with 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 DEPTChallenge: 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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