ReCAST Minneapolis Updates

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February 15, 2018

Desralynn Cole Presenting on Understanding Trauma at the 2018 Community Connections Conference

ReCAST Team Presents at the 2018 Community Connections Conference 

On Saturday, Feb. 10, Neighborhood and Community Relations hosted the Community Connections Conference. This conference brings community to the Convention Center to interact with City leaders, community vendors and other members of their communities. Participants have the opportunity to attend two workshop sessions throughout the day, covering a wide variety of topics.

The ReCAST Minneapolis team presented on the work being done through the grant. They offered resources around trauma to those in attendance. In the last part of the workshop, participants were asked imagine a coordinated response to a traumatic event including City staff and key community stakeholders. The ReCAST Minneapolis tgeam will use feedback from this session to inform its future work to co-create a critical incident response protocol with staff and community members. You can learn more about the Critical Incident Response effort here.

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ReCAST Technical Assistance Team to Visit Minneapolis 

ReCAST Minneapolis will be welcoming their technical assistance partners and SAMHSA staff this spring! The TA team is coming to Minneapolis to experience firsthand the work that is being done throughout the City. They will be led on a tour of South Minneapolis, similar to the tour they received of North Minneapolis in year one. There will also be an opportunity for Advisory Team members to meeting with the TA team to discuss the ways in which ReCAST Minneapolis can align with other work happening in community. Keep an eye out for more information and ways community can connect during these site visits!

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Regulatory Services Department Utilizes ReCAST Funds to Host Facilitated Secondary/Vicarious Trauma Sessions

ReCAST Minneapolis is in the process of planning secondary and vicarious trauma discussion sessions with the Regulatory Services department. This session will be similar to the conversations held for the 311 department in 2017. These discussions will offer resources for employees to grow their capacity to recognize and respond to signs of secondary trauma in the workplace.

Other City departments may utilized ReCAST resources to host similar discussions in their departments. Please reach out to ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov with questions.

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Trauma Trainings

A ReCAST Minneapolis partner, Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) offered training to City staff around immigrant and refugee trauma in 2017. Ensuring that City staff understand the trauma that is happening across the City will give them the tools and strategies to better serve those communities. 

CLUES allowed us to film these courses and offer them as packaged video courses. These courses are now available for City employees and community members! There are 6 courses in the series. To view a course, simply click on the hyperlink associated with the class. NOTE: These courses are 1-2 hours in length. Allow ample time to complete each course. 

Please feel free to share these videos with your networks!

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ReCAST Minneapolis RFQs

Thank you for all organizations that submitted proposals for the Capacity Building Institute, Youth Engagement and Oral History RFQs. The ReCAST Team along with their review committees are in the process of reviewing the proposals. Those who are selected will be notified in the next couple of weeks.

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Mural Community Engagement Kickoff

Last Friday, the ReCAST Minneapolis team kicked off the first session in the mural project on the Southside. Community partner CLUES will be the host of all sessions and GoodSpace Murals will be the facilitators. The next two sessions are design sessions in which community members will talk about their immigration experiences. The following four sessions will be a chance for community members and City staff to work together to create the mural. Key a look out for updates around this mural project.

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Next Advisory Team Meeting

The next ReCAST Advisory Team meeting will be held on Feb. 27, 2018. At this meeting, participants will discuss the opportunities for the Advisory Team to guide ReCAST's work over the next year. Participants will learn how the Advisory Team has evolved over the last year, explore what it means to be involved and learn about the work being implemented currently.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 - 10-11:30 a.m.
    Hosmer Library, 347 E. 36th St.

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Lisa Speaks

Come Listen to the Sister of 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Victim 

Lisa McNair is the sister of Denise McNair, one of the four girls killed in the infamous 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Lisa was just one year after her sister's death.
 

  • Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
    City Hall, Rotunda - 350 S 5th St.

Currently Lisa is working on her memoir of detailing her life as part of the first generation of African Americans to experience freedom to experience freedom in this country following the Civil Rights Moment.

Please email RaceEquity@minneapolismn.gov with questions.

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Cultural Somatic Psychological First Aid Training by Justice Leadership Solutions

Psychological First Aid Training for City Staff

Psychological First Aid training is being offered to first point of contact staff and leaders. This training is meant for a variety of staff including housing inspectors, community engagement specialists, 911 and 311 operators and others. Cultural, somatic and psychological first aid is an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach built on the idea of human resilience.

Goals and outcomes include:

  • Better City responsiveness when navigating trauma and civil restlessness issues.
  • Better City responsiveness to communities of color as it relates to trauma and civil unrest.
  • Better educational knowledge relating to health, productivity and quality of life for employees.

