Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
Action Summit | January 12th & 13th, 2018 Executive Summary of Feedback from Attendees The PCRC Action Summit & Strengthening Communities
The Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center hosted their first annual Action Summit on January 12th and 13th, 2018 at the College of San Mateo. Community Partner Day on January 12th convened leaders from throughout San Mateo County to share their experiences, learn from each other, and design innovative change to improve their communities. Youth Day on January 13th brought together young people from communities across San Mateo County to encourage dialogue, trust, and empathy. More than 400 people attended each day of the Action Summit. The 2018 Action Summit was the culmination of more than 18 months of work on PCRC’s Strengthening Communities Project. During this project, PCRC has taken on community divisions in Silicon Valley driven by recent events involving communities of color and law enforcement, deteriorating civility among neighbors, and a national conversation that has thrown ideological and political fault lines into sharp relief.
After today’s summit, what is the primary action you will take in your community? n = 87 6.9% 5.8%
At the conclusion of each day of the Action Summit, participants were asked what type of action they will take in their community. More than a third of respondents indicated they would take every action suggested in this question, which is a positive sign that attendees were excited to engage after the event. My90 is following up with attendees to learn the stories of the action they took and provide them resources to continue taking action.
Overall, what did you think of the Action Summit? n = 69 1.5%
When the attendees were asked how they felt about the Action Summit, of the respondents, 71% said that overall they ‘Loved it’, while 27.5% said that they ‘Liked it’. Attendees were given the option of responding “I hated it”, but none chose that option.
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Right now, how confident are you in your ability to take action to improve your community? Before the Summit (n = 96)
After the Summit (n = 83)
Community Partner Day
Youth Day
Each day of the summit convened a unique group of people committed to making change in San Mateo County and beyond. For both groups of attendees, PCRC wanted to make sure they were leaving the summit with the tools they needed to take action in their community. To measure this, My90 asked attendees how confident they were in their ability to take action before the summit and again after the summit. As the data shows, both community partners and youth felt more confident after the summit. Participants during Youth Day showed a dramatic increase in c o n fi d e n c e b e t w e e n t h e beginning and end of the Action S u m m i t . 2 0 . 6 % f e l t “ Ve r y Confident” at the beginning of the Summit but that number increased to 51.2% feeling “very confident” in their ability to take action after the summit. Of Youth Day respondents, more than 93% felt very or somewhat confident after the Action Summit.
Qualitative Feedback - Highlights Participants were asked to share what their favorite part of the event was. Overwhelmingly, participants mentioned both learning from the panelists and interacting with other participants. The stories and conversations by speakers and panelists struck a chord with attendees, as did the chance to break off into small groups and engage in meaningful conversations.
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My favorite part of the summit was when we broke off into groups and had a discussion. It was really nice to talk to others and hear their different perspectives.
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