Critical Incident Response RFQs Released
ReCAST Minneapolis is seeking to hire consultants to engage residents, facilitate conversations and actively participate in the development of a citywide protocol to ready, respond and recover from trauma that arises as a result of structural and community wide crisis. The work will support the building of the Critical Incident Response Protocol which aims to bring City staff and community residents together to streamline and integrate the way structural, community and interpersonal violence is addressed citywide. Community members will have an opportunity to vote on and fund projects that match the priorities identified in this collaborative decision making process.
Applications are due Friday, June 8 at 5 p.m. Please visit the ReCAST Minneapolis website for more information.
Upcoming Spring/Summer Trainings in the Capacity Building Institute Registration Open
ReCAST Minneapolis has selected a new set of trainers for the spring and summer trainings for the Capacity Building Institute. These trainers will primarily focus on trauma awareness and education; healing and resiliency; and policy and systems change work across various communities in Minneapolis. The trainers include:
- Phoenix Rising Collective with Shiranthi Goonathilaka, Amber Jones, and Tony Williams
- The Minnesota Transgender Coalition with Roxanne Anderson
- Melissa Olson
- Rachel Martin
- Bridges of Hope Leadership Academy with Mary Jo Winston
- Wilder Foundation with Sindy Morales Garcia and Kristen Johnson
Calendar with descriptions of trainings
Registration form
ReCAST Minneapolis to Sponsor Individuals for Black Men's Healing Conference
ReCAST Minneapolis is sponsoring nine community leaders, community cultural healers, faith based leaders and mental and behavioral health specialists to attend the 10th Annual Community Empowerment Through Black Men Healing Conference. This year's theme is "Sankofa, Go back to the past and bring forward that which is useful." The goal is to examine the past 10 years of efforts to prevent community trauma and possible strategies to build resilience and a future of healing.
Registration form
 CLUES Trauma Training Available Online
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. 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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History of Race - Artist in Residence Projects
Oral History Project Launched
The Oral history project originated from staff and community members who recognized the need to capture story from Plymouth/Penn Corridor's past and present residents. Several partners were consulted in the Request For Qualifications process including George Roberts at Homewood Studios, Jamez Staples at Renewable Energy Inc., NorthPoint Health and Wellness, the Minneapolis Urban League and the Minneapolis Police department. 4000 More Creative was selected to collect the stories from residents.
To collect these valuable stories from Minneapolis residents, 4000 More Creative is partnering with Pop Up Think Tanks, Kenya McKnight, Pierre Fulford and others to recruit story tellers and youth. Throughout the project, youth will be trained to conduct the interviews that capture the stories. The ReCAST team would like to be inclusive and collect as many stories as possible from those who can speak to the history of the Plymouth/Penn Corridor.
Please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov if you know of a community member who has this knowledge and should be recruited to tell their story. Additionally, if you know of any similar projects that are underway or have been completed, please let us know so we can identify ways to align and/or build upon them.
More information about 4000 More Creative
 Mural Installation Progress & Call for Video Producers
The mural created by community members alongside City staff is nearly complete and ready to hang inside of City hall! The ReCAST team is looking for a video producer to create a short storytelling video about the mural project, its development, and feedback from the residents and staff involved in creating it. Because the mural imagery was created by themes from the Latino community's immigration experience, ideally the video producer involved would be able to bring that lens as well.
If you are interested and know someone who would be interested, please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov to find out more about the project!
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 Youth Participatory Action Research
Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is an innovative approach to positive youth and community development based in social justice principles in which young people are trained to conduct systematic research to improve their lives, their communities and the institutions intended to serve them.
North News has selected and hired five youth leaders who will be meeting weekly to develop the framework for one on one interviews and group discussions around the trauma youth experience in their communities.
More updates to come!
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ReCAST Minneapolis Resiliency Funds
ReCAST has four main areas of
focus in which we do work: Healing and Trauma Training; Youth Leadership and
Development; Healing and Trauma Services and Critical Incident Response. As work is implemented, traumatic events occur in the community and
affect residents in various ways. In partnership with Advisory Team members, ReCAST Minneapolis plans to build out a mechanism that will enable us to better
respond to these critical moments with community driven solutions.
Please stay tuned for more information on this effort as details become more
concrete.
 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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Racial Equity Community Advisory Committee - Ward 10 Vacancy
At the Inaugural Racial Equity Subcommittee meeting, City Council Members approved the appointment of the Racial Equity Advisory Community Advisory Committee. This Committee will serve as an advisory board to the City Council, Mayor and City Departments on City policies, practices, budget and other matters that it determines to be appropriate, related to addressing racism and racial inequities and promoting racial justice and racial equity in the City enterprise and in the City as a whole.
The Committee will also advise the Racial Equity Steering Committee on the creation and implementation of the Racial Equity Action Plan and provide an annual evaluation report to the community on the City's progress addressing racial inequities and closing racial disparities.
- Ward 1 - Larry Pinkney
- Ward 2 - Noel Gordon Jr.
