Public Education Coordinating Services

The Vendor is required to provide to conduct small-scale, in-person educational workshops for the public.
1. Organization and collaborator identification and assessment
• Identify and evaluate organizations and institutions throughout state with capacity to conduct small-scale (approximately 20-50 people) in-person workshops on topics related to reparations and historical injustices against black state.
• Construct a comprehensive database of suitable organizations, with their contact information, capacity, location, and sector alignment.
• Develop a map of relevant organizations, including their geographical distribution, focus areas, and capabilities. 2. Event coordination:
• Educational events should include community collaborators from a variety of sectors, including but not limited to:
○ Institutions of higher education
○ County and municipal government offices
○ Criminal legal system
○ Departments of health
○ Departments of housing
○ Departments of social services
○ Public health institutions
3. Content development and verification:
• Legal definitions and frameworks of reparations.
• Examples of historical and present reparations initiatives from the county and around the world.
• History of anti-black policies such as legalized race-based enslavement, apartheid, redlining, and discriminatory taxation laws (including property tax).
• Naming of local monuments, streets, road infrastructures, jurisdictions and their relationship with race-based enslavement in state.
• The contractor may propose additional or alternative topics that align with the commission's mission.
4. Quality assurance: 
• Develop and implement evaluation mechanisms for educational events to ensure consistent quality, historical accuracy, and alignment with the commission's educational goals. 
• Provide feedback and improvement recommendations to participating organizations.
5. Collaboration: 
• Work with the agency historian team, economist team, and research and policy analyst team to ensure educational content accurately reflects and complements their research findings and recommendations.
- Work products
a. Strategic plan: 
• Create a structured plan outlining the approach to organization identification, content development 
• Support, event coordination, geographical coverage, timeline, and project key milestones.
b. Organization database: 
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive database of suitable organizations throughout state, including their capabilities, focus areas, and geographical distribution.
c. Content development guidelines:
• Produce guidelines for organizations on developing historically accurate educational content aligned with the commission's mission, including recommended esources, frameworks, and quality standards.
d. Interim reports: 
• Provide monthly progress summaries detailing events coordinated, organizations engaged, geographical coverage, attendance figures, and community insights. 
• Monthly reports should also indicate upcoming educational events.
e. Event documentation: 
• Create standardized templates for documenting educational events, including attendance records, content summaries, and feedback collection.
f. Final report: 
• At project completion, produce a comprehensive report summarizing all educational activities conducted, their impact, lessons learned, qualitative analysis of themes, and recommendations for future community education initiatives related to reparations and historical injustices in state. 
• Provide final briefing to the agency.
g. Public engagement materials: 
• Under the direction of the commission, develop accessible online content about the educational initiative for the agency website, including event calendars, educational resources, and documentation of completed workshops.
- Desired skills
• Strong relationships with organizations throughout state, particularly those engaged in racial justice work. 
• Demonstrated experience in curricular design. 
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating educational programs, particularly those focused on historical injustices and their contemporary impacts. 
• Proven ability to develop and verify historically accurate educational content on topics related to racism, enslavement, and discrimination. 
• Strong project management capabilities, including event coordination and collaborator management
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage effectively with diverse audiences. 
• A deep commitment to justice, equity, and historically accurate public education that supports the development of evidence-based reparations policies. 
• Demonstrated familiarity with state history of enslavement, racial discrimination, and its ongoing consequences. 
• Previous work with government commissions, community education initiatives, or reparations focused programs.
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: July 30, 2025