Getting Started for Stakeholders

Stakeholders and communities can use the Equitable EV Action Plan Framework to prompt local leaders to begin developing a locally appropriate, community-driven action plan for the EV transition. An Equitable EV Action Plan should ultimately be developed and adopted by local government to guide public action and investment, but many local governments lack the resources and coordination to develop an action plan without direction from elected officials and residents. Community and stakeholder groups can play a central role in shaping its contents, ensuring equitable mobility policies and investments, and driving local leaders to take action. 

 

Steps in Advocating for a Local Equitable EV Action Plan

How can you get involved?

Connect with local environmental and community coalitions and participate in public meetings. Towards Equitable Electric Mobility (TEEM) cohort member Raquel Garcia relates the following story of community engagement on truck and freight policies:
“There are so many ways to get involved in your community and your city. We find that there are actually too many meeting invitations coming through email and it is hard to understand what they are about and what is a priority. One of the missions of Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision is to include residents in shaping their neighborhoods. We feel residents must attend meetings and make comments. This year, Francisco Rios, a young adult from the neighborhood who attended a Detroit City Council Meeting to vote on the Fugitive Dust Ordinance was scared and thrilled at the same time:
Headshot of Francisco RiosWhen I [testified in front of Detroit’s City Council], I was really, really nervous. But after I did give my opinion, after it was over, I did feel like I gave a really good speech, and I actually felt heard about a topic that I took seriously… [T]hat was my first time actually publicly speaking to the council and it really helped me be more open and help communicate for a good cause.
—Francisco Rios, 18, Detroit
“Residents need support in accessing surveys and meetings, translated materials, and conversations so that they understand that this is their city and that they matter.” — Raquel Garcia

Read the full Equitable EV Action Plan Framework here.