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Home My WebLink About2020 Vision Subcommittee on Asian Communities Charter - Charge - Sept 2015 (Dissolved Jan 2018) DRAFT WhatlessonscanLexingtonlearnaboutcapitalizingonthepresenceofa growingnumberofAsianresidentsfromothercommunitieswithlarge Asianpopulation? .ğĭƉŭƩƚǒƓķΑwĻĭƚƒƒĻƓķğƷźƚƓƚŅƷŷĻ{ǒĬĭƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻƚƓ5ĻƒƚŭƩğƦŷźĭ/ŷğƓŭĻ ͻ WerecommendthattheLexington2020VisionCommitteecontinuetomonitorandreporton demographictrendsandcivicparticipationbyAsianresidents.Inaddition,werecommendthatit investigatetheexperiencesinotherUScommunities,withlargerpercentagesofAsianresidentsand demographicssimilarto\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͸ƭ͵ͼ hĬƆĻĭƷźǝĻƭŅƚƩğƦƩƚƆĻĭƷƷƚźƓǝĻƭƷźŭğƷĻĻǣƦĻƩźĻƓĭĻƭźƓƚƷŷĻƩĭƚƒƒǒƓźƷźĻƭ 1.IdentifypracticesandinitiativesthatmightbeconsideredforadoptioninLexingtonto a.increasethecivicengagementofitsAsianresidents. b.benefitfromthediverseculturesandexperiencesofitsAsianresidents 2.IdentifyexperiencesofcommunitieswithlargeAsianpopulationswhichLexingtonshouldavoid replicating tƩƚƆĻĭƷķĻƌźǝĻƩğĬƌĻƭ 1.UsingCensusBureaudata,identifycommunitieswhoseAsianpopulationsexceed20%ofthe totalpopulation. 2.Conductaliterature/internetsearchfordataandinformationonrelationshipsbetweenthe Asiancommunitiesandothercommunities,focusingonpracticesorinitiativesthatprovedtobe effectiveinenrichingthelifeofthecommunityasawholeorengagingtheAsiancommunitiesin civicactivities. 3.Prepareaninterimreport. 4.UsethelessonslearnedinStep2toselectcommunitiestobestudiedingreaterdetail.In narrowingthelistofcandidatesforstudy,considercommunitieswhosedemographicsresemble \[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͸ƭintermsofpopulation,percentageofAsianresidents,mixofAsianresidentsand medianfamilyincome. 5.Conductanintensivestudyofthesecommunities,includingTowndocuments,newspaper reportsandinterviewswithcommunityleaders. 6.Summarizefindingsandrecommendationsinafinalreportnolaterthan18monthsafter launchingtheproject. tƩƚƆĻĭƷƷĻğƒƭƷƩǒĭƷǒƩĻğƓķƚƦĻƩğƷźƚƓƭ 1.Appointaleaderforthesubcommittee. 2.UsethestructureoftheSubcommitteeonDemographicChangeΑacombinationofmembersof the20/20VisionCommittee,membersofCAALandIAL,andotherinterestedresidentsΑasa guideinstructuringtheteam. 3.Amendthedraftcharteriftheteambelievesitneedstobemodified;secureapprovalforany changesfromthe20/20VisionCommittee. 4.Constructandfollowaprojectplan. 5.Recordmeetingminutes,focusingprimarilyondecisionsmadeandactionitems. Џ͵Reportonprogressattheregularmeetingsofthe20/20VisionCommittee.