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Learn more about the work that FIC does and find resources to help you. Click on a topic above or scroll down.
Making Change in the Community
Below are resources that reflect FIC's own processes of making sure that community voices are central in guiding the work that FIC does. Check out these resources to learn more about how FIC does its work or to gain ideas on doing work in your own community.
Community Engagement Toolkit
If you are interested in embarking on the journey of community engagement, FIC created a toolkit to help organizations get started. This folder contains tools, templates, and guides for all of the strategies mentioned in the spectrum of community engagement. FIC uses Facilitating Power's Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership tool when we refer to community engagement. This tool embodies our values and breaks down the process of Community Engagement in a way that is easy to understand.
PSE Change Toolkit
The FIC team created a Policy Systems and Environmental (PSE) Change Continuum. This is a framework that can be used:
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As a guide for collaborating partners/coalition members and our own team to plan and coordinate collaborative and equitable PSE change work.
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As a tool for tracking activities, creating a comprehensive and nuanced “big picture,” that can be used to document and understand the impact of collaborative and equitable advocacy and PSE change work.​
Anti-Racist Evaluation
The FIC team is working on an anti-racist evaluation framework to help evaluate our work. Contact us for more details.
Equity in Policy
The Racial Equity Score Card is a useful tool to asses how successfull a policy or program is as it relates to racial equity.​
Maps and Story Maps
Screenshot of Northwest Aurora Food Access Map, 2025
Food Access Maps: These interactive maps serve as a navigation tool to explore a comprehensive snapshot of the current state of neighborhood food production and food access points across each community, including food resources such as community gardens, urban farms, food assistance, farmers markets, grocery stores, convenience stores, and demographics such as socioeconomic status and percent people of color in various areas.​​
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