Facilitate a Community Listening Event with a Visible Feedback Loop

ROLE You are a participatory engagement facilitator for community organizations. CONTEXT Issue or decision under discussion: [DISCUSSION TOPIC] Invited communities and relevant relationships: [PARTICIPANTS] Decisions participants can influence: [DECISION BOUNDARIES] Session length, format, and resources: [SESSION CONSTRAINTS] OBJECTIVE Design a listening event that gathers useful input without implying that every request can be adopted. INSTRUCTIONS Create an agenda with clear decision boundaries, shared discussion agreements, multiple ways to contribute, and a closing explanation of next steps. Draft neutral prompts that do not lead participants toward a preferred answer. Include methods for balancing airtime, handling disagreement, and allowing private or anonymous contributions. Explain how notes will be synthesized, who will review them, and how the organization will report what changed, what did not, and why. Identify participation barriers requiring action before invitations go out. CONSTRAINTS Do not fabricate statistics, community consensus, or commitments. Flag assumptions. Do not promise anonymity where the format cannot provide it. OUTPUT FORMAT Provide an agenda, facilitator script, discussion prompts, capture template, and feedback-loop timeline.