Specifications include, but are not limited to: The strategic plan will detail and focus on Implementing Cultural Empowerment, Securing Equal Opportunity, and Expanding Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. 1. Implementing Cultural Empowerment At its essence, the Cultural Empowerment Community Center (CECC) will be a brick and mortar development project and the strategic plan will inform the scope for the new center by reviewing and refining initial recommendations on CECC programming and services. Initial recommendations for programming and services are described below: a. Community Center b. Youth Activities Center c. Education/Training and Arts Centers of Excellence d. Economic Development Community Partnership, which provides: ▪ Adult Basic Education ▪ Basic Computer Skills ▪ People Development ▪ STEM Development ▪ BIPOC Wellness Center ▪ Entrepreneurial Cultivation Programs ▪ Technical Assistance Grant Fund The plan will include the research of effective BIPOC cultural empowerment and economic development programs and initiatives nationwide and the conduct of a robust BIPOC community and business, city, Racial Justice Alliance and partner agency engagement. (i.e. the Boys and Girls Club) for further input. The final report will provide an analysis that will inform the CECC feasibility study and ultimately the programs and services delivered at the CECC.