New dates for City employees:

  • Wed.-Thurs., Feb. 21-22 from 8:30 a.m-5:30 p.m.
    Towle Building - First Floor Training Room
    330 S 2nd Ave., 55402
  • Wed.-Thurs., Apr. 25-26 from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
    University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
    2001 Plymouth Ave. N. 

City employees can register in COMET.

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Youth Focused Capacity Building Institute Training Starts Feb. 20 

The next training in the Capacity Building Institute is focused on youth and those who work with youth and their families. This training is Feb. 20, 2018 from 4-7 p.m. at the Hennepin County Library (Minneapolis Central Library) - 300 Nicollet Mall.

Register here!


Finding Our Power
This introduction will focus on allowing all of us (participants and facilitators) to get to know each other, build trust, safe space and community.


Please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov with questions.

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Join the North High Polars Boys Basketball Team for a Fundraiser

The North High School Polars Boys Basketball Team is hosting a fundraiser for community to come and watch Marvel's Black Panther Movie. The event will be held:

  • Feb. 15, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
    Emagine Willow Creek, 9900 Shelard Pkwy., Plymouth Ave

Select seats, $35 or $65 - www.paypal.me/nopolarhoops

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Neighborhood Board Representation Training

If you are a Person of Color or know a Person of Color interested in joining their neighborhood association or district council, CURA's Neighborhood Organizing and Leadership Program is looking for participants for a free training to empower and assist them in their journey toward leadership. They are looking for People of Color that want to create change and fight injustice in their community through neighborhood board membership.

  • Thurs. Feb. 15, 2018, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
    Humphrey School of Public Affairs
    301 19th Ave S, Rm 170

Register

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Join Pillsbury United Communities and Raising Places to Discuss the Plymouth Ave Corridor

What would make Plymouth Ave Corridor a place where all kids and families can thrive?

WHAT: The Action Lab is an open workshop to share ideas for improving our community and plan for the future.

WHEN: Fri., Feb. 16, 2018
Introduction Presentation 1-1:30 p.m.
Open House Workshop 1:30-3 p.m.

WHERE: Minneapolis Urban League
Laura Scott Williams Room - 2100 Plymouth Ave N

WHO: All are welcome, including kids and families

WHY: If you want to create a healthier community for future generations, please join!

Register

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Blueprint Approved Institute

Blueprint Approved Institute 1: Exploring Youth Violence Prevention Through a Public Health Lens

Youth violence, a leading cause of injury, disability and premature death, is a serious public health threat in the United States, jeopardizing the health and safety of our nation's youth.

Sasha Cotton, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator for the Minneapolis Health Department, and other program staff will present on the work they are doing in Minneapolis related to group violence intervention and their hospital-based intervention strategy.

  • Thurs., Feb. 22, 2018, 1-4 p.m.
    University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC)
    2001 Plymouth Ave N, Rm 107

This event is free and open to the public.

More information

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2 Days with Dr. Raj Sethuraju from Metropolitan State University

Community Mediation & Restorative Services is hosting two free events with Dr. Raj Sethuraju, an assistant professor in the School of Law Enforcement at Metropolitan State University, in February. Lunch will be provided both days.
 

  • Exploring Restorative Justice with Raj
    Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Participants will learn about the basic philosophy of restorative justice and experience being in circle.
    Register
  • Exploring Implicit Bias with Raj
    Saturday, Feb. 24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
    Register

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Join the MN Department of Health for a Monthly Mental Well-Being and Resilience Learning Community 

Over the last several years, the Washington County Jail and the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee, have partnered with Dr. Rebecca Shlafer, from University of Minnesota's Department of Pediatrics, to improve child visiting practices and environments. These partnerships resulted in both immediate zero-cost changes and identification of necessary long-term policy changes, such as child-preferred visiting hours at the Washington County Jail.   Changes are designed to strengthen and maintain the parent-child relationship, which is critical for healthy child development.

  • Feb. 27, 2018, 10 a.m.- noon
    Webinar

Register here

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About ReCAST Minneapolis

The Resilience in Communities After Stress & Trauma (ReCAST) Minneapolis Program is funded through a multi-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). ReCAST Minneapolis is intended to assist high-risk youth and families, and promote resilience and equity in communities that have recently faced civil unrest through the implementation of evidence-based violence prevention and community youth engagement programs, as well as linkages to trauma-informed behavioral health services. SAMHSA created the ReCAST Program to support communities that have lived through demonstrations of mass protest in response to police-involved shootings of unarmed African-American males. 

For more information, please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov.

This update was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM063520-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies, and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS. 


For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov or
by phone: 612-673-2958. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. 

TTY users can call 612-673-2157 or 612-673-2626.

Para asistencia 612-673-2700, Yog xav tau kev pab, hu 612-673-2800, Hadii aad Caawimaad u baahantahay 612-673-3500.