at heart of the collage project: Why do nursing assistants care about their work? City workers Defining Outcomes and Indicators with Casemaking in Mind

Who are the key players, stakeholders to be convinced? What do key players care about? What are their priorities? How might we need to adjust our strategies to meet the interests of key players? What do we want to be able to tell key players about outcomes and value? Police Chief Mayor Dept. heads Low retention rates Sharpened questions at heart of the collage project Shift in how staff at all levels treat nursing assistants City workers Defining Outcomes and Indicators with Casemaking in Mind

Who are the key players, stakeholders to be convinced? What do key players care about? What are their priorities? How might we need to adjust our strategies to meet the interests of key players? What do we want to be able to tell key players about outcomes and value? What kind of evidence is likely to convince key players? Police Chief Mayor Dept. heads Low retention rates Sharpened questions at heart of the collage project Shift in treatment of nursing assistants at all levels Stronger sense of team Retention rates increase City workers Defining Outcomes and Indicators with Casemaking in Mind

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