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"really eroded trust in law enforcemen nately Heaphy resolved that City failed to protect public safety and First Amendment rights, and that the City's failure will have lasting effects on the fabric of the community. Discussion following Heaphy's presentation focused on how to plan in advance of civil unrest and the value of bringing new stakeholders into the conversation. Responding to whether a group can effectively plan in advance of civil unrest, Heaphy suggested the group must truly be diverse and include groups that are critical of the system and community leaders —if a truly diverse group can work together, perhaps they can develop trust and relationships to begin sharing information. If pre-existing relationships are in place, Heaphy indicated that advocates and organizations will be more open to dialogue with city leaders leading up to and in advance of crisis. The Readiness working group plans to build on the momentum of Heaphy's presentation with subsequent meetings including expanding stakeholders to include local university student leaders, as well as activists from the community. Thereafter, the Readiness working group will develop a "blueprint of suggestions and recommendations" to present to city leaders and the police chief. NEXT STEPS The Trust continues to meet on a monthly basis as its work evolves. The Readiness working group is considering how to engage additional diverse stakeholders to develop a broad -based community plan in advance of civil unrest. The Future Concerns / Communication Joint working group is convening groups to identify ideas to better "institutionalize listening". The Resilience, Youth and Education Joint working group is considering how to launch and support community resilience. Perhaps, the Trust has enhanced collaborative communications and highlighted the need for broad -based community planning in advance of civil unrest. Yet, it is clear that the Trust's work is just beginning. William "Bill" Froehlich developed this case study. Bill is the Deputy Director of the Divided Community Project and the Langdon Fellow in Dispute Resolution at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Bill is grateful to the members of the Columbus Community Trust for their wiliness to let him observe the evolution of the project and sincerely thanks Carl Smallwood, Jocelyn Armstrong, Jill Snitcher-McQuain, Carter Stewart and Tim Heaphy for giving up their valuable time to sit for an interview about the project. Bill sincerely appreciates the support and guidance of the Divided Community Project's steering committee, particularly Craig McEwen, Nancy Rogers, Josh Stulberg, and former project director Grande Lum. Bill can be reached at Froehlich.284osu.edu. Endnotes 1 The Trust's work is based in significant part on the Divided Community Project's publication Planning in Advance of Civil Unrest (2016), which "distills lessons from recent experience with civil unrest that can be useful to those who want to have a plan in place before turbulence occurs" https:Hgo.osu.edu/DCPpia. 2 A step-by-step toolkit for initiating and implementing a broad -based community planning effort in advance of civil unrest is available at on the Divided Community Project's website. https:Hgo.osu.edu/DCPpia. 3 The Midland Simulation is available to any community or non-profit organization at no cost. For more information about the simulation, please contact DCP Deputy Director William Froehlich at frohelich.28@osu.edu. 4 DCP's Community Preparedness and Assessment Test (CPAT) is designed to spark conversations about collaborative community planning and divisive community issues. CPAT is available to any community or non-profit organization at no cost. For more information about CPAT, please contact DCP Deputy Director William Froehlich at frohelich.28@osu.edu. 5 Tim Heaphy, FINAL REPORT: INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE 2017 PROTEST EVENTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA (November 24, 2017), https://www.hunton.com/images/content/3/4/v2/34613/finaI-report-ada-compliant-ready.pdf.