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9. Identify the specific strategy steps the change team will take to meet the
goals.
How will you involve allies and address challenges from those who are
threatened or opposed?
How will you include those who might otherwise oppose you?

Who should be recruited onto the change team?
Who will coordinate the efforts?
When and how will people meet to work on these goals?
Develop a timeline.

10. Build in evaluation and reflection.
At what points will you revise your strategy?
How will you build change team morale and relationships?

Change Team Check-Up (Adapted from Andrea Ayvazian: Dismantling Racism:
Workbook for Social Change Groups.)

Use this checklist about once every two or three months to make sure your change
team is staying on track:

1. When did the change team last meet? Do you have plans to meet in the future?

2. Who is leading the change team? Is there someone who takes responsibility for
making sure the team is meeting and getting work done? Has this responsibility
changed hands, or has one person pretty much been responsible? How is this
leadership pattern good or bad for the change team?

3. How would you describe the morale of the change team?

4. What are some of the strengths of the change team?

5. Where is the change team getting stuck?

6. Is the change team meeting resistance from others in the organization or
community? If so, why and what can you do about it? When you look at your
reasons, are you stuck in blaming others, in other words are you requiring other

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