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What’s New in District 2?
Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez and residents of UHIA attended a Board of Adjustment hearing | November 21, 2022
Denise Hernandez serves as our Director of Policy & Community Engagement. Working long term on our greater policy goals, she (alongside Chief of Policy, Joleen) arranges meetings with community organizations, edits and follows through on Council Consideration Requests, and has led several of our most successful community events. With her at the helm, we were able to distribute hundreds of turkeys to District 2 residents and fill two auditoriums with eastside kids to watch Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. With housing a key priority for our office, she assisted dozens of people with the Home Repair application, leading to an increase of over 300% in D2’s makeup of total applicants. She also faithfully serves our Neighborhood Associations and has guided them through some of the most unique challenges in the entire city. Following our office values of compassion and creativity, in 2023, we will strive for even more creative problem solving!
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Increased community engagement and communication has been a pillar of our office’s goals. The lead in these efforts is Imgard Rop, who manages our office’s social media channels such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and NextDoor while maintaining a bi-weekly e-blast and coordinating distribution of our monthly newsletter. With her management and oversight, we’ve managed to send out 8 newsletters to thousands of residents, consistently maintained the highest event turn out in the entire city, increased survey engagement of our D2 residents, and maintained relationships with members of the news media to share our events and reach an even larger audience of District 2 residents. She thoroughly enjoys testing out new, innovative ways to reach our constituents, while managing our grassroots, tried and true methods such as blockwalking, flyer distribution, print & mail, and digital outreach. In 2023, we will aim for even greater engagement!
Director of Policy & Community Engagement
