Next Advisory Team Meeting - June 19
The next ReCAST Advisory Team meeting will be held on June 19 from 10 a.m.-noon at the Hosmer Library - 347 E 36th St. At this meeting, ReCAST staff will give program updates and discuss the unfolding Critical Incident Response process. The phases of work will be explained as well as the data that will be collected in each state and what the project will accomplish by the end of the process. Please invite community members who would be interested in learning more about this work.
First Racial Equity Community Advisory Committee Meeting
The first meeting for the Racial Equity Community Advisory Committee will take place on May 30 at 6 p.m. at City Hall (350 S 5th St.) in room 317. On this day, committee members will be sworn in. The agenda will also include a presentation on the City's Comprehensive Plan, the Neighborhoods 2020 initiative and and overview of the racial equity planning process the committee will partner with the City in executing.
If you have questions about the meeting or the committee, please email RaceEquity@minneapolismn.gov.
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
 History of Race - Artist in Residence Projects
Mural Installation Progress
The mural created by community members alongside City staff depicting the stories and themes of immigration of Minneapolis residents will be hung in City Hall in the coming weeks. There will be an unveiling of the mural followed by a reception. Details will be released as they are confirmed!
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Oral History
The Plymouth-Penn: A Northside Story Town Hall kickoff event for this project will be on June 14 from 6-8 p.m. at 1101 W Broadway Ave. At this town hall, attendees will:
- Hear the stories of Plymouth-Penn Corridor residents
- Learn how other residents can benefit from sharing their story at Pop-up recording sessions taking place later in June
- Learn how partner organizations, businesses, churches and networks can help
- Contribute their voice, ideas, feedback, concerns and joys
- Meet the team driving the project
Please email ReCASTMinneapolisInfo@minneapolismn.gov if you know of a community member who would like to share their experience of the history of the Plymouth-Penn Corridor for the project. 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.
 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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ReCAST Minneapolis Connect
ReCAST Minneapolis is excited to announce the soft launch of ReCAST Minneapolis Connect, a provider map that identifies community cultural healers and mental health providers in Minneapolis. ReCAST Minneapolis Connect was identified in the strategic plan as an important mechanism in which community members can identify and find the healing assets within their neighborhoods.
The asset map aims to:
- Build trust and relationships by committing to a journey of health and healing to build emotional wellness in the community
- Connect residents to providers that they identify that practice in their neighborhood
- Work to build linkages that support providers work collaboratively with community to improve behavioral health outcomes and reduce trauma and its impact in community
- Build the capacity of community cultural healers and mental health providers
If you are a community cultural healer, mental health provider, or provider agency/organization, we invite you to register with ReCAST Minneapolis Connect to be included on the asset map.
More information and registration
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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
- Southeast Open House
- Thursday, May 31, 2018, 5:30-8 p.m.
Powderhorn Recreation Center - 3400 S 15th Ave
More information
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).
- Transportation and Infrastructure Study Session
- June 14, 10:30 a.m.-noon
- Public Safety Study Session
June 28, 10 a.m.-noon
- Community Trust and Transparency Study Session
July 19, 10 a.m.-noon
- Land Use Study Session
August 2, 10 a.m.-noon
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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
More information
Science Museum Exhibit
Downloadable Resources
Bush Foundation Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Nexus Community Partners
Hennepin County Medical Center - Next Step
City of Minneapolis
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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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