The Ashland Sunrise Project is working toward Ashland being a community where everyone can feel safe, respected and like they can call that place their home.  People sometimes ask what they can do to further that vision.  As you go about your day in Ashland, you can let us know what you see in the various institutions you visit. 

Be sure to record

Place:

Location:

Date:

Signed:

and Send to:  tamsin.taylor26@gmail.com  In the subject line label: Getting into Action

Here are a few things you might look for:

• When you are outside the building, does it appear welcoming to people who have sometimes felt like they aren’t welcome, for example see the list below?
• As you enter the building, do you think it would be accessible for people with limited mobility: steps, thresholds, ease of access? (think baby/toddler carriage, wheelchair)
• Once you are in the building, do you notice employees of color or employees that appear to be part of the populations listed below?
• Are you greeted as you enter?
• If this is a store, are there products that might particularly appeal to or are obviously created by people from the populations listed below?
• If this is a service organization, grocery store, bank or restaurant, are there instructions, menus, or manuals in Spanish? Signage in other languages?
• Is there art on the walls that would be welcoming to the people listed below?
• What else do you see that might be noteworthy about this place being welcome?  What might this place do to be more welcoming?
• You have been just observing.  Is this a place that we could talk to about how well they are doing and/or about what they could do to improve?
• We hope that we can applaud those who are making Ashland particularly welcome and make suggestions for others.

Are you a member of any of these populations?  Did that affect how welcome you felt: People of Color:  Black, Brown, Asian, Indigenous, Multi-racial, LBGTQPeople with limited mobility, deaf, blind, Young students, Elders, Children