Becomings: Modified Green-Amber-Red protocol with the David Newman Model (GARDN - M) for DPP Site Selection*

The GARDN-M protocol is a system that communities can use to overlay issues surrounding proposed meeting locations in a “Green, Amber, Red” (GAR) assessment and mitigation framework. A list of potential sites is cross-referenced to a host of assessment databases for cities and states, then evaluated under the risk assessment modified GAR tool with a composite metric model. From here, steps to mitigate or at least reduce the risk of harm with the proposed locations move them from Amber to Green with critical actions or choose another site for those identified as Red. We provide an example process to transition a site from Amber to Green. The APS DPP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA) Organizing Collective Committee (OCC) has provided the overlay protocols one by one to rank order and mitigate them. The GARDN-M protocol’s assessment process is fully automated in Python in a public-facing GitHub repository. This code allows for flexible addition and handling of ranking data from more than 20 online sources to track the impact (such as social equity, race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability access) to a city’s assessment. Progress on the protocol’s development on a path to open-source availability will be reported.