SUMMARY OF NEW
STRATEGIC PLAN

GOAL I: Raise awareness and speak out about inequity, bigotry, and prejudice.

• Reconvene and build a strong, active Public Voice Committee to be “the voice of KCCJ” to raise awareness and speak out about inequity.
• Through our PVC react in the public forum in a timely, consistent manner to topical acts, events and policies of inequity, bigotry, and prejudice.
• Proactively, thoughtfully, and more thoroughly address issues of inequity, bigotry, and prejudice in publicly access ways.

GOAL II: Encourage, emphasize, and praise acts of equality, fairness and justice, especially “brave” acts by individuals or new policies by leaders.

• Publicly acknowledge and honor an individual(s) who exemplifies the mission, vision and values of KCCJ.
• Conduct, hold, organize or facilitate public events that celebrate, re-enforce equality, fairness, acceptance and justice.

GOAL III: Empower, partner with, and help improve effectiveness of social justice allies.

• Seek out sister social justice organizations to share resources, ideas, strategies, and encouragement that enhance our organizational effectiveness and advance our respective missions.
• Enter in agreement with sister social justice organizations to jointly conduct common projects that further the mission, vision and values of KCCJ.
• Seek national or other social justice organizations out of our area to learn from, or we can bring to our community, to improve ours, or others’ effectiveness.

GOAL IV: Educate ourselves and fellow citizens about ways to improve our acceptance of others and reduce our fear, misunderstanding, and biases. Show the connection between unchallenged personal prejudices and public acts of discrimination.

• Lead by example and accept the responsibility of challenging personal prejudices by educating ourselves as leaders of a social justice organization about hidden bias.
• Find ways to publicly and in understandable, accessible terms, show the connection between unchallenged personal prejudices and public acts of discrimination.

GOAL V: Secure revenue stream to match operational needs under this plan.

• Identify and approach potential major individual supporters re-starting revenue stream for remainder of 2006 and beginning of 2007 until spring fundraising event.
• End of the year appeal through solicitation letters to past donors to secure funds to conduct spring fundraising event.
• Conduct major fundraising event in the first six months of 2007 for operating funds for next two quarters.

GOAL VI: Patiently, but persistently rebuild community support in an honest, open and forthright manner.

• Communicate thoroughly using correspondingly appropriate means, starting with our closest and oldest supporters, moving outward in ever widening circles, the successful completion and immediate implementation of our strategic plan.
• Actively work to make ourselves visible in the public domain (e.g., seek media coverage/outlets, public events, allies, etc.)
• Actively work to make ourselves accessible to the public (e.g., web site, Board members meeting with supporters, office hours, etc.).

GOAL VII: Strengthen, improve and ensure organizational leadership.

• Start Board Development Committee to identify, recruit and orient strong candidates.
• All Board members participate in regular Board Governance and Nonprofit Management training.
• Ensure Board and Chair(s) and staff have clear annual goals.
• Have clear Board member recognition and support procedures.

GOAL VIII: Build organizational capacity.

• Draft new bylaws that accurately reflects KCCJ new structure, vision, mission, values, and direction.
• Ensure strategic plan is reviewed regularly, renewed or updated, and progress measured.
• Conduct strategic outcomes evaluation to determine effectiveness of strategies.
• Conduct Board (and CEO, if applicable) evaluation.

Designed by: Tony George & Stephen Horlander (AdHawks Advertising Inc.)