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In this edition:
- Inaugural Race Equity Subcommittee Meeting
- Advisory Team Meeting Recap
- ReCAST Team Submits Data to SAMHSA
- Psychological First Aid & Safe/Brave Spaces
- Kente Circle Training Institute Recap
- ReCAST Staff Attend Opioid Task Force Meeting
- Copies of ReCAST Annual Report Now Available
- Mindfulness Classes
- Actualizing Equity - Navigating the Intersections: How We Experience Mobility
- Yoga for Women of Color
- Minneapolis 2040 Open House Tour
- Rethinking Incarceration Leadership Forum
 Inaugural Race Equity Subcommittee Meeting
On April 25, 2018, the City of Minneapolis City Council held the inaugural meeting of the Race Equity Subcommittee. This meeting consisted of community members giving presentations of the Minneapolis communities' past, present, and future racial equity work. Joy Marsh Stephens, Director of the Division of Race and Equity gave a presentation updating the committee of the City's internal work to move racial equity following the same timeline -past, present, future.
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Advisory Team Meeting Recap
The last meeting was used to update advisory team members on the progress of the Capacity Building Institute, the Artist in Residence projects, and ReCAST Minneapolis Connect. Advisory team members were asked to provide feedback on the website and application process for mental and behavioral health providers in Minneapolis to appear on an asset map. Community members would then use this map to identify potential providers in their neighborhoods. The ReCAST team is still looking for feedback on this web page and will be reaching out to advisory team members who were not at the meeting for their feedback. Please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov with questions.
ReCAST Team Submits Data to SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration utilizes an online tool to collect information about its grantees. The SAMHSA Performance Accountability and Reporting System (SPARS) is used by ReCAST Minneapolis to update leadership on the progress of the grant thus far. Each grantee must set goals for four indicators and report back on these indicators at the end of each quarter. The four indicators include:
- WD2: The number of professionals in the mental health or related field who have received training in trauma-informed approaches as a result of the grant.
- TR1: The number of individuals outside of the mental health field who received training in trauma-informed approaches, violence prevention, mental health literacy and related topics as a result of the grant.
- T3: The number of youth and family members referred to trauma informed behavioral health services as a result of the grant.
- PC2: The number of organizations and community representatives that are collaborating, coordinating and sharing resources with each other as a result of the grant.
Below shows the progress we have made in year two. Projects implemented include offering training to City staff around trauma, vicarious and secondary trauma, and psychological first aid. The ReCAST team also presented about the projects being implemented in Minneapolis at conferences and in advisory team meetings. These numbers also represent several safe/brave space sessions internally for City staff as well as community listening sessions.
Psychological First Aid & Safe/Brave Spaces
Through a partnership with Justice Leadership Solutions, ReCAST Minneapolis has been able to offer City employees a chance to obtain a certificate in Psychological First Aid. There have been 72 employees that have completed this two-day training. The ReCAST team is hoping to build an infrastructure throughout the City enterprise that gives employees that have been through this training the opportunity to facilitate Safe/Brave Space conversations for their departments or co-workers when traumatic events happen. For more information, please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov.
Kente Circle Training Institute Recap
Kente Circle hosted its Spring Conference last week. ReCAST Minneapolis funded ten Mental and Behavioral Health practitioners to the attend the conference with the goal of deepening their capacity to address trauma in communities of color and American Indian communities.
ReCAST Staff Attend Opioid Task Force Meeting
On Monday, April 23, ReCAST Minneapolis staff and advisory team members participated in the first convening of a multi-jurisdictional task force to work on tackling the opioid epidemic in our city and region at large. At the meeting, participants identified critical opportunities that need to be addressed in order to increase prevention from the onset, protect families, promote recovery, and reduce the number of fatal overdoses. Four subcommittees were formed with the express goal of proposing solutions to the issues that can be submitted to Mayor Frey and City Council in 2019. ReCAST will continue to be involved in the effort moving forward to ensure that the work addresses historical and structural trauma while lifting up community based solutions to increasing resiliency.
 Copies of ReCAST Annual Report Now Available
ReCAST Minneapolis has completed the printed version of the year one annual report and are ready to distribute to all community partners and anyone who would like a copy. To request a copy be mailed to you, please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov to speak to a ReCAST Minneapolis team member about how best to deliver the report.
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Mindfulness Classes
Dee Jackson-McIntosh will be hosting two mindfulness meditation classes in May for four weeks with a one-time fee of $10. To register, please email Dee Jackson-McIntosh directly.
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Mindfulness for Racial Trauma
Begins Monday, April 30, 2018, 7 p.m.
Webber Park - 4300 Webber Pkwy
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Mindfulness for Self-Compassion
Begins Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 7 p.m.
Webber Park - 4300 Webber Pkwy
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 Navigating the Intersections:
How We Experience Mobility
Communities encounter different risks and have different needs as they move through the metro region. Hear from local leaders who experience transportation in a variety of ways and participate in breakout discussions to share your own stories and strategies for getting around our region while facing racism, classism, ableism, sexism, ICE, xenophobia, homophobia, and other forces of oppression.
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Saturday, May 7, 2018, noon-1:30 p.m.
Hope Community Inc.
611 E Franklin Ave
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Yoga for Women of Color
Join the Minneapolis Urban League for a pay-what-you-can beginner's yoga class. This class is intended to be a welcoming space to those who may not feel comfortable in traditional yoga spaces. Admission is pay-what-you-can with a suggest donation of $5.
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Sunday, May 8, 2018, 6-7:30 p.m.
Minneapolis Urban League
2100 Plymouth Ave N
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Minneapolis 2040 Open House Tour
Phase 5 Community Engagement
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Northeast Open House
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 10 a.m.- noon
Northeast Recreation Center - 1530 Johnson St NE
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Southwest Open House
Monday, May 14, 2018, 5:30-8 p.m.
MLK Recreation Center - 4055 Nicollet Ave S
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North Open House
Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 5:30-8 p.m.
North Commons Recreation Center - 1801 N James Ave
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Central Open House
Thursday, May 17, 2018 - 5:30-8 p.m.
Dayton YMCA at Gaviidae Commons - 651 Nicollet Mall #300
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Southeast Open House
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 5:30-8 p.m.
Powderhorn Recreation Center - 3400 S 15th Ave
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Rethinking Incarceration Leadership Forum
Join Sanctuary Covenant Church for a leadership forum with pastor and author Dominique Gilliard to explore the history and foundation of mass incarceration, and discuss how Christians can pursue justice that restores and reconciles. Also presenting will be Lee Buckley, Community Reentry Coordinator for the MN Department of Corrections (MN DOC).
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 1-3:30 p.m.
Sanctuary Covenant Church
710 W Broadway Ave
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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.
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