Specifications include, but are not limited to: Task #1: Attend kick off meeting with key Commission and SOCAC staff and youth facilitators to introduce the team, discuss the project purpose, scope, expected outcomes, and resolve any questions about the key project roles and responsibilities. Task #3: Plan monthly meetings and strategic direction with Commission and SOCAC staff and youth leaders for group. In partnership with Commission and SOCAC staff and youth leaders, help inform development of draft meeting agendas, materials, and processes. Task #4: Facilitate monthly collaborative meetings. Ensure full participation from the members of the collaborative. Reflectively listen and create a trauma-informed, youth-focused space for participants to contemplate emotional or controversial ideas and use participant reflection to bring the group to a new level of awareness of the root causes of health inequity. Uncover contradictory or competing perceptions of health equity and develop a common understanding among participants. Identify tensions and use discomfort to uncover new information. Assess power dynamics and structure conversation to ensure participation from those with less power. Facilitate discussion and deliberation with positive youth development approach. Meetings will be held virtually for the most part, with two or three in-person gatherings expected. Task #5: Plan and facilitate the incorporation of youth requested trainers and guest presenters into meeting spaces with Commission and SOCAC staff. Task #6: Facilitate additional subcommittee and work groups as needed. Facilitate group decision making on governance structure, member roles and leadership structure. Task #7: Support members to incorporate additional youth, family and community engagement efforts into their meeting conversations, decision-making processes, and strategic planning efforts. Task #8: Attend regular planning meetings with Commission and SOCAC staff and youth leaders, at least twice per month. Task #9: Collaborate with other Commission and SOCAC contractors as it relates to the youth strategic plan. Task #10: Support Commission and SOCAC staff in providing information for staff drafts of the strategic plan.