- Ward 3 - Kameron Lindsey
- Ward 4 - D.A. Bullock
- Ward 5 - Kenya McKnight
- Ward 6 - Jocelyn Shardlow
- Ward 7 - Arthur Himmelman
- Ward 8 - Marjaan Sirdar
- Ward 9 - Emmanuel Ortiz
- Ward 10 -
- Ward 11 - Jim Meyer
- Ward 12 - Sherlonda Clarke
- Ward 13 - Kate Redden
- Mayor's appointment - Aaron Hill
- Mayor's appointment - Me'lea Connelly
There is still a vacancy for the Ward 10 seat. If you or someone you know would like to apply for the vacant seat, please email openappointments@minneapolismn.gov.
More information
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Minneapolis 2040 Draft Comprehensive Plan Open Comment Period
From March 22 through July 22, 2018, the City will be reaching out to the Minneapolis community to discuss this draft plan and to encourage review and feedback. This plan is truly a draft. Following the close of the public comment period on July 22, City staff will make revisions to the plan based on public feedback and present a final draft to the City Planning Commission and City Council in Fall 2018.
Provide feedback on the Draft Comprehensive Plan
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
More information
Community Connections Learning Lab Series Wrapping Up
The Neighborhood and Community Relations Department (NCR) invites you to attend the 2018 Community Connections Learning Lab Series. Join City staff and community members to learn strategies to improve you community engagement efforts.
- The Latino Community and Effective Engagement
- Thurs., May 10 - 5:30 p.m.
Mercado Central - 1515 E Lake St.
- Authentic Engagement: How intersectionality can affect engagement
Wed., May 16 - 12:30 p.m.
City Hall, Room 319 - 350 S 5th St.
- Authentic Engagement: How intersectionality can affect engagement
Thurs., May 17 - 5:30 p.m.
North Regional Library Meeting Room - 1315 Lowry Ave. N.
Register
Study Sessions Taking Place to Learn About City Processes
The City Coordinator's department is hosting a series of study sessions meant to be informational for new and returning policymakers taking place prior to the term's strategic planning kick off. This is an eight part series of cross-departmental topical sessions taking place through July. These sessions are open to community members as well and will be held at City Hall (350 S 5th St., room 319).
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Economic Development Study Session
May 10, 10 a.m.-noon
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Transportation and Infrastructure Study Session
June 14, 10:30 a.m.-noon
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Public Safety Study Session
June 28, 10 a.m.-noon
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Community Trust and Transparency Study Session
July 19, 10 a.m.-noon
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Land Use Study Session
August 2, 10 a.m.-noon
Blueprint Approved Institute Summer Cohort Request for Applications Now Open
The Blueprint Approved Institute (BPAI) provides agencies selected to participated with intensive training, technical assistance, support and skill-building opportunities. Agencies participating in the BPAI summer cohort will receive up to $2,000 to support their organizational capacity building and a $4,000 micro-grant to implement a youth violence prevention project, Selected agencies will be eligible to send up to three individuals to participate in the summer cohort activities.
More information and application
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National Crime Victims' Rights Week Webinar
Creating a Vicarious Trauma-Informed Organization: Strategies for Success
Experts Dr. Beth Molnar, Northeastern University, and Karen Kalergis, Northeastern University Consultant, provide an overview of the Office for Victims of Crime Vicarious Trauma Toolkit and how to use the toolkit to help your organization become trauma-informed in this recorded webinar.
 Housing Discrimination Revealed
A History of Race and Real Estate in Minneapolis Bus Tour
A summer bus tour co-sponsored by Preserve Minneapolis, the Mapping Prejudice Project (at the University of Minnesota Libraries), and the Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization (CANDO).
Many residents of Minneapolis believe that their city has never had any kind of formal segregation. This tour makes visible the structural racism that has undergirded the city's urban landscape. It also illuminated the community solidarity that developed among African Americans in the face of this white hostility.
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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, the Center for Urban and Regional Affair's Neighborhood Organizing and Leadership Program is looking for participants for a free training to support and assist them in their journey toward leadership.
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May 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Freeman Commons - Room 205
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
301 19th Ave S
Register
Robin DiAngelo & Resmaa Menakem: Experiencing the Racial Body & Mind
Dr. DiAngelo will describe the way race shapes the lives of White people, explain what makes racism so hard for White people to see, and identify common White racial patterns that prevent us from moving towards greater racial equity. Weaving information, analysis, stories, images, and familiar examples, she will provide the framework needed to develop white racial literacy. Developing racial literacy is a foundational step, but we won’t address racism through an intellectual understanding alone.
Racism is also about the body. The body is where we live, where we fear, hope, and react; where we constrict and relax; and where we fight, flee, or freeze. The body is where we store the lessons of racism. Resmaa Menakem, a social worker specializing in trauma, will explore the inherited trauma of white supremacy.
- Friday, June 15, 2018, 7-9 p.m.
Unity Church-Unitarian
733 Portland Ave., St. Paul, 55104
- Saturday, June 16, 2018, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Unity Church-Unitarian
733 Portland Ave., St. Paul, 55104
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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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