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The City of Springfield wants to hire a firm to bolster its outreach to “environmental justice populations,” particularly Black, indigenous or other people of color.
Massachusetts defines EJP as households earning less than 65 percent of the state’s median income; or 25 percent of residents identifying as a race other than white; or 25 percent of households having no one over the age of 14 who speak English very well.
The firm will study how Springfield currently disseminates communication and reaches out to EJP, in general, and also during natural disasters such as tornadoes, floods, extreme heat/cold and extended power outages.
It will make recommendations on how to improve outreach “to build trust within the city’s EJP and more effectively reach the city’s most vulnerable residents with public information thereby enhancing the city’s and individual families’ resilience.”
Springfield also wants a better understanding of where EJP “get local news and information” and guidance to ensure its messages are accessible to all of the city’s people.
Responses are due Dec. 22.
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