PROGRAM SCIENCE MODEL CONVERSATION GUIDE 2021

PROGRAM SCIENCE APPROACH TO ABR ◦An ACB program science approach begins with a commitment to challenging the ways that anti-black racism and intersecting forms of oppression can influence the design and implementation of programs and interventions. [...] ◦ The program science model commits to complex multi-layered planning, implementation, program management and evaluation that honors the diverse array of lives and sub-groups that make up the ACB community. [...] For example, we ask who are the targeted populations, why are we targeting these specific ACB groups, how do we address the inherent complexity in those populations, and what does it look like to exist in just and equitable relationships to the specific ACB communities the program science approach aims to better engage and target? COMMUNITY LINKS FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION: ◦ Community-based Solutio. [...] ◦ An ACB specific approach prioritizes co-design and the capacity for ACB community leadership collaboration at crucial stages in the strategic planning, program design, and evaluation phases of the program science process. [...] ◦ An ACB approach centers power analysis at the heart of the co- design process as an explicit part of honoring the value of ACB community involvement ◦A commitment to co-design and collaboration can ensure that ACB voices, imaginations, experience, and expertise are a guiding and defining force in all stages of the program science process.