Case study site visits will provide the SBAN members and broader audiences of stakeholders a first-hand look into communities who are actively combatting displacement, and what is working on the ground. These participatory workshops are meant to complement and inform grantees case studies, while also being a learning opportunity for workshop participants.
Some of the expectations, roles, and responsibilities of a host are:
- Collaborate with SBAN to develop site visit agenda
- Identify and share preferred lodging options and airports for out-of-town participants
- Prepare all material to hand out to participants
- Arrange for welcome dinner and lunch(es) at a space conducive to dialogue
- Secure participation of local stakeholders in the site visit
- Arrange for local transportation related to site visit, including bus with microphone
- Arrange for all meeting spaces
- Design route for bus
- Design and lead walking tours, ensuring the interaction with businesses and other pertinent local stakeholders
- Prepare facilitated panel discussions and presentations, ensuring participation of SBAN leadership and local stakeholders
- Create site visit agenda for participants